i went to wal-mart today and walked through the fish department(out of habit)and looked in the tiny betta cups,i saw a betta in the dirtiest cup that had severly torn fins,i picked up the cup and another betta shot from the other side and began attacking the other betta!i got a person that worked in the fish area to come,she said that he was in there because they didnt have any more cups!so she put one of the bettas in one of thier empy tanks without getting him used to the different temperatures.the poor baby had barely any fins left,the betta that was doing all the attacking didnt have that much damage...........i try not to even go in there anymore,this is the first time i've been there for about two months.
wal-mart!arrgg!
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ugh, that's terrible. That's why everyone on this forum should boycott Walmart fish (not to mention their other products). If someone is tempted to "rescue" their fish, it only feeds the corporate machine.
ive got to agree about that cooperate machine. walmart isnt the best store in the world IMO but people still shop there, and as long as they keep shopping there they will be able to fund their stores and keep all of the parts of it running and fully stocked
I pretty much jumped down the persons throat that put them together,the one betta will probably die,i know that they areent going to treat him and he's damaged so bad.I have to many rescues from everywhere,im going to put at least four up for free soon,just pay shipping and give them a good home.wal-mart makes me soo mad :mad2: i advise everyone who goes in the fish department(in front of the people trying to sell fish)not to buy from wal-mart because thier tanks are disease ridden.
I was thinking about introducing ich to their tanks out of spite, but every fish in the tank already had ich,so there was no one to infect. buying fish there for your tank is like making out with someone with bubonic plague!
hmmmm.... that would be worse, but then there would be no one left to blackmail and incriminate! :devil:plah831 said:oh, fishcatch, you are evil. Why not just give them Fish TB?
I just went to Walmart the other day and they had a whole tank of dead fish with the rest of the fish dying as I watched. I told the guy about the tank and he just laughed and said "yeah, I know". I will never buy fish from Walmart no matter how healthy they look.
It must be the same at every wal-mart. The super wal-mart in my town has dying fish in every tank. There are 4-inch+ oscars in with rams, the ghost shrimp they are trying to sell are being eaten by the fish in the tank with them, there was a goldfish with his eyes eaten out still somehow swimming around (albeit slowly). There is never a worker in the section, no matter what time of day or night. Most of the boxes of tanks and supplies are open, in the wrong section, or pieces are apparently stolen out. Most every shopper I've ever seen when I was walking through is appalled and says something about it to whoever they are with. I'm amazed that someone in some type of power hasn't shut down their fish sales.