How Local Wal Mart Takes Care Of Bettas
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smegforbrains
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For a large corporation, that looks very good.
However, in the real world it is shameful IMHO.
Yes, the water is nice and clean, but little pods about 3" wide?
Cruelty to animals springs to mind
However, in the real world it is shameful IMHO.
Yes, the water is nice and clean, but little pods about 3" wide?
Cruelty to animals springs to mind
tibby25731
Fish Herder
My LFS keeps their bettas in similar size pods. Crap, but better than other shops that put them in with tetras and the like imo. Wow, what gorgeous bettas you can get at Walmart though 
erk628
Fish Herder
Thats one of the better set ups I've seen. A lot better then this.
Not for the faint of heart (You've been warned)
http
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3WhrGPqOac...feature=related
Not for the faint of heart (You've been warned)
http
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3WhrGPqOac...feature=related
Night61
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i have now two wal mart bettas, and i can say they are just as good as some of the others.
as i am writing this now my second pet smart betta is dying, while the wal mart fish i got months before is still thriving.
small is a fact for fish that are too be sold its sad but true, its our job as the fish keepers to provide them with a better home. you have to remember all these places are looking to make money, not set up and aquaium. putting them in transportible containers is easier then playing chase the fish with the net. trust me some fish are just plain net dogers.
and condsidering how walmart treats there employees these guys are lucky.
as i am writing this now my second pet smart betta is dying, while the wal mart fish i got months before is still thriving.
small is a fact for fish that are too be sold its sad but true, its our job as the fish keepers to provide them with a better home. you have to remember all these places are looking to make money, not set up and aquaium. putting them in transportible containers is easier then playing chase the fish with the net. trust me some fish are just plain net dogers.
and condsidering how walmart treats there employees these guys are lucky.
holy hell the first video is betta heaven compaired to my local walmarts. my local wallmarts are still the 8 ounce cups of water, so poop and food filled you cant see the fish, or cups and cups of dry dead crispy bettas because all the water evaporated away.
seriously, the first video...its not great or by any means ideal for long term, but its liveable. its like the diverence between being trapped in a bathroom or trapped in the bath tub.
oh I thought Id add, yes sometimes walmart bettas prove to be very hardy, because all the weaker ones die off right away, its survival of only the super fit.
seriously, the first video...its not great or by any means ideal for long term, but its liveable. its like the diverence between being trapped in a bathroom or trapped in the bath tub.
oh I thought Id add, yes sometimes walmart bettas prove to be very hardy, because all the weaker ones die off right away, its survival of only the super fit.
Truck
UKAPS
2 of my P@H the english equavelent of walmart has them in 4" square cubes:O
has them in 4" square cubes:O
AmberLynn
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I've never seen anything quite as good as that first video in any walmart ive ever been to. All of the walmarts by me keep them in those tiny cup with barely enough water (like the second video) and get in so many bettas that theres no way they'd ever sell them all so most are destined to die in the store. That first set up reminds me of some of the breeder barracks ive seen set up online.
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Ugh even though I love Wal-Mart...my gosh the Bettas that are sold there are in disgusting containers. And they're either sick looking or on the verge of death or already dead 
I also despise Petco...not to bash companies on here, but their Bettas are never kept in the greatest condition either. I had bought a Cory from there and that is what killed my other Cory and Little Loretta Lynn (for those of you that remember her). I should have quarantined the Cory. One time recently I went to Petco and there wasn't even a Betta in the cup anymore...I picked up the cup to have a closer look and what was left of the Betta fell apart to the bottom
I took it up to the person running the fish department and told them that there seems to be no fish left. It was absolutely disgusting. I was on the phone with my guy friend when I came across the deceased fishy mess and couldn't help but laugh a little when I handed the container over to the guy who was working the department...feel a little guilty about that, but still, at the same time I was appalled. I have been thinking about going there and applying for a job in the fish department just so I can take better care of them! I would like to work in the fish department at PetsMart but they seem to be on top of things for the most part. That's where I buy most of my Bettas anyway...they're almost always in the best condition, or at least close to it. They appear to get good quality Betta shipments in 
I also despise Petco...not to bash companies on here, but their Bettas are never kept in the greatest condition either. I had bought a Cory from there and that is what killed my other Cory and Little Loretta Lynn (for those of you that remember her). I should have quarantined the Cory. One time recently I went to Petco and there wasn't even a Betta in the cup anymore...I picked up the cup to have a closer look and what was left of the Betta fell apart to the bottom
I took it up to the person running the fish department and told them that there seems to be no fish left. It was absolutely disgusting. I was on the phone with my guy friend when I came across the deceased fishy mess and couldn't help but laugh a little when I handed the container over to the guy who was working the department...feel a little guilty about that, but still, at the same time I was appalled. I have been thinking about going there and applying for a job in the fish department just so I can take better care of them! I would like to work in the fish department at PetsMart but they seem to be on top of things for the most part. That's where I buy most of my Bettas anyway...they're almost always in the best condition, or at least close to it. They appear to get good quality Betta shipments in
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My LFS keeps their bettas in similar size pods. Crap, but better than other shops that put them in with tetras and the like imo. Wow, what gorgeous bettas you can get at Walmart though
Yeah for real...where's your Wal-Mart at?
