I was just thinking that if people keep making these videos than all it’s gonna do is make it worse for these fish, because are gonna wanna buy and “save” them
I think the main problem is that they sell fish when they shouldn’t like every time I go to Walmart I see no one there and I see hungry sad fish and dead fish
People have been complaining about these issues for many years now. They even had several undercover video and sound recordings of the employees actually mistreating/abusing the animals, from different stores and different locations from different States. To no avail at all. Nothing was done, no one with the power to step in did step in. Some store managers did do something about it, and things did get better for a while in those few particular stores, but very quickly - within a few weeks - it went back to its old routine of neglect after they got called back by "the big bosses".
@@emilyprice8964 You could tell it to them directly what you think about it, boycott the store/chain entirely and report them for animal cruelty. Here where I live they would never get away with such behavior at all.
Our Walmart has a sign that says ”Until all stores are caring for fish properly, this store will not continue to sell and support the mistreatment of fish.” with a PETA hashtag
The colors of the betta say a lot about his health. When they are bright like here, the fish is healthy, at the right temperature, well fed, has enough space and light to live happily. When its colors are bland, almost gray, the fish is in poor health. So the opposite of what I just said. When the betta stays at the bottom of the aquarium, it's because the water is too cold for him. When it stays on the surface of the water, it is because the water is too hot. If it always stays on the surface, he has a breathing problem. If he stays still in the aquarium, it is because he is too weak or in poor health. The sails of the betta are very fragile and we must avoid the rough objects in the aquarium. If they are damaged, it is important to check that they do not rot or even cut the damaged ends. The aquatic plants are very important for the good health of the betta: they serve as a hiding place and to bring food in the aquarium. Giving the betta a catappa leaf once a month allows it to have vitamins, but it is not obligatory. In short, the betta is a very interesting, beautiful and unique Asian fighting fish. One of my favorite fish. I can tell you that this one is a beautiful double tail male.
@@emellere9397 exactly what I was thinking... “rescuing a beta” yes but more like “buying an abused beta” as much as it would be amazing to rescue every abused animal in that store, it’s scary knowing that any kind of selfless act will provide more reason for Walmart to keep these fish in stock 🥺
@@Ajay-jq2ux they don't gotta release them just take care of them and at least take out the dead ones. They don't have anything in there for the fish to actually survive hell they don't even have rocks is just a sticker they put at the bottom.
@@codsgames166codgames4 Then they have an employee who knows about fish. Unfortunately, most wally worlds have employees that don't know much about their departments... Not that I blame them, Walmart doesn't pay worth a damn. You get what you give.
Only one of the three near me still sells fish. They do an OKish job with them and have stuck with only 4 or 5 tanks and a 8-10 bettas enough a single employee could take care of without spending full time on the fish alone (it also seems like a non teen she seems mid-late 20's is in charge of the area) at least they don't have any dead fish whenever I walk through
@@carriegoodyear5729 Hm, I don't think so. I've been studying bettas for a while, and you can notice a distinctly unique tail fin shape that stays the same throughout the video. The same color change is relatively easy to achieve with proper care and nurturing of the fish, as the same has happened with my own. I was more fascinated by the intensity of the color that was brought forth, as it's rather beautiful, yeah?
Same since I was 16 I had betta fishes, my first baby Elvis lasted almost two years!! I bought two now, a male and female put a divider in the tank and hopefully they last a long time ❤️
Dude I don’t know why but my Walmart has sponge filters and like really clean water and there’s never dead fish in the tanks,there’s always the same fish but they keep getting healthier but thanks for the message, I think the only reason their healthy is because their always some old dude that really likes them and he never leaves that isle.
Some Walmarts are good at looking after fish while others don't pay much attention. Its also not just fish, its also birds, rodents, lizards, insects and ect. Im trying to expose a pet shop because that pet shop has nothing but dying animals and rotten pet food. Eventhough, I'm from the UK and we don't have any Walmarts but there are still a variety of pet shops all over the uk. Best pet shops we have is Pets At Home.
seeing those fish actually hurt me ;( just stop selling them if you can care for them!! some had mould/fungus/algae which indicate they’ve been there a while! doesn’t it scream common sense to remove the dead ones to prevent more death/pneumonia strikes/ disease etc spreads?? come on Walmart?!!
Oof my local Walmart stopped selling specifically Bettas, but they still abuse and neglect all their fish in the tanks. (Goldfish, guppies, Glofish, etc)
Jerky YT fr my moms friend got 4 from there and she gave them to my mom for free after having them for 2 years right now it’s been their 5 year living with us, us humans can sometimes be heroes but sadly 1 dies at 4 years
I am shocked. In germany they would already have the veteranery office at their back. OHHHH....to see fish already dead and already wasting....that made me sad. That is so bad!
Ja, ist halt echt so. Hier wird man schon von anderen Aquarianern angefaucht wenn die Wasserwerte nicht zu 100% stimmen. True story. You literally get slapped by other Aquarium-Owners when your Aquarium has not the perfect water values.
There are no laws protecting fish in America that I'm aware of. It may vary by state, but most places can just display and sell betta fish entirely in those little cups. While they keep other fish in tanks at the store, they send them home with you in a plastic bag.
Miss Ryu I think the only fish they keep in cups are bettas. and that’s because male bettas are aggressive and will fight with each other until one is dead.
