Expensive bettas

On Sep 12, 1:26 pm, Tristie wrote:

Tynk... I am not replying to you nor do I wish to
reply to or have yu throw your worthless 2 cents into my replys as its
not gong to be be replied to by me, unless its a poke in your
worthless blind eyes......you worthless moron!

Hey Tynk, at least you're _worth_ him replying to you. He seems to be
able to control this wild hair impulse with me. How did you become so
worthy? wink

I was actually escorted off Wal MArt property in town, and told that
if I returned I wuol dbe arrested for tresspassing. Localcops
actuaslly came and read me the riiot act,

And this is suppose to _surprise_ us?

"Tristie" wrote in message
oups.com...

I was actually escorted off Wal MArt property in town, and told that
if I returned I wuol dbe arrested for tresspassing. Localcops
actuaslly came and read me the riiot act, manager filed a complaint on
me and I was told to vacate the premisis.all due to their inept fish
keeping ability.

- - I always spoke nicely to the manages but any changes were always
temporary. More than one manager told me their biggest problem is employees
lack of interest and knowledge of the fish they are assigned to care for.
They don't have knowledgeable people applying for the job. I suggest the
store pay a living wage and give people health benefits and perhaps they'd
find knowledgeable people and be able to keep them.

I really raised holy hell with them. I even took pics
(so I told them) and that really got them in an uproar. I sent info to
PETA and mailed Wally World almost daily. I used to send my wife or
youngin inside to get more needed evidence............and from time to
time I would make a quick run through myself ;p) That store and one
more here no longer sells fish of any kind. I even turned them in for
the live lobsters conditions............They soon quit handling live
lobsters. I made out ok though as I eventually obtained the entire
tank setup that was in the one store, when by default the person that
originally happend to get it fell down and could not pick it up, I
managed to acquire it, as well as a temp[erature controlled live
lobster tank.

- - Yes, I remember when you got those tanks. You really lucked out.

all free for the picking up and hauling away. That is the
2nd set of tanks I have aquired, as I got an entire setup from a Petco
previously...........I have since sold the petco setup but still have
the Wal mart setup going strong. I use them for over winter housing of
my tropicals once I take em out of the preforms outside.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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On Sep 13, 10:05 am, Tynk wrote:
On Sep 12, 3:26?pm, Tristie wrote:

I am not replying to you

Well you should at least let the folks reading know if you if did
something about finding so many dead Bettas, or just left and said
nothing.
Please try to act like a grown up.

**** you tynk, what I do is my business, not yours now is it? YOu
replied to the post I made, its not hard to see that. you babbling
moron..............TYNK the chick with a dick is a butthole maggot. I
could care less if all the fish in the lfs were floating belly up and
nice and fuzzy. As long as I am not butying the things I could care
less, and I have better sources to buy decent fish than at these kinds
of places anyhow dumbass!

"Tynk" wrote in message
ups.com...

This was the situation at 3 local Walmart stores in the surrounding
towns.
They were disgusting, all of them. No one knew anything about fish,
and before 1 of the stores became fish only, they did horrid things to
the Hamsters. That same store also did things like put an entire
shipment of male Bettas into one tank because...and I quote the pet
dept. manager whom I was complaining to......"If you put a bunch of
them into the same tank, they don't fight."
He said this as several males were ripping each other's fins apart. I
pointed to chaos and said "Like that, right?"
I called for the store manager, and explained what this idiot is doing
with the male Bettas (weekly!), and that he even started to yell at me
when I insisted that they be put into separate tanks, etc etc...the
store manager turns to the pet dept. manager who is all steamed up at
me, gets told off good by the head manager because he knew that you
don't ever put male Bettas together and why and on and on (It was
great to witness that after a couple weeks of this guy doing it), and
how they needed to be put into separate tanks right away....the next
week all the males were in different tanks, none with Goldfish, and
the idiot king was no longer the pet dept. manager. He was moved to a
different part of the store.
The store manager must have looked into this guy's background in the
department a little closer. A while before this was happening with the
bettas, they were with holding food and water from all the hamsters
and piggies. The reason I was told by employees was that they don't
mess the cages up so much (pee and poo). They also kept the males and
female mixed in together, as well as way too many per cage. The
conditions were cruel.
The store manager wasn't there, niether was the department manager,
and since no body in authority was available to speak to, I had to
call the 800# and explain this to customer service.
I went there later the next evening and they were all gone.
All the birds, all the hammies, and piggies too.
Just fish now.
They have no business dealing with pets anyway, just supplies.
The other Walmart, which was a fish only store from the time they
opened a couple yrs ago, never figured out how to take any sort of
care of fish, or the filtration system, how to *not* gobs of food per
tank, why not to turn off the filters, why you should remove the dead,
and how to clean those cups the male Bettas are in. An inch of brown
water is never a good thing.
A few weeks ago they took down their fish tanks. YEA!!!
No fish at all, not even Bettas in little cups anymore.

