I rescued a Walmart Betta

[sirrahved]

I swear, that place should NOT be allowed to sell living creatures There were four bettas there, all in terrible condition (the ends of their fins shriveling, all very pale, not active at all!) There was even a sick goldfish (not dead yet!) being eaten by his tankmates. I picked the betta that seemed the worst off. He barely moved even when his bowl was upset. We were slightly afraid he wouldn't make it even a couple of days.

Four days later... and he's making a bubble nest! Right now we've got him in a little over a gallon of water and he's so much happier. I'd like to get him in something bigger, but this is what we could come up with last minute. It took a couple of days, but he's eating now and seems to be doing great!

Any suggestions for names? How about suggestions on how to take his picture? I've never had much luck photographing fish.

[Suki Wingy]

Congfrats! The walmart by me actually takes decent care of the bettas. Tips I give everyone for photographing bettas:
*put camera on macro mode
*use flash
The flash never really seemed to bother the fish I took pics of.

[IRescue452]

I always go through the betta bowls and put the dead ones in front. Hopefully my little effort puts some people off of supporting the walmart fish section. Glad your little guy made it.

[jackie]

I am glad you got a nice pet, but honestly, why do you all thinking you are ¨saving these fish¨?

If I went to a BYB and ¨saved¨ four puppies, everyone would freak out. All you are doing by buying these fish are supporting Walmart and other massive chains. They are going to buy more and more fish to replace the ones you bought. You are encouraging them more then anything else.

If you want to help the fish in Walmart, complain to the management everytime you see fish in bad conditions, and ask your friends to do the same. That will do a lot more in the long run, then compulsively buying fish.

[Karen]

But she did save the life of that fishie, and will now educate others, and complain to management about how horrible the conditions were. Just awful. Dev, can you contact Animal Control for the city the Walmart is in, and see if they can send an inspection team and pull their fish-selling permit?

What color is he?

[Lori Jordan]

I do agree about Walmart from what i have seen! They have them in little cups which is fine until they sell but they dont even put enough water in them..it is sad ,they do look very poor there not colourful!Im glad you are happy about your new fish!!!

[buttercup132]

I am glad you got a nice pet, but honestly, why do you all thinking you are ¨saving these fish¨?

If I went to a BYB and ¨saved¨ four puppies, everyone would freak out. All you are doing by buying these fish are supporting Walmart and other massive chains. They are going to buy more and more fish to replace the ones you bought. You are encouraging them more then anything else.

If you want to help the fish in Walmart, complain to the management everytime you see fish in bad conditions, and ask your friends to do the same. That will do a lot more in the long run, then compulsively buying fish.

I must agree I dont see how thats rescueing them ...it's just like a pet store with puppies well technically you "saved" the puppy but its still supporting the pet store and just making more room for puppies...
Congrads on your new fish