The footage from when you first put him into the tank honestly made me tear up. Praying for the day when bettas stop being sold in cups by corporations.
I honestly thought that Walmart stopped selling them like 10 years ago because the only Walmart I’ve gone to that sold fish got rid of them a long time ago. I’m really surprised that they still do
I find it a bit strange that my local food-fish market has better conditions for the fish they'll kill for you than Walmart whose intent is to sell you live fish...
Honestly i love this channel. It has such a cinematic flare compare to other aquarium channels. Even thought they’re simple vids it is with the highest quality.
That second store where u Bought the plants, it looks amazing, that store seams like it knows what they are doing, the fish seam healthy and happy it’s a nice store to
Not all walmarts are the same. My local Walmart is not like that , and they treat the fishes good. There are no dead fishes in the tank , and they eat good. Also they are in good conditions .
alexa mm. My mom works at Walmart but the Walmart she works at doesn’t have the fish adoption area. Please explain more in detail because it hurt my feelings.
I remember when I first started working for Walmart, we had fish and I was really passionate about learning more about the area. I was even going to try transferring and eventually become the DM for that area, but before I could, we remodeled and the fish were removed. It wasn't just the store killing them though. At one point, I found the GloFish with a whole canister of fish flakes dumped into it. Most times people think that the fish just aren't being fed but a lot of the time, the issue is the tanks cycle. Adding huge amounts of food to a tank isn't helping the problem, its helping to slowly kill the fish.
Bubbles and citrus nearly died but when bubbles first healed she go comfort her friend two days later we saw citrus and bubbles playing and now they're healthy but bubbles lost her tail I guess citrus accidentally ate it but they're still bffs now I see what true bffs are.
You're right. By not buying, it reduces the demand and they will no longer carry the fish. But it is really hard to just walk past them when I have multiple empty tanks that are waiting to be filled. I have everything needed, and the research to use it. Now it's just a moral debate of weather it's better to save the individuals short term or the many fish long term
I see you everywhere on betta and fish videos XD but yes, this is absolutely disgusting and heartbreaking, especially the pile of fish corpse being left in that tank and those remaining surviving fishes just waiting to die. Even if Walmart didn't care about the fishes, I'd expect at least one of the staffs to at least help the fish or took care of the corpses.
Zeke Strickland That’s Because it’s my hobby. Some people follow gamers and rubbish like that, I follow channels in my interest. The problem is also people buying the fish. Though his guy clearly gave this one a better life (even if he should have set the tank up fist and cycled it) all he’s done is put another tick in the statistics box so places like this will continue selling fish and keeping them in these appalling conditions. Everyone needs to STOP purchasing fish (and other animals) from big chain shops like Petsmart etc so they’ll be forced to stop selling live animals.
Little Red I mean, people regularly pay for the slaughter of cows, pigs, sheep, and even other fish. Comparatively how bad is letting small pretty fish slowly die when those other animals are suffering an equally painful or worse fate yet that’s treated as normal?
One diffrence in my eyes is that there are laws in place to protect livestock. For example pigs should have toys in the enclousure and staff in slaughterhouses aren't allowed to hit the animals or use electricity to get them moving. In my country a slaugterhouses typical lose their contract with chainstores if they break the laws around animal wellfair. Fish typical don't even have laws that try to protect them.
I got a 10 gallon for my Beta... This gave me some good inspiration on how to decorate. I cried watching this fish a week later having bring beautiful colors shining. Thank you for doing these and saving a life.
@@XWierdThingsHappenX yes doesnt sand make water saltwater cause at the beach there is Sand and my cousin gets sand from the beach and puts it in his tank and then at normal water and it becomes saltwater
Conspiracy theory: Walmart mistreats the fish on purpose, not just to overstock and maximise profits. On the official Walmart websites, they have plenty of articles explaining the proper way to take care of fish, ones which are accurate. So why don't they practice what they preach in stores? Well, they know most people will plan a day or two before getting a fish for their kid or whatnot. Those people, looking to go to Walmart for the stuff, will probably research on Walmart's site. Walmart gives them factual info on how to best take care of a fish. Then, when the potential customers see how Walmart treats the fish, those customers think, "Wow, they're being tortured; I need to rescue them," and buy more fish. By purposefully putting the fish in hideous situations, Walmart maximises the chance that someone who knows anything about fish will "rescue" the fish they have and give them more money than they'd be getting if they were only trying to attract experienced fish keepers. Basically, by purposefully torturing the animals, Walmart knows it will profit heavily off of human sympathy, and people will buy the fish just to save them rather than actually wanting them. This earns more money than just appealing to a smaller base of people who genuinely want fish and want to be buying healthy ones, only one or two at a time. I think overstocking and people continuing to buy is only half the problem. The other part is Walmart knowing that they can play the bad guy and profit off of people trying to be the hero.
I just think people who actually work at Wal-Mart have a different mind set than people who work in pet stores. You dont go waltzing into Wal-Mart trying to get a job there thinking you'll only work in fish. No, you're there thinking you'll be stocking or running register or any and all the other parts of the job. They just don't get in people who know anything about fish, and if they do, they're lucky. But I could imagine Wal-Mart is hell to work for, and the turnover rate of employees is high, so it's constantly new people. I've never worked there, but I've seen enough employees and read their body language to tell it's just a job for most of em. I work in a pet store and there's just SO MUCH to know and learn about fish that I can't imagine someone who is so knowledgeable about fish would think of going there first to work vs an actual LFS
betta fish are one of the most beautiful fish i’ve seen and i can’t believe people just take them for granted and leave them in tiny tubs like that breaks my heart❤️ they deserve just as much love as any other fish or animal
Walmart HAS to stop selling fish... they’re all like this except the one I grew up near where I was told as a child by the aquatics worker, yes they had a person just for it, not to buy goldfish because they need HUGE tanks
Oh my goodness! I actually had to pause this to go vomit after seeing those poor fish! The Oscars really got me. The transformation of that Betta was spectacular!
