lolagurl

guess what i saw at a grocrey store today...they were selling those vases with bettas in them and plants on top....it was so sad...i complained but..i doubt it'll do anyhting

Tazmiche

How horrendous! I'm a new betta parent but it only takes 24/48 hours to realise that they are not just a fishy. I'm in uk so i never see these horrific sights ( not used that way here ) However i do see them kept in tanks with nasty fin nippers. TOTAL IGNORANCE world wide!!

COBettaCouple

if only fish could talk.. or even make noise.. that's sad and anyone buying those won't ever get to really see what a betta is like.

voiceless_kat

To use yet another platitude: "What goes around, comes around"....in my mind's eye I see a lot of these weirdo uninformed fish/animal people stuck somewhere between heaven and ****, in jars of water with no air or heat or company or food...............

Val.....I am getting crazier by the minute reading all these sad things!!!

Tom

Some fish can make sounds. But I know what you mean.
That is horrible. Don't think your complaining didn't go without any consideration, if they get more complaints, then they would think more of taking them out of the store and in a real pet store. YOu could go back and say to them, 'If you don't remove these fish, I will have to tell all my friends and people I know to not come shop here and I won't ever be back myself'. All stores hate when they have to make a big choice like that.
Tom

cichlid seeker

my fish tells me when he is hungery or mad or sad. Like to train him to feed from my hand though.

Citrine888

Sad but that is true, here in Davao City, Philippines, here are just some of those bettas in jars that you are talking about....bettas in small mayonnaise jars. Its worse when you go to our local petshops, all bettas in small plastic cups

COBettaCouple

Pretty much, most all the pet stores here have the small plastic cups with Bettas. I'd love that white male in the last pic.

Callum The Cat

COBettaCouple

2.5 to 3g is as small a tank as i'd keep a Betta in.

Callum The Cat

COBettaCouple

if you can find the minibow 2.5g tank kits, they're not too bad at wal-mart and probably the cheapest way to get a small tank. especially if a store has a sale on them or something.

Callum The Cat

Tazmiche

OMG, those pics break your heart!! Ok UK isn't brill for the bettas i have seen but to imagine Honey or Flame in a jar makes me sick!

But it is not just fish, there are SOOOOOOO many arrogant, ignorant, selfish humans on this planet that see other life forms as objects and profit!

I am with Val, 'What goes around, comes around' i REALLY believe this. One day something will bite them on the butt!!

COBettaCouple

yea, the way the human race treats the animals is a reflection of how we treat each other.. crappy.

armadillo

Well, not every human treats animals and other humans crappy. There's hope yet!

Callum The Cat

armadillo

Yeah, but I mean a lot of other, non-Fishlorians are also kind to animals and humans. Most of the people I know are OK, really.