Expensive bettas

OK, I looked them up. They're crowns and deltas. ;-) The deltas are the
ones selling for $12.99. The crowns are half that where I live. The
regular bettas run $3.99 these days, the females $1.99.
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On Sep 11, 4:44 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
OK, I looked them up. They're crowns and deltas. ;-) The deltas are the
ones selling for $12.99. The crowns are half that where I live. The
regular bettas run $3.99 these days, the females $1.99.
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The local Petco here has some rare bettas . The wife and I was looking
at them today.There are updside down fuzzys, all over fuzzies, and
half fuzzies, finless fuzzies and the new color bleached out and
fuzzy...Out of a total of 29 contianers of Bettas both crowns, males
and females, there was a grand total of 21 dead betta, with the
remaining 8 in pityfull condition.But , and I repeat.BUT the lcerk
said no problem as they are getting more in on Thursday if there was
none there that suited us today.....Some one really needs to burn that
Petco manager big time along with Petco for allowing such crap as
thjis to happen. SOmetimes its worst than Wally World when it comes to
fuzzy upside down and half there fish. I just love it when yu ask
them if they ever check the tanks and they say yea,k they check em
all day long........yet there is dead half eaten bodies inthere all
the time............I guess the correct question in stead of checking
the tanks is do yuou ever clean the dead and sick bodies out of the
tanks or just olet them there to create new breeds and provide
nutrition to the other tank residents.

"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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OK, I looked them up. They're crowns and deltas. ;-) The deltas are the
ones selling for $12.99. The crowns are half that where I live. The
regular bettas run $3.99 these days, the females $1.99.
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http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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If you think these are expensive, try a betta breeder. $90+ is common for
*potential* show specimens.

"Tristie" wrote in message
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The local Petco here has some rare bettas . The wife and I was looking
at them today.There are updside down fuzzys, all over fuzzies, and
half fuzzies, finless fuzzies and the new color bleached out and
fuzzy...Out of a total of 29 contianers of Bettas both crowns, males
and females, there was a grand total of 21 dead betta, with the
remaining 8 in pityfull condition.

:-O OMG! That is sickening. The last place here that specialized in fuzzy
fish with that peculiar stench of decay closed their pet dept. some months
ago.

But , and I repeat.BUT the lcerk
said no problem as they are getting more in on Thursday if there was
none there that suited us today.....

Doesn't that just tick you off bigtime? They'll probably just dump the
decomposing departed out and pour the new ones in the same foul containers.
:-(

Some one really needs to burn that
Petco manager big time along with Petco for allowing such crap as
thjis to happen. SOmetimes its worst than Wally World when it comes to
fuzzy upside down and half there fish. I just love it when yu ask
them if they ever check the tanks and they say yea,k they check em
all day long........yet there is dead half eaten bodies inthere all
the time............

We have (teenage) clerks like that at one of the stores here. I think only
the manager can tell the difference between the dead, the almost dead but
already fuzzy, the near dead gasping their last and the already skeletal
from the few that are still breathing.

I guess the correct question in stead of checking
the tanks is do yuou ever clean the dead and sick bodies out of the
tanks or just olet them there to create new breeds and provide
nutrition to the other tank residents.

LOL!!!! I know it's not funny but that had me laughing........ :-D
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"Tynk" wrote in message
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(Brevity snips)

That's truly sad.
I hope you guys pointed out all the corpses to the manager before
leaving.
You should (if you haven't already) email the corp's customer service
at PetCo.com.
Explain what you saw and when.
They *do* get in touch with the store's manager about any problems a
customer has with a certain PetCo.

I did this constantly with Wal*Mart before they closed the live fish dept.
I would constantly call the store, then the district manager in Nashville.
I called them to report the horrid conditions of all the fish. Seldom was
anything done and any changes were always temporary. In the one store I
can't recall every going there and not seeing fish covered with ich and dead
furry ones stuck to the filter intakes or rotting on the bottom. When they
closed that dept. I was thrilled out of my mind.

You just have to let the right person know what's going on.

And then you have to keep checking back as they change employees constantly.
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"Telstar" wrote in message
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If you think these are expensive, try a betta breeder. $90+ is common for
*potential* show specimens.

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Yeah, I saw that on the Internet. For a breeder it pays to pay such prices
for an excellent specimen.
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"Tynk" wrote in message
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There was a PetLand that used to get the not so common fin variations
from a breeder, as well as what the wholesaler had.
This was a time yrs back when you *never* saw these fin types in
shops. You could only find the spindly, skinny, mass bred junk.

- - But there's always that "certain one" among the mass produced that
appeals. :-) They go right in my cart.

This particular PetLand had crowns that would knock your socks off, as
well as high quality Deltas.
They were also trying to get Halfmoons, but never did. The prices were
about the same as your 12.99 Delta.
Now a days you can sometimes find the nicer types tossed in a shipment
of regs at many stores.
I've seen a few nice Deltas in PetCo shipments, as well as being a not
so often seen color pattern, but only in the females. Never Delta
males.