Can’t lie, and this is not BRITAIN VS USA but because we are such a small island everything is so well looked after , we don’t sell fish in supermarkets only in validated pet stores and these pet stores get regular checks to make sure the animals welfare is our first
I'm from England as well and most pet shops do have healthy fish however the pets at home where i live does not treat their fish well and is much like Wal-Mart
Luckily here in Italy they take great care of the fish. They have big tanks and they clean it everyday, they feed fishes and take great care of them. Seeing fishes suffer like this makes me sad :( Edit: Your betta looks gorgeous!
Yeah same here in phillipines we take care fish profesionally and in pet shop they arent allowed to have fish cuz fish are only sold on profesional people but now its no longer rule like that now everyone can take care of them thats the reason of our populated places to hunt bettas cuz of our caring and hospitality
The walmart in my town finally gave up and stopped selling fish a few years back. They didn't have an employee just for the fish. The big wigs wouldn't let them hire one. So the other employees had to go over to get fish for customers but didn't have time to clean tanks or do water changes. It's all about the almighty dollar now. Sam Walton is probably turning over in his grave to see what walmart has become. It didn't use to be like this when he was alive. I used to work for walmart when he was alive but they changed after he passed. I don't work there anymore. They quit caring about the people and focused on MONEY. So a few fish sure don't matter to them. Just another tax write off.
Cathy Hendrix pretty much they can aford their employees a liveable wage. They are a multi-billion dollar company. Yet they can't pay the employees $15 an hour? It's bull crap penny pinching mumbo jumbo.
XWierdThingsHappenX why should you get $15 for working at Walmart? My BF made 12 working there and I believe that’s fair. If you want paid more maybe go to college and get a real job.
babygirlluna boy why didn't I think of that? It's almost like college is insanely expensive! Dumbass I am going to college. Why is it such a novel concept to pay employees a liveable wage. Walmart is a real job by the way. What your thinking of is a career. College is expensive going into debt is stupid. Some people can't afford to go to college because of what life delt them. Why shouldn't a multi-billion dollar company pay their employees a liveable wage. Why are you against people earning enough so they can support themselves? I'm lucky enough to still be living at home rent free. If I couldn't do that I couldn't afford college at all. I wouldn't qualify for fasfa either. Because I'm still young enough to have yo put my parents finances on it. And they make too much. They are not paying for my schooling I am. Nearly every thing I make goes into college. So how the hell do expect someone to do that. If they aren't as lucky as I am? Fucking think before you spout bullshit.
@@babygirlluna1756 there are people who graduate college and still don't make $15 an hour. And don't sit there on your ignorant butt and try to tell teachers and nurses to get a better job. There are teachers working second jobs at Walmart because it pays more. Why should retail workers make $15 an hour? Fifteen should be the minimum, meaning jobs that require college education should pay MORE than fifteen.
Like it seriously is really cool that you do this, but for every one betta sold, Walmart's supply and demand says they put 2 more in it's place. If you want this type of treatment to stop, then we all need to stop buying fish from Walmart altogether.
Think abt those poor fishes as well, they need to be saved and Walmart needs to be shut off where I live Walmart stopped selling fishes which should be done everywhere
Melissa Wedin I wish it was that easy but I’m saving two Bettas from Walmart next week. Sorry I know thats true but I’m not going to let them die to teach Walmart a lesson when that will never happen.
I do try and teach them a lesson. Every betta that I have in my house which is now 33 of them. Each one I never paid for. I saved them legit. They where labeled as trash before they where even dead. I said oh this trash then? Employee says yes it is it's dead. I said okay cool, and took the fish. Ppl could just take them off the shelf and walk out. I bet you anything you wouldn't be stopped. I have seen ppl slip a few in a purse and walk out. If we went in as a mass group, in areas all demanding the better treatment of the these beautiful, Majestic fish. If I could post pics of the black orchid twin tail that I got from the walfart in my area. He had such bad fin rot his body was big sore, he has nothing left for fins pretty much. With fresh daily salty water, and so antibiotics, and alot of love and zant has been saved. IDK if his fins will fully grow back. Today I will be moving him and his keeper next to Phil and so he can start getting his find back to normalish. Flaring and such is actually good for them. My guys get to see each other all day, I night I put in my black out dividers. I have split up a 4 10 gallon tanks for most of my males, all my girls live together in a extremely heavily planted 30 gallon that is only filled about a 2/3 full. We as customers really need to group together to get them to stop. There are about 80 of them on the shelf at my shit walfart store. It's so fucking ridiculous. It's so cold in there, they are never fed, and when they are fed ppl over fed alot of them end up with blockages and we all know how that can end. I have seen some fish on shelf as young as 2 months. It's disgusting. I have a few with malformed mouths, they can only eat certain foods and I bet you anything they would have died on a shelf. Things can be done. Ppl as whole just really don't care. If ppl actually cared then alot Walmart's wouldn't be selling fish.