I have had (usually no luck when dealing with Walmart's customer
service, except that one terrible store's head manager.
If that particular guy was on duty or got the message about the
situation, it was handled right away.
Any other human in charge in that same store never did anything.
PetCo online complaints seem to get taken seriously when you give them
contact infoformation.
The times when I left my info, it got handled. I could opt for a call
back or not. Sometimes I did, but mostly not.
Being that I'm able to check the local stores weekly for their stock,
I see changes right away.

The last time I was in one of the local PetCo's I tried to alert the
clerk that they had a double rayed crown tail female in a male's
container...and were charging a male's CT's prive (much higher).
The females are all the same cost, no matter the fin type, but male
CT's are more than the veils.
The lady took it to the back room and came back and said,
"Nope....it's a male."
I explained to her that I was a long time breeder, and I'm 100%
positive that that fish is a female , double rayed - crown tail. It's
also has an obvious egg tube showing"...as I point to the egg tube....
She then goes on with her chin up (for real, like snobby) and said
"Well my fish expert says it's a male."
I chuckled and told her "Tell your fish "expert" that male Bettas
don't have obvious egg tubes." = )~
I just hope she did tell her "expert" what I said, because maybe then
they would look and see that yes....there is something there and
learn.
========================
I remember when they sold hamsters and birds. The birds would be dead on
the bottom with no water or filthy water, no food or the wrong food. Others
would be puffed up and even a blind person could see they were sick.
Hamsters and white mice crammed together like sardines. Sometimes walking
over the dead ones.... no one cared. It's not really fair of WW to hire
people with no interest in pets or fish and expect them to care for them
humanely and properly. It's just not going to happen. I'm really thrilled
that they stopped selling live things. I hope they did this Nationwide.

As for trying to educate anyone in these stores..... don't waste your time.
The clerk there today will be gone tomorrow and couldn't care less if they
tried.
--
RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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On Sep 13, 6:39 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message

ups.com...

This was the situation at 3 local Walmart stores in the surrounding
towns.
They were disgusting, all of them. No one knew anything about fish,
and before 1 of the stores became fish only, they did horrid things to
the Hamsters. That same store also did things like put an entire
shipment of male Bettas into one tank because...and I quote the pet
dept. manager whom I was complaining to......"If you put a bunch of
them into the same tank, they don't fight."
He said this as several males were ripping each other's fins apart. I
pointed to chaos and said "Like that, right?"
I called for the store manager, and explained what this idiot is doing
with the male Bettas (weekly!), and that he even started to yell at me
when I insisted that they be put into separate tanks, etc etc...the
store manager turns to the pet dept. manager who is all steamed up at
me, gets told off good by the head manager because he knew that you
don't ever put male Bettas together and why and on and on (It was
great to witness that after a couple weeks of this guy doing it), and
how they needed to be put into separate tanks right away....the next
week all the males were in different tanks, none with Goldfish, and
the idiot king was no longer the pet dept. manager. He was moved to a
different part of the store.
The store manager must have looked into this guy's background in the
department a little closer. A while before this was happening with the
bettas, they were with holding food and water from all the hamsters
and piggies. The reason I was told by employees was that they don't
mess the cages up so much (pee and poo). They also kept the males and
female mixed in together, as well as way too many per cage. The
conditions were cruel.
The store manager wasn't there, niether was the department manager,
and since no body in authority was available to speak to, I had to
call the 800# and explain this to customer service.
I went there later the next evening and they were all gone.
All the birds, all the hammies, and piggies too.
Just fish now.
They have no business dealing with pets anyway, just supplies.
The other Walmart, which was a fish only store from the time they
opened a couple yrs ago, never figured out how to take any sort of
care of fish, or the filtration system, how to *not* gobs of food per
tank, why not to turn off the filters, why you should remove the dead,
and how to clean those cups the male Bettas are in. An inch of brown
water is never a good thing.
A few weeks ago they took down their fish tanks. YEA!!!
No fish at all, not even Bettas in little cups anymore.

I have had (usually no luck when dealing with Walmart's customer
service, except that one terrible store's head manager.
If that particular guy was on duty or got the message about the
situation, it was handled right away.
Any other human in charge in that same store never did anything.
PetCo online complaints seem to get taken seriously when you give them
contact infoformation.
The times when I left my info, it got handled. I could opt for a call
back or not. Sometimes I did, but mostly not.
Being that I'm able to check the local stores weekly for their stock,
I see changes right away.