- - You can buy both males and females here! Some of them were truly
beautiful nicely colored fish. If I were interested in breeding them I'd
find some nice fish to start with.

.......... That is of course if you haven't been
targeted by a certain Betta.....and he or she is coming home with you
no matter what you have to say about it.
Those types are called shady tricksters. You have to beware of them at
all times. You cannot deny them.
Resistance is futile.

- - Tell me about it! :-))

If you find that you have been the victim of one of these, may I
suggest frozen bloodworms to keep them happy at all times.
Freeze dried will not do at all, as they would take it as an insult to
them.
= )~

- - That reminds me, I've got to pick up frozen bloodworms next week when I
go back to Pet Supermarket for a replacement cory. Right now I have the
variety pack and that's real low also.
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On Sep 12, 10:17 am, Tynk wrote:
On Sep 11, 6:37?pm, Tristie wrote:





On Sep 11, 4:44 pm, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

OK, I looked them up. ?They're crowns and deltas. ;-) ?The deltas are the
ones selling for $12.99. ?The crowns are half that where I live. ?The
regular bettas run $3.99 these days, the females $1.99.
--

RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. ?Middle TN USA
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The local Petco here has some rare bettas . The wife and I was looking
at them today.There are updside down fuzzys, all over fuzzies, and
half fuzzies, finless fuzzies and the new color bleached out and
fuzzy...Out of a total of 29 contianers of Bettas both crowns, males
and females, there was a grand total of 21 dead betta, with the
remaining 8 in pityfull condition.But , and I repeat.BUT the lcerk
said no problem as they are getting more in on Thursday if there was
none there that suited us today.....Some one really needs to burn that
Petco manager big time along with Petco for allowing such crap as
thjis to happen. SOmetimes its worst than Wally World when it comes to
fuzzy upside down and half there fish. ?I just love it when yu ask
them if they ever check the tanks and they say yea,k they check em
all day long........yet there is dead half eaten bodies inthere all
the time............I guess the correct question in stead of checking
the tanks is do yuou ever clean the dead and sick bodies out of the
tanks or just olet them there to create new breeds and provide
nutrition to the other tank residents.

That's truly sad.
I hope you guys pointed out all the corpses to the manager before
leaving.
You should (if you haven't already) email the corp's customer service
at PetCo.com.
Explain what you saw and when.
They *do* get in touch with the store's manager about any problems a
customer has with a certain PetCo.
I know this for a fact, as I've been contaced more than once about an
email to the corp. regarding the conditions of their male Bettas, and
a complete moron of an employee giving out really BAD info to clueless
- newbie customer.
The conditions of the betta containers were in better shape after I
spoke with the head manager via phone.
The company had changed from tiny cups to larger containers - almost
twice the size of the original tiny cups they were in.
This store didn't have the shelf space to house all the males on the
*Betta Shelf* in the bigger containers.
Mind you, these larger containers are still very small anyway.
Again, I emailed the corp and in no time they were in their larger
containers, and magically another shelf appeared. Poof! Room to house
them all.
The other time was regarding what I had over heard an employee telling
a customer.
The next time I was in he was again helping customers, but instead of
bullcrappying them about something he didn't know, he said,"Hold
on....let me get somebody who would know the answer to that."
Sometimes with only a little effort on the customers part, changes for
the better can happen.
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Shut the **** up 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!

On Sep 12, 11:48 am, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
"Tynk" wrote in message

oups.com...
There was a PetLand that used to get the not so common fin variations
from a breeder, as well as what the wholesaler had.
This was a time yrs back when you *never* saw these fin types in
shops. You could only find the spindly, skinny, mass bred junk.

- - But there's always that "certain one" among the mass produced that
appeals. :-) They go right in my cart.

This particular PetLand had crowns that would knock your socks off, as
well as high quality Deltas.
They were also trying to get Halfmoons, but never did. The prices were
about the same as your 12.99 Delta.
Now a days you can sometimes find the nicer types tossed in a shipment
of regs at many stores.
I've seen a few nice Deltas in PetCo shipments, as well as being a not
so often seen color pattern, but only in the females. Never Delta
males.

- - You can buy both males and females here! Some of them were truly
beautiful nicely colored fish. If I were interested in breeding them I'd
find some nice fish to start with.

......... That is of course if you haven't been
targeted by a certain Betta.....and he or she is coming home with you
no matter what you have to say about it.
Those types are called shady tricksters. You have to beware of them at
all times. You cannot deny them.
Resistance is futile.

- - Tell me about it! :-))

If you find that you have been the victim of one of these, may I
suggest frozen bloodworms to keep them happy at all times.
Freeze dried will not do at all, as they would take it as an insult to
them.
= )~

- - That reminds me, I've got to pick up frozen bloodworms next week when I
go back to Pet Supermarket for a replacement cory. Right now I have the
variety pack and that's real low also.
--

RM....
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö

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 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.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.

Shut the **** up 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
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