Even though lots of people say that they are “saving the fish”.. they really aren’t. They are just encouraging Walmart and other stores to get more fish.
The Walmart near me doesn’t sell fish. PetSmart, on the other hand usually has hundreds of bettas and goldfish at once, it’s so sad to see these businesses are overstocking fish just for most of them to die. I’ve seen them keep 20 birds in a tiny cage. PetSmart where I live is much worse than Walmart. I’m definitely not speaking for all petsmarts/Walmarts
Thank you so much for doing this, I Am a betta fish owner and seeing how stores treat creatures are just horrible. Fish deserve so much better. I saved my fish and now he’s so happy. I also can’t believe they put blue dye in the water. Please if you get a betta fish please take care of it and give it lots of attention. Along with any other fish. 💙
There is no kind way to stop this. Stop buying fish from Wal-Mart. Harden your hearts and stop. See if there is a local store would do some kind of promotion that would attract people with children who want a goldfish. Have some kind of event with all the other fish shops working to let people know there is a difference in how the specialty shops are miles better than Wal-Mart. Do some leg work put together kids prizes, start a movement. You do that and it may save more mistreated fish. I don't suppose a local news outlet would be interested? It just has to start in one location. I bet their income from aquarium sales is not a big piece of their pie. Also, who supplies fish to Wal-Mart? Let's get some names if we can. They know that the fish they have to refund them for have been abused. If you look at this video, they must have an 80% kill rate. Who makes money on that. Canadian Wal-Mart or any fish shop are required to keep their fish in good housing, no abuse or neglect tolerated. I suspect that is why they don't carry them anymore, no money in treating fish humanely
Yes, the only way to stop this is to increase awareness and rise against them, boycott, and create trouble and cause loss on Walmart's behalf. Because they don't care about morals or what they're doing is right or wrong, they only care about profit and convenience. The best we can do is take away the profit from them(by not buying and influence other to cause bigger profit loss), and cause them inconvenience, by protesting or boycotting. There is really no kind and nice way to fight back but it works.
Steal the fish, if you r allergic to animals and can’t go to a pet shop. Just steal a beta because they don’t have a barcode Don’t support their cause. Free the fish without support ✊
I am from the UK and thankfully our stores take good care of the fish. This is truly heartbreaking I never knew how bad it was in Walmart till this video. How do they get away with it!
Blue Bowser no one is responsible for them. Walmart doesn't keep dedicated employees for fish. The employees that take care of them have a billion other tasks to do. It's too much for them. So the fish end up neglected. Don't blame the employee blame the employer.
Sadly when i went to my local walmart, there were 2 betta fish in a cup. One was missing all of its fins except the ones near the gills for balance. The other had lost all of its color and had fin-rot. The cup they were in had random pink neon gravel pieces and a whole layer of waste. The only thing that kept them alive was the blue stress liquid.
When you see two in one cup it's b/c a customer has decided to fight them. They come from the vendor one to a cup. Also, if you ever see allot of fish food in the cup it's b/c a customer has dumped it in there.
It's great for him, he was lucky to meet you! You could have put it in a "hospital aquarium" for a while before its final aquarium, so you would have treated him in this hospital aquarium, and the final aquarium would have been cycled (that would have prevented the fish from suffering a peak of nitrites when arriving in the final aquarium). But what you have done is already fantastic, congratulations! He looks very happy and healthy. =)
That is straight neglect on the store’s part. A culture that allows it. They are sentient creatures and should be treated with respect and great care like all living things. Especially as they are totally in our care and live/survive at our mercy. Your betta looks so handsome and healthy now. Wow. He looks happy swimming around in all his Betta glory! And what a beautiful tank you designed. Gorgeous!
I’m currently watching this next to my Betta tank. It was so cute. Eclipse, my Betta, was watching the video with me! He would look down at my phone screen, swim around a bit, then look back at it. I love Eclipse along with all other Bettas and I’m so glad you took the time to care for that one in the video :)
I too saved my betta from Walmart! He was the last one, which figuring he was there for a while. They really don’t take care of the fish. Fortunately my local Walmart took all the fish out , hoping they put them in a good place. Anyway, I put my betta in a ten gallon, ive had him for over a year now and he is happy and active. He’s stop bubble nesting and losing a bit of color but that could be cause of old age. I feed him daily and he’s living his best life as far as I can tell. I’m happy you have rescued a betta as well from Walmart, it looks like he will have a happy home !!!
Same thing happen to me went to wallymart lmao to get some more community fish bc I upgraded my bigger tank ended up getting a betta bc they all had itch and looked horrible and sad in those cups so I ended up not getting any community fish but getting a 5.5 gal kit heater and water pump for the betta I was recusing with some betta flakes and bloodworms never owned a beta I had no clue how simple they were compared to most he actually ended preferring still water loves the heater I used a plastic plant to block the current from his filter so he loves his new tank wen I got him first thing I did was put him in a one gal bowl with the heater I bought for the 5 gal the heater had a Max of 78 n I heated the one gal to 81 perfect for killing itch once he got over itch and I added him in his new 5.5 ready and clean for him n Washed the heater he was ready for his new home he loves it he went from having bloat and a fish bladder infection also with a grey color to bright orange and blue within 2 weeks now he is constantly moving and has made a million bubble beds went from sickest betta at Walmart to healthy and my most active fish people keep telling me to add him a snail but I know he is aggressive and prefers his home to himself
Yeah you don’t need a bottom feeder not an algae feeding. You can easily clean a 5.5 gal tank. Do you still use plastic plants for your Betta? If you do try to switch to silk or real plants. Betta tails are really sensitive and it can get cut by the plastic plants.
my walmart used to sell fish, i went back after years yesterday, and the fish were no more! hooray for them, realizing that what they were doing was not okay
The Walmart in my city discontinued their fish department because of people reporting animal cruelty. And thanks for giving a poor fish a better, and happier life. You are a good human amongst lots of bad ones.