The last time I was in one of the local PetCo's I tried to alert the
clerk that they had a double rayed crown tail female in a male's
container...and were charging a male's CT's prive (much higher).
The females are all the same cost, no matter the fin type, but male
CT's are more than the veils.
The lady took it to the back room and came back and said,
"Nope....it's a male."
I explained to her that I was a long time breeder, and I'm 100%
positive that that fish is a female , double rayed - crown tail. It's
also has an obvious egg tube showing"...as I point to the egg tube....
She then goes on with her chin up (for real, like snobby) and said
"Well my fish expert says it's a male."
I chuckled and told her "Tell your fish "expert" that male Bettas
don't have obvious egg tubes." = )~
I just hope she did tell her "expert" what I said, because maybe then
they would look and see that yes....there is something there and
learn.
========================
I remember when they sold hamsters and birds. The birds would be dead on
the bottom with no water or filthy water, no food or the wrong food. Others
would be puffed up and even a blind person could see they were sick.
Hamsters and white mice crammed together like sardines. Sometimes walking
over the dead ones.... no one cared. It's not really fair of WW to hire
people with no interest in pets or fish and expect them to care for them
humanely and properly. It's just not going to happen. I'm really thrilled
that they stopped selling live things. I hope they did this Nationwide.

As for trying to educate anyone in these stores..... don't waste your time.
The clerk there today will be gone tomorrow and couldn't care less if they
tried.
--
RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

Evidently that female betta was suffering from what our resident
moron TYNK is afflicted with...........Gender dysphoria!

On Sep 14, 9:59 am, Tynk wrote:
On Sep 13, 7:06?pm, Tristie wrote:



Evidently that female betta was suffering from what our resident
moron ?TYNK is afflicted with...........Gender dysphoria!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Obviously you missed the entire point.
It was an OBVIOUS female. There was nothing male about it.
It was simply a female version of a crown tail and their "fish expert"
didn't know what one looked like. Maybe that's simple enough for you
to understand now.

P.S....I have no "gender dysphoria". That's your game.

Suck my dick TYNK......just like you do to those guys on the street
corner..when you turn a trick! Better yet take a ****ing
hike ..........I know I own yuo but that does not mean I need to put
yup with your bull**** either now does it? Dance you stupid puppet
dance..

On Sep 14, 1:24 pm, Tynk wrote:
On Sep 14, 10:55?am, Tristie wrote:

*Nonsense and childish behavior deleted*

I know I own yuo but that does not mean I need to put

yup with your bull**** either now does it? ?

The only person you "own" is yourself.

I have no bull**** for you to put up with.
You're the one playing games, no body else.
If you don't want to have a grown up conversation with me, then simply
do not reply.

She / he / it knows deep down she is nothing but a two bit "ho" from
the git go and can not stand for anyone to know more than her. She can
not refuse to reply to any post made, as she enoys the attention she
gleems form it. TYNK is a ****tard, nothing more. I own "it" plain and
simple and its driving her nuts.She is obsessed with replying to
defend her so called "honor" duh, and duh again

On Sep 17, 12:02 am, Tynk wrote:
PetCo had more nice Crown tail males yesterday.
I picked up 2.
Both are very pretty cambodian mixes.
I also picked up 3 females. 2 long finned, and one veil. All are
cambodian mixes as well.
One of the females has a lot of red over blue so it appears purple
here and there.
The other 2 are mostly white, with one being more opaque.
One of the males has white opaque in him and baby blue splashes.

How's your fish doing RM?
Any Bettas yet?

Why not post in a group where they give a **** TYNK.............no
one wants to associate with a chick with a dick in a decent group like
this. Your like a fish out of water..............

"Tynk" wrote in message
ups.com...
PetCo had more nice Crown tail males yesterday.
I picked up 2.
Both are very pretty cambodian mixes.
I also picked up 3 females. 2 long finned, and one veil. All are
cambodian mixes as well.
One of the females has a lot of red over blue so it appears purple
here and there.
The other 2 are mostly white, with one being more opaque.
One of the males has white opaque in him and baby blue splashes.

How's your fish doing RM?
Any Bettas yet?
=========================
No, but it sounds like you found some nice ones. I bet you're going to
breed them. How can you not? ;-)))

I was very dissapointed today at PetsMart. They hadn't gotten anything new
in (in over 2 weeks) and I saw a lot of those "fuzzy" fish. You know the
ones, they like to stick to the intake pipe and give off strange aromas.
And their prices are .50 to a dollar higher, per fish, than PetSupermarket.
The usual employees were gone. It was a whole new crew.

The bettas were the dregs of whatever they got in several weeks ago. I
should have picked up one or two then. Nothing I would want to bring home
was there today. All I left there with was a nice clump of water-wisteria.

I'm waiting to find 2 or three nice clown loaches but Ich is such a problem
with them. What do you find safe to use on CLs if they turn up with Ich?
--
RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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"St. Clair" wrote in message
...
Maracide will work. A common misnomer is Clown Loaches are scaleless,
thus needing different care. However, they do have small scales.

Hope this helps,
======================
Have you ever tried Quick Cure or Aqurasol on them? I always have these on
hand but was told QC is a harsh cure and Aqurasol not very effective. Any
opinions on these two for loaches? I ask because I want to have the cure on
hand before I buy them and bring them home.
--
RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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