a couple of weeks ago, while picking up my boyfriend in Quebec, we stopped at this pet store, Aqua Tropicale. this is a really good store, and if i didn't live an hour and a half away i'd be in there 24/7 buying fish tanks and ogling all the beautiful, well cared for stock.
so, my dad's getting plants, i'm looking for Rams with Robb. all these fish are fine and dandy, and after not finding the Rams i go to ogle the Bettas. hmm, the shelves of normals in full cups of water look a bit droopy and sad. the Crowntails on the little round table looked fine, and then i turn.
right in front of the wall-built shark tank (which was holding a very ugly looking fish) are tiny jars with huge white caps. an inch of water in them, tons of bubbles (nests! couldn't believe it) and the fish are flaring at each other.
they are GORGEOUS. Crowntails, 'hybrids', Doubletails, even a Halfmoon. must've been $150 worth of stockfish, more if they were pure breeder fish. AND THEY WERE SEALED IN!
to top it all off at the cash there was on of those decorative Betta tanks, the weird shaped ones, with an inch of water and a steel Betta that couldn't move if he tried. "FISH CRUELTY," i said. "Well, you could leave him there and let him die and he'd be the best pet for ya," my dad says, joking and referring to my way of killing Bettas. a lady who was paying looks at the fish, and Robb says to me, "I think you scared the lady."
she had wide, wide eyes and she asked the cashier something in French.
i swear, people who jar Bettas in inhumane conditions should be shot.
so, my dad's getting plants, i'm looking for Rams with Robb. all these fish are fine and dandy, and after not finding the Rams i go to ogle the Bettas. hmm, the shelves of normals in full cups of water look a bit droopy and sad. the Crowntails on the little round table looked fine, and then i turn.
right in front of the wall-built shark tank (which was holding a very ugly looking fish) are tiny jars with huge white caps. an inch of water in them, tons of bubbles (nests! couldn't believe it) and the fish are flaring at each other.
they are GORGEOUS. Crowntails, 'hybrids', Doubletails, even a Halfmoon. must've been $150 worth of stockfish, more if they were pure breeder fish. AND THEY WERE SEALED IN!
to top it all off at the cash there was on of those decorative Betta tanks, the weird shaped ones, with an inch of water and a steel Betta that couldn't move if he tried. "FISH CRUELTY," i said. "Well, you could leave him there and let him die and he'd be the best pet for ya," my dad says, joking and referring to my way of killing Bettas. a lady who was paying looks at the fish, and Robb says to me, "I think you scared the lady."
she had wide, wide eyes and she asked the cashier something in French.
i swear, people who jar Bettas in inhumane conditions should be shot.
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