I really hate places like Walmart and Pet'sMart because of the horrible conditions the fish live in. It is hard not to buy and save the fish from this places because your only making it worst. I advise that everyone should go local for their fish and supplies.
Tropical Fish Person Isidro Boland The PetSmart I go to keep all their fish and animals in great condition, I got two bettas from there and none of them were dead
That’s so sad :( honestly if it were me I’d start grabbing those poor fish, cleaning out the tank, and making sure all the others are ok💗 fish are beautiful creatures and don’t deserve to be mistreated and uncared for like that
You know what I don't understand even if they don't love the fish you have to keep the fish healthy so you can sell them. You want to hire staff that will clean all the tanks. You want to make sure that the bettas have regular water changes. They're all the Fish are eating proper food so they can be strong. Taiwan has the same problem sadly. The betta fish you're always neglected. The four stores in my area are getting better because I regularly go there to check all the bettas. If the water looks terrible I take it to the counter and I asked the lady in Chinese if she could please ask a staff member to fill it with clean water. I don't know if I owned a fish store all my fish would be pre-treated for any illness just in case. And I would personally clean all the tanks myself to make sure that all the fish were taken care of well.
Walmart will still sell fish, because ppl are buying them, but if ppl didnt buy fish from walmart then they wouldnt sell them. So what all of u that says u have save a fish has doomed many more. So pleace stop «saving» the fish and rather stop ppl to buy them in the first place
꧁GDolphinz꧂ yes, but he also inspired lots of other ppl too «save a betta» and sounds good but they just giving the shop a reason too get more Bettas that will be living in a cup. So no he didnt only save a betta he doomed lots of more bettas
My aunt finally got an upgrade for her betta. He started off in a cricket carrier the pet shop sold as a fish tank. I was growing plant in a one gallon "tank", so I convinced her to take it. I moved my plants to a 15 gallon, and gave her my 1gallon and the filter because she didn't have one. Her filter broke and now she was forced to get a new filter. But the tank was to small for it. I told her I had an extra tank with lid, but it was a 10 gallon. She said she would take it, and now her betta will be in a larger tank. I'm happy because my bettas look so happy in there tanks. I have 1 male in a 10 gallon, 1 male in the 15 gallon, and 1 female in a 50 gallon community tank. I recently had to upgrade some rescue fish they gave me to a 150, and that left me with an empty 50 gallon. So I moved my guppies, neon, black neon, and glowlight tetras, kuhli loaches, and female betta into one tank. My guppies no longer fight the only adult because the betta is now the dominant fish. She is peaceful unless provoked, and the tetras always have her back because she was raised with them. So the first day she put the babies in check, just chased them a little. It's over a week and there hasn't been fighting since, they all actually school with each other except the kuhli loaches.
oh my god. Im litterally so surprised they keep fish in those conditions since i never been to a walmart that sells fish before. THE WATER WAS BLUE. is that normal or is it just me?
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Remember buying neglected fish from big box stores does not help the problem, it only increases demand. Support videos like these to raise awareness.
How did you get him so healthy within one week?
I was just thinking that if people keep making these videos than all it’s gonna do is make it worse for these fish, because are gonna wanna buy and “save” them
@@daniellara4312 steal em instead
@@tannyijaz That's just the difference a proper habitat will make.
But it still helps the fish i can see why their is a problem but i know i would feel bad if i saw an animal in need and didn’t help it
Some one should sue Walmart for animal cruelty like if you agree
Yes I agree
I think the main problem is that they sell fish when they shouldn’t like every time I go to Walmart I see no one there and I see hungry sad fish and dead fish
unfortunately a lot of animal cruelty laws don’t cover fish, usually just mammals
I agree but I ain't gonna like.
People have been complaining about these issues for many years now. They even had several undercover video and sound recordings of the employees actually mistreating/abusing the animals, from different stores and different locations from different States. To no avail at all. Nothing was done, no one with the power to step in did step in. Some store managers did do something about it, and things did get better for a while in those few particular stores, but very quickly - within a few weeks - it went back to its old routine of neglect after they got called back by "the big bosses".
The footage compilation at the beginning is just devastating af 😫
I teared up a bit seein that. its just so horrible. those poor little fish..
Same I’m literally crying
teaxstains I hated it but what I think I hate more is that there’s nothing I can do about it, or at least it seems that way.
@@emilyprice8964 You could tell it to them directly what you think about it, boycott the store/chain entirely and report them for animal cruelty. Here where I live they would never get away with such behavior at all.
Yeah gives me flashbacks of awful memories
That massive color change proves how well he's doing now! Great job making that lovely little guy happy!
