Want to know how Betta is shipped?

I'm not sure what transhipper that was, but all the transhippers I deal with and there aren't that many in the US, don't get their fish like that!! :mad2: The bettas are shipped in bags that vary in size from about 4x12, 4x14, 6x12, 6x14
The bags are filled 1/3 water and the rest with air. The bigger the betta or the bigger the finnage of the fish, the bigger the bag is it's shipped in to reduce chances of tail biting which is very common in bettas .
If any of my transhippers or breeders I get my fish from overseas ship fish in tiny bags with only a teaspoon of water then I definitely wouldn't deal with them period!
 
Rallysman said:
hey Li, do you know what the death rate is on those?
I find that very interesting.
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I'm gonna take a guess at 25-30%... you go to petco or petsmart when they get a new shipment in, and you see prolly 50 cups full, they all look pretty good(for being in those bags for up to a week)... but you go in a week later and half of the cups are filled with dying fish, I have seen them with bloat / dropsy / ich... They prolly all survive the shipping. I would guess less than 5-10% death rate... but the stress over time prolly gets allot more.
 
Candycat21 said:
I'm not sure what transhipper that was, but all the transhippers I deal with and there aren't that many in the US, don't get their fish like that!! :mad2: The bettas are shipped in bags that vary in size from about 4x12, 4x14, 6x12, 6x14
The bags are filled 1/3 water and the rest with air. The bigger the betta or the bigger the finnage of the fish, the bigger the bag is it's shipped in to reduce chances of tail biting which is very common in bettas .
If any of my transhippers or breeders I get my fish from overseas ship fish in tiny bags with only a teaspoon of water then I definitely wouldn't deal with them period!
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maybe your transhipper re-packet into bigger bags?? :huh:
 
neoprodigy said:
maybe your transhipper re-packet into bigger bags?? :huh:
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She deals with specialized breeder bettas such as half moons and double tails. That may also make a difference. The betta's you showed were veil tailed. Basically garbage to the breeding world. We cause this bc of the high demand we create by purchasing them. I am guilty as well since I am currently housing 4 betta's at my house.
 
ok got off the phone...

they do re-package the "betta packets" into bigger fish bags..

the death rate in the betta packets is very low.... from what i remember i only see 1 dead packet... you can tell by the brownish water...
 
jm1212 said:
that is so sad...
some of those bettas had really good coloring. from what i could see there were a couple of reds and one that looked a bit orange.
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its the market... without the demand (low price)... these fish will not be ship like this....
 
hmmmm, it seems you are showing us info on a betta company. Isnt that called :spam: ? You may be the mayor of this town, but Im still the spam police. Your on shaky ground mister ;) lol just kidding.

What concerns me is the ammount of water they are in, and that it apears the bags are sealed tight. Even if they can breathe the air in the bag, there is not much air there. All I can hope for is that they are moved to better conditions immediatly upon reciept of the shipment.
 
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