Will someone do something!!!!boycot wal-mart fish tanks!!!

Hey i have a good idea and it'll get some of the wal*mart ppl a challange go up to 1 of them and saywhat is the best way to go with an oscar a 5 gallon? or a 10 gallon? then they'll say uhhhhhhhhhhhhh a 10 gallon and then you walk away nodding ur head side to side.
 
wHEN IM IN WALMART and see sick fish i rip open the medicine they have and treat the tanks. I dont think they try to treat the tanks so I try to help. It is sad
 
Tridacna said:
wHEN IM IN WALMART and see sick fish i rip open the medicine they have and treat the tanks. I dont think they try to treat the tanks so I try to help. It is sad
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Isn't that stealing?
 
I never got the pleasure of shopping for fish at walmart, I might go there once a year. When we did we saw all the tropical fish tanks empty. They later removed them. I guess they gave up, prolly lost alot of stock.
 
Michael_G said:
im really pissed off today. i went to wal--mart and i noticed that they had 1'' oscars in their tanks. i ussually keep my mouth shut in situations like this and i didd until this 12 year old kid with his momma shows up with one of those cheap 5 gallon bowfront tanks.they look around and just that poor fishe's luck they pick a liitle itty baby oscar. i know why people like thenm with the black and white patterns.anyways they ask this old lady that they chucked in at that section if the oscar would be ok in that 5g. i almost spontaneously combusted when she said it would be fine andd even tried to sell her some neons to go with him. the old lady got called off for a few minutes so i took the chance and walked up to the lady(she got scared the firt few seconds ,i happen to be 6'4. )i explained to her that the oscar gets about 30cms long and that even neon wouldnt be ok in the 5g (imagine chucking neons in an unheated uncycled tank)i hink the oscar sighed of relief when she left and put the 5g back on the shelf where it should stay. maybe i should have made a suggestion like a betta with cories and a snail or whatever. anyways when the fish hag shows up while im deciding which betta i rescue she asks me where the lady went . i tell her and boy was she pissed. she told me to get out of her section ( :argue: :rant2: :rant2: :argue: which i did with pleasure(after gettin a gorgeous purple and blue crowntail betta).now was i in the wrong? i dont think so.every time i got to a wal-mart im really sad for the poor fish in there(including the ones decomposing in the filter intake). shoulnt someone d some thing. what do you all think of this?

(every time i got there i end up with high pressure and a headache.)
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This is the original post in this thread. I've not read it all, I don't have THAT kind of time on my hands, so my gripe may have been addressed already. But, this person goes on a rant about the deplorable conditions at Walmart, how they should now be selling fish, etc, etc... Yet, before he leaves, he buys a Betta.. Am I the only one that understands that by supporting Walmart and buying that Betta, you are encouraging them to continue killing fish? A boycott means you pass up the good deals aswell, not just the ones you dislike..
 
It is a battle between helping the fish singular vs. helping the fish plural. Of course an all out ban would decrease sales to where they would have to choose between not selling them or selling them properly, but in that process how many fish will die? By purchsing that fish, he helped one little fish. Quite admirable. I do agree that it goes against his wish for a boycot. Mabey he should get a job at wally world and request a position in the fish department......
 
sumthin fishy said:
It is. Rob from the rich and give to the poor?
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ya i guess ur rite about that!
 
Wal-mart sucks!

I only use wal marts fish section for food when I'm low on cash,a live bearer gives birth ( the fry are free :D ) so they don't polute the tank anymore than it already is,or I they if they get a healthy puffer (that rarely happens) so I can save 6 bucks (they are ten at other stores), or if there is a rare fish there by mistake. For example a very rare and expensive (a couple hundred) etheir zebra or queenpleco was there And I got it for $5, but we can't forget this is walmart and he only lived a day.
 
jagarundi said:
While we're at it, let's boycott buying Pacu's. I'm sure by now everyone has read my sticky post about my beloved Pacus.......
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no they should just be better warned about what there buying
 
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