Alex it was in blue water
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When it was put in the new tank you could see how bad his real color was doing
Or maybe he had just replaced it with another fish 🐠
Eli Boyer hahaha my thoughts exactly
Alex what do you say for a beginner?
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Our Walmart has a sign that says ”Until all stores are caring for fish properly, this store will not continue to sell and support the mistreatment of fish.” with a PETA hashtag
Remove the PETA hash tag and they're golden.
@@clawyraptor9029 yep
@@clawyraptor9029 PETA is good for the most part but pretty hypocritical. It's also been such a long time since I've seen a Walmart that sells fish
Ours also got rid of fish
Mine just stopped selling fish
Walmart doesn't "sell fish", they hold fish hostage until someone pays the ransom.
let'sCARPE thisDIEM agreed
That is what’s called a pet store
Haha haha true
Ameet Nikam maybe big chain petstores
Trueeeeeeeee
His colors are way brighter after just one week, probably lost his color due to stress.
Yeah, I was just thinking that. It's so sad. :(
And nasty water, and disease he couldn’t fight, and terrible temp, etc etc etc.
The water is so disgusting I always skip walmart betta water
and the water also don't forget there in a cup they need air and they didnt have lots of space
The colors of the betta say a lot about his health. When they are bright like here, the fish is healthy, at the right temperature, well fed, has enough space and light to live happily. When its colors are bland, almost gray, the fish is in poor health. So the opposite of what I just said. When the betta stays at the bottom of the aquarium, it's because the water is too cold for him. When it stays on the surface of the water, it is because the water is too hot. If it always stays on the surface, he has a breathing problem. If he stays still in the aquarium, it is because he is too weak or in poor health. The sails of the betta are very fragile and we must avoid the rough objects in the aquarium. If they are damaged, it is important to check that they do not rot or even cut the damaged ends. The aquatic plants are very important for the good health of the betta: they serve as a hiding place and to bring food in the aquarium. Giving the betta a catappa leaf once a month allows it to have vitamins, but it is not obligatory.
In short, the betta is a very interesting, beautiful and unique Asian fighting fish. One of my favorite fish. I can tell you that this one is a beautiful double tail male.
Walmart - Low prices, Lower standard of living
*Drifty * too expensive and is harder to clean
That's just America.
@@jackiez9510 not really hard to clean when they dont clean at all anyway.
Wheein's Flowers just the few Walmart’s that sell fish*
*shows sad montage of dying goldfish*
"it's time to save a betta"
It is nice that he shows how badly the animals are kept there, but to be honest, he wanted a betta and got it.
@@emellere9397 exactly what I was thinking... “rescuing a beta” yes but more like “buying an abused beta” as much as it would be amazing to rescue every abused animal in that store, it’s scary knowing that any kind of selfless act will provide more reason for Walmart to keep these fish in stock 🥺
Why didn’t Walmart release the fish oh wait goldfish can’t be released never mind
@@Ajay-jq2ux they don't gotta release them just take care of them and at least take out the dead ones. They don't have anything in there for the fish to actually survive hell they don't even have rocks is just a sticker they put at the bottom.
I hope someone buys them as feeders those goldfish probably aren’t saveable 😣
It’s funny how you need to be 18 to buy fish, when Walmart can’t even keep fish alive.
Boy o boy can I tell u
They do that?
Not the walmart where I live, they literally could not give a shit
Where i live you don’t have to be 18
Cam Nguyen i’ve never heard that rule anywhere,
Most off the Walmart’s in my area removed the fishes.And I was glad there not selling them.
Same
My Walmart actually keeps there fish healthy
@@codsgames166codgames4 Then they have an employee who knows about fish. Unfortunately, most wally worlds have employees that don't know much about their departments... Not that I blame them, Walmart doesn't pay worth a damn. You get what you give.
Cj Garcia Same ours hasn’t had fish in almost 10 years
Only one of the three near me still sells fish. They do an OKish job with them and have stuck with only 4 or 5 tanks and a 8-10 bettas enough a single employee could take care of without spending full time on the fish alone (it also seems like a non teen she seems mid-late 20's is in charge of the area) at least they don't have any dead fish whenever I walk through
Imagine sitting in a room your whole life with your dead family, The smell, The pneumonia- those shots were sad
Imagine caring that much about fish.
@@0MrUnknown0 nothing wrong about caring about things that wouldn't hurt you more than a person could dude, don't be so cynical lmao
@@lemnon True True, you right you right
@@0MrUnknown0 redemption arc
@@crispyoctopus Yeah I lost my grandmother a month after that post so the universe was probably tired of my shenanigans. Life Is Life...
If Walmart can’t even take care of fish the correct way, why do they even have them??
$$$
Because money
Because people think they’re “rescuing” them, thus proving to Walmart that they can make a profit
Fish shouldn't be allowed to be bought or sold if neither end of the transaction can handle the many lives.
They don't sell them in Canada anymore
Oh my god. His color change was incredible.
He was grey at the start. Wow.
It’s almost like 2 different fish to make a cool video!
Oi rohan
Its fake.
@@carriegoodyear5729 Hm, I don't think so. I've been studying bettas for a while, and you can notice a distinctly unique tail fin shape that stays the same throughout the video. The same color change is relatively easy to achieve with proper care and nurturing of the fish, as the same has happened with my own. I was more fascinated by the intensity of the color that was brought forth, as it's rather beautiful, yeah?
