newfishies
Fish Herder
$%^#@$%$#@^ jerk!!!!!!!!!!
him, not you betta momma!
him, not you betta momma!
Just plain dumb
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OohFeeshy
It's only forever; not long at all...
Please tell us! No luck with the account, the last time I tried it I got a slightly nasty response saying 'Well I've had a betta in this for two years and he's OK'... Grrr....
BTW, I've just noticed the mirror at the back.. poor thing, flaring like crazy. If you can't do it on the betta ange, go for goldfish. A goldfish that will grow to 14"+ cannot live in half a gallon.
BTW, I've just noticed the mirror at the back.. poor thing, flaring like crazy. If you can't do it on the betta ange, go for goldfish. A goldfish that will grow to 14"+ cannot live in half a gallon.
BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Here we go:
"I own 12 bettas, I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about.
Bettas DO jump – in fact the other day I had one that took a trip down the drainpipe in the kitchen of my work. He completely had is tail severed before I purchased him, because of some careless worker I’m assuming, but the fact that he was missing a tail made me to (mistakenly) believe that he wouldn’t be as active, strong or powerful as a “normal” betta would be. He jumped about a foot, sailed across the air and into the sink. Luckily I was able to rescue him.
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but a betta that you purchase in a store (such as WalMart) isn’t ACTUALLY sent to the stores after having pulled directly out of a rice paddy. The are bred in voracious conditions, stuffed into horrid cramped little cups and then viciously shaken and jolted around while they are en route to the store shelves where they’re then shaken and harassed by children (and even some adults to have the maturity level OF a child). By the time we normal regular every day run of the mill folks finally are able to purchase them, they have been to hell and back. THIS is the reason they deserve to be in something larger than what folks like yourself are proposing here.
You COULD live in your bedroom closet for 4 years if you’re given food, too, RIGHT? But would that make you happy and comfortable? I doubt it.
In case you’re interested in learning about the ACTUAL background of domesticated bettas, I suggest you join the forum that is your name and ridiculous betta traps are being discussed (in PURE DISGUST) in: http
/www.fishforums.net - have a look for yourself. See what hundreds, heck even thousands, of very knowledgable and educated fish owners say. You’ll find that you are traveling down a path that is unsuitable for the humanity of animals. It’s unfortunate that there aren’t more societies out there that monitor this sort of thing. It is truly a shame.
Oh, and FYI – I do feel sorry for the bettas that live at your house that you’re keeping in these conditions.
Do they like it when doors slam and they get jolted?
I bet you find LARGE bubble nests in their tanks each day when you feed them and change out their water, right?
Oh, and have a great day.
"
"I own 12 bettas, I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about.
Bettas DO jump – in fact the other day I had one that took a trip down the drainpipe in the kitchen of my work. He completely had is tail severed before I purchased him, because of some careless worker I’m assuming, but the fact that he was missing a tail made me to (mistakenly) believe that he wouldn’t be as active, strong or powerful as a “normal” betta would be. He jumped about a foot, sailed across the air and into the sink. Luckily I was able to rescue him.
I’m not sure if you’re aware, but a betta that you purchase in a store (such as WalMart) isn’t ACTUALLY sent to the stores after having pulled directly out of a rice paddy. The are bred in voracious conditions, stuffed into horrid cramped little cups and then viciously shaken and jolted around while they are en route to the store shelves where they’re then shaken and harassed by children (and even some adults to have the maturity level OF a child). By the time we normal regular every day run of the mill folks finally are able to purchase them, they have been to hell and back. THIS is the reason they deserve to be in something larger than what folks like yourself are proposing here.
You COULD live in your bedroom closet for 4 years if you’re given food, too, RIGHT? But would that make you happy and comfortable? I doubt it.
In case you’re interested in learning about the ACTUAL background of domesticated bettas, I suggest you join the forum that is your name and ridiculous betta traps are being discussed (in PURE DISGUST) in: http
/www.fishforums.net - have a look for yourself. See what hundreds, heck even thousands, of very knowledgable and educated fish owners say. You’ll find that you are traveling down a path that is unsuitable for the humanity of animals. It’s unfortunate that there aren’t more societies out there that monitor this sort of thing. It is truly a shame.Oh, and FYI – I do feel sorry for the bettas that live at your house that you’re keeping in these conditions.
Do they like it when doors slam and they get jolted?
I bet you find LARGE bubble nests in their tanks each day when you feed them and change out their water, right?
Oh, and have a great day.
"
FishyLoveBug
Fish Crazy
We have started an ebay war. 
Some people just can not accept being told what they are doing is wrong. Its even worse when money is involved.
Some people just can not accept being told what they are doing is wrong. Its even worse when money is involved.
BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
I agree 110%.
I have yet to receive a response, and I am betting I won't.
Also, being that defensive right off the bat is a sign of them knowing they're doing something wrong.
I'll update if I get a response.
I have yet to receive a response, and I am betting I won't.
Also, being that defensive right off the bat is a sign of them knowing they're doing something wrong.
I'll update if I get a response.
BettasRFriends
Moved On
Well I read your posts and I completely agree with you guys. On the page it says "Only one of it's kind in the WORLD....DON"T MISS THIS !". Come on now, how stupid does he think we are? For centuries people will continue to make stupid things...such as that candle fad thread I've read. Pisses the @#%@# out of me...
Raechal
Fish Gatherer
Ugh, this thread gets me so mad lol. Why don't they just get it through their heads that the betta they get DON'T come from the small puddles and into a cup to the store. They're bred by someone and then sent to the store. Yea, maybe the betta's great great ancestors were in a puddle, but that doesn't mean they were.. 
BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Yeah, my great great grampa was fron Norway, but that does NOT mean that I got here fresh off the boat, either, ya know?!?!
It sounds JUST as stupid when they talk about how bettas come from the rice paddies. It makes me furious, too, Raech.
Lots of things do.
lol
It sounds JUST as stupid when they talk about how bettas come from the rice paddies. It makes me furious, too, Raech.
Lots of things do.
lol
OohFeeshy
It's only forever; not long at all...
They don't live in puddles, they live in rice paddies. Which, obviously, are huge since the thai's eat a lot of rice. You go bettamomma, I'd also maybe add comments about how if they did know anything about fish, they'd know about the inch of fish per gallon rule, which I know isn't the best, but they don't know that
Raechal
Fish Gatherer
Yea, but people always say they live in tiny puddles.
I feel like printing out a bunch of pictures of rice paddies and posting them in the petstores to show them they aren't as small as a tiny cup or bowl. 
I feel like printing out a bunch of pictures of rice paddies and posting them in the petstores to show them they aren't as small as a tiny cup or bowl.
BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Someone should make up a picture of a rice paddy and then crop in millions of little betta cups, with them jumping from cup to cup.
That'd be SWEET.
That'd be SWEET.
OohFeeshy
It's only forever; not long at all...
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BettaMomma
Fish Aficionado
Hrmm...
at my house right now it looks like archie and harvey were stuck in that tank and it got turned on.
lol
that is just RETARDED.
at my house right now it looks like archie and harvey were stuck in that tank and it got turned on.
lol
that is just RETARDED.
Haiku
Fishaholic
I can't believe someone thinks that's funnyOohFeeshy said:
/sarcasm on
Yes it's oh so funny to joke about how a human can snuff out the life of a helpless and innocent creature at the touch of a button for amusement.
/sarcasm off
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infant340
Fish Crazy
what if some kid sees that and doesnt kno its a fake blender and put a goldfish in a real blender and makes goldfish smoothies?!
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