My Wal-Mart just keeps them in little cups with nasty, dirty water
Thats one of the better set ups I've seen. A lot better then this.
Not for the faint of heart (You've been warned)
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Are you kidding me? Why would they keep Bettas in such containers with little to almost no water? What the heck?
LauraFrog
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I have seen almost as bad as the second video. The first is about the best care of bettas I have ever seen by any chain store.
heygetsmart
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Way better than most walmarts.. WAY WAY WAY BETTER... I got all mine on the brink of death in those tiny cups half filled with water. Horrible.[URL="http
I aint even joking.
keithp
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Wow that water was clean and the bettas looked pretty healthy some better than others but with so many like that and not alot of help there's a limit what one person can do, but yeah that was the best setup i'd ever seen.
I got my female betta from walmart, her cup was half filled with water and had no gravel, so being females have short fins she was lucky and could actually tunr around and swim, unlike the males with there long fins. They were in a dark shelf and the water was a little brown, the bettas all were dull colored and had stress lines and had malnutrition issues and lots of torn fins. Once home though, my female betta fully grew in her fins and got amazing color and is perfectly healthy.
Around here every store that sells bettas put them in the tiny plastic deli cup or tiny fish bowl you see at carnivals, some with or without gravel or glass shards. With gravel it makes the water even more shallow and cuts the bettas fins as they cant even spread there fins out! Most arent even covered so the bettas can jump out. And besides water quality they are either overfed or starved (for the ones in the back that go for a week or two sometimes without any attention)
If I worked at these places I would definetly know to rotate the fish every other day so they all get a chance at being seen and cleaned and fed. But most places even if you care have policies so they give there animals bad care.
Like the messed up policy that hardly feeding, more like starving the animals is essential so when they are adopted they are hungry and eat right away. Something that if they get used to the pet store feeding them they wont accustom themselves after adoption being fed by someone else, yeah right! If anything feeding animals before adoption is better, because after they are adopted in a new place they are stressed and may not eat right away, so if they are weak already from being starved at the store they may very well starve to death after adoption from being so weak and ill. Usually amphibians and birds mostly have this problem.
I got my female betta from walmart, her cup was half filled with water and had no gravel, so being females have short fins she was lucky and could actually tunr around and swim, unlike the males with there long fins. They were in a dark shelf and the water was a little brown, the bettas all were dull colored and had stress lines and had malnutrition issues and lots of torn fins. Once home though, my female betta fully grew in her fins and got amazing color and is perfectly healthy.
Around here every store that sells bettas put them in the tiny plastic deli cup or tiny fish bowl you see at carnivals, some with or without gravel or glass shards. With gravel it makes the water even more shallow and cuts the bettas fins as they cant even spread there fins out! Most arent even covered so the bettas can jump out. And besides water quality they are either overfed or starved (for the ones in the back that go for a week or two sometimes without any attention)
If I worked at these places I would definetly know to rotate the fish every other day so they all get a chance at being seen and cleaned and fed. But most places even if you care have policies so they give there animals bad care.
Like the messed up policy that hardly feeding, more like starving the animals is essential so when they are adopted they are hungry and eat right away. Something that if they get used to the pet store feeding them they wont accustom themselves after adoption being fed by someone else, yeah right! If anything feeding animals before adoption is better, because after they are adopted in a new place they are stressed and may not eat right away, so if they are weak already from being starved at the store they may very well starve to death after adoption from being so weak and ill. Usually amphibians and birds mostly have this problem.
modaz
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To be honest the second vid looks like they have just arrived and have been cupped, we do this to ours and slowly acclimatise them to our waters, its the easy way of doing things as bettas are shipped in very little water so the reduced space of the cups gives them enough water to be covered whilst you do the acclimatizing, once done they then get moved to their larger tanks. Now I know that people are shocked by these type of things but seriously if you saw them at the point of arrival you would all die of shock on the spot.
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