Seeing all those poor dead, dying and terrified fish broke my heart.
Same I have 3 at my house and I cry so much about how there treated
Same since I was 16 I had betta fishes, my first baby Elvis lasted almost two years!! I bought two now, a male and female put a divider in the tank and hopefully they last a long time ❤️
SAME!! i almost cried! my zodiac sign is Pisces so im basically half fish, and i own a lot of fish
finally someone doesn't put their betta inside a playdoh container
Yes
Dude I don’t know why but my Walmart has sponge filters and like really clean water and there’s never dead fish in the tanks,there’s always the same fish but they keep getting healthier but thanks for the message, I think the only reason their healthy is because their always some old dude that really likes them and he never leaves that isle.
Thank the old dude! He has a heart indeed.
All walmarts are different
Some Walmarts are good at looking after fish while others don't pay much attention. Its also not just fish, its also birds, rodents, lizards, insects and ect. Im trying to expose a pet shop because that pet shop has nothing but dying animals and rotten pet food. Eventhough, I'm from the UK and we don't have any Walmarts but there are still a variety of pet shops all over the uk. Best pet shops we have is Pets At Home.
VORTEX_VOLTAGE - false I see at least one dead first ever time
that is incredible any updates on the man have you seen him?
seeing those fish actually hurt me ;( just stop selling them if you can care for them!! some had mould/fungus/algae which indicate they’ve been there a while! doesn’t it scream common sense to remove the dead ones to prevent more death/pneumonia strikes/ disease etc spreads?? come on Walmart?!!
EmraldRose AJ Pneumonia?
P Hitchcock yeh
EmraldRose AJ I Don’t think they can get Pneumonia. Something about not having lungs maybe.
EmraldRose AJ you mean ammonia
Mr Clean yes haha
I’m so glad that they no longer sell fish at Walmart’s in our town
Oof my local Walmart stopped selling specifically Bettas, but they still abuse and neglect all their fish in the tanks. (Goldfish, guppies, Glofish, etc)
Me too
Jerky YT fr my moms friend got 4 from there and she gave them to my mom for free after having them for 2 years right now it’s been their 5 year living with us, us humans can sometimes be heroes but sadly 1 dies at 4 years
I live near 2 Walmarts both stopped selling fish
Mine no longer sell fish at all
Bro my favorite fish died today, this is so sad. You should be proud of yourself, you saved a poor helpless fishes life. Respect man.
Rip “my favorite fish”
How did he die? Also rip
I am shocked. In germany they would already have the veteranery office at their back. OHHHH....to see fish already dead and already wasting....that made me sad. That is so bad!
and here its forbidden to sell fishs without a tank (i mean they can not sell fishs that stay in a cup like this betta ? )
Ja, ist halt echt so. Hier wird man schon von anderen Aquarianern angefaucht wenn die Wasserwerte nicht zu 100% stimmen.
True story. You literally get slapped by other Aquarium-Owners when your Aquarium has not the perfect water values.
Oh yes maybe sometimes in Germany you See a dead Fish that Happens but this what i saw in the Video shoked me
There are no laws protecting fish in America that I'm aware of. It may vary by state, but most places can just display and sell betta fish entirely in those little cups. While they keep other fish in tanks at the store, they send them home with you in a plastic bag.
Miss Ryu I think the only fish they keep in cups are bettas. and that’s because male bettas are aggressive and will fight with each other until one is dead.
really really disgusting. Something needs to be done about this
Walmart should be sued. I don’t know how they STILL have fish. They neglect the fish and that is not a good thing.
EDIT:THANKS FOR 650 LIKES
They dont have fish anymore
Yes they do
BryceWalkzY7- Gaming Recent Walmart’s I’ve been to don’t have fish anymore.
Thanks God to hear it. they very cruel with fish, should forbidden to sold any pet.
Amy Fernandez one near my house has fish
The footage from when you first put him into the tank honestly made me tear up. Praying for the day when bettas stop being sold in cups by corporations.
Ya just be they can’t be with other fish does’t mean that they don’t deserve a Big tank And a good life
My Walmart got rid of all of their fish and removed the whole entire section.
but where tf did the fishes go lmao
Same now they sell medicine for fish and really cheap fish tanks, they also stoped to sell planted plants
Shut up big boy heaven
expired tea probably set free
Mine got rid of like love fish but still sells supplies
Moral of the story: WALMART STOP SELLING FISHES
My state made it illegal for walmart to sell animals because animals are pretty much humans with us even the small fish
I honestly thought that Walmart stopped selling them like 10 years ago because the only Walmart I’ve gone to that sold fish got rid of them a long time ago. I’m really surprised that they still do
I find it a bit strange that my local food-fish market has better conditions for the fish they'll kill for you than Walmart whose intent is to sell you live fish...
Honestly i love this channel. It has such a cinematic flare compare to other aquarium channels. Even thought they’re simple vids it is with the highest quality.
That second store where u Bought the plants, it looks amazing, that store seams like it knows what they are doing, the fish seam healthy and happy it’s a nice store to
This is too sad 😢 *WALMART GET A LIFE!*
Not all walmarts are the same. My local Walmart is not like that , and they treat the fishes good. There are no dead fishes in the tank , and they eat good. Also they are in good conditions .
I’m just great til my Walmart no longer sells fish, probably because of these reasons right here
Yolo 2006 they do have a life that's why they dont take care of the fish..
😐😑😶
Queen key Do they have decorations too? Are they fed 2 times a day? Tank temperatures? Heaters? Generators? Lights? Fish don’t fight?
Ack
I read an article today that ALL Walmart’s are stopping selling fish
Good
I heard a article where it say they will bring more fish in Walmart store
why? they look great
@@herohour6496 Did you fall asleep during this video?
the ppl who disliked this video are probably Walmart workers
Yup
Thay probably know that the fish he bought allowed the Walmart people to buy more fish
Good point
They probably don't like the fact he paid money to the company doing this to fish.
alexa mm. My mom works at Walmart but the Walmart she works at doesn’t have the fish adoption area. Please explain more in detail because it hurt my feelings.
I remember when I first started working for Walmart, we had fish and I was really passionate about learning more about the area. I was even going to try transferring and eventually become the DM for that area, but before I could, we remodeled and the fish were removed. It wasn't just the store killing them though. At one point, I found the GloFish with a whole canister of fish flakes dumped into it. Most times people think that the fish just aren't being fed but a lot of the time, the issue is the tanks cycle. Adding huge amounts of food to a tank isn't helping the problem, its helping to slowly kill the fish.
0:52 the baby looks like he is mourning for his friend QAQ
Brenda Moreno omg yeah it’s so sad
Thanks for making me cry
Aww poor fishy
Bubbles and citrus nearly died but when bubbles first healed she go comfort her friend two days later we saw citrus and bubbles playing and now they're healthy but bubbles lost her tail I guess citrus accidentally ate it but they're still bffs now I see what true bffs are.
It's terrible that this happens in a lot of places, not just Walmart. Best thing is to not buy ANYTHING from them and write and tell head office why.
You're right. By not buying, it reduces the demand and they will no longer carry the fish. But it is really hard to just walk past them when I have multiple empty tanks that are waiting to be filled. I have everything needed, and the research to use it. Now it's just a moral debate of weather it's better to save the individuals short term or the many fish long term
@Mizzy Jaymes no we have to sacrifice a few to save a lot
@@zarlyngoodwin8530 steal the bettas
@@freshdurt1699 Chaotic Good lol
Zarlyn Goodwin
Don’t buy them, steal them.
This is absolutely disgusting.
Does America not have animal welfare organisations?! This would not happen in my county.
I see you everywhere on betta and fish videos XD but yes, this is absolutely disgusting and heartbreaking, especially the pile of fish corpse being left in that tank and those remaining surviving fishes just waiting to die. Even if Walmart didn't care about the fishes, I'd expect at least one of the staffs to at least help the fish or took care of the corpses.
Zeke Strickland That’s Because it’s my hobby. Some people follow gamers and rubbish like that, I follow channels in my interest.
The problem is also people buying the fish. Though his guy clearly gave this one a better life (even if he should have set the tank up fist and cycled it) all he’s done is put another tick in the statistics box so places like this will continue selling fish and keeping them in these appalling conditions. Everyone needs to STOP purchasing fish (and other animals) from big chain shops like Petsmart etc so they’ll be forced to stop selling live animals.
Little Red I mean, people regularly pay for the slaughter of cows, pigs, sheep, and even other fish. Comparatively how bad is letting small pretty fish slowly die when those other animals are suffering an equally painful or worse fate yet that’s treated as normal?
One diffrence in my eyes is that there are laws in place to protect livestock. For example pigs should have toys in the enclousure and staff in slaughterhouses aren't allowed to hit the animals or use electricity to get them moving. In my country a slaugterhouses typical lose their contract with chainstores if they break the laws around animal wellfair.
Fish typical don't even have laws that try to protect them.
Astronomical Arts Well as an ethical vegan myself I don’t participate in the paying for the slaughter of ANY animal.
Poor little guy. My Wal-Mart doesn’t sell live animals.. they only sell the supplies🤷🏽♀️
I suppose that's good.
Yea, mine stopped selling fish for about a year now
same here thankfully
Same at mine
Im not sure about my local Walmart because we never go there to get pet related things we just order dog food
My ass wants to work at Walmart so I can take care of all the fish. My ass would have so much over time
Your ass would do overtime at Walmart? Niceee
Yeah my ass would too. And his ass, and her ass
@@finnp1676 my ass wants in too
I got a 10 gallon for my Beta... This gave me some good inspiration on how to decorate. I cried watching this fish a week later having bring beautiful colors shining. Thank you for doing these and saving a life.
Why is he putting a fresh water fish into saltwater
@@aarongonzalez4458 Salt water? he didn't?
Wild G4MING but he didnt? Are you assuming because there is sand?
@@XWierdThingsHappenX yes doesnt sand make water saltwater cause at the beach there is Sand and my cousin gets sand from the beach and puts it in his tank and then at normal water and it becomes saltwater
@@HippyFishy but sand has salt to make saltwater
Conspiracy theory: Walmart mistreats the fish on purpose, not just to overstock and maximise profits.
On the official Walmart websites, they have plenty of articles explaining the proper way to take care of fish, ones which are accurate. So why don't they practice what they preach in stores?
Well, they know most people will plan a day or two before getting a fish for their kid or whatnot. Those people, looking to go to Walmart for the stuff, will probably research on Walmart's site. Walmart gives them factual info on how to best take care of a fish. Then, when the potential customers see how Walmart treats the fish, those customers think, "Wow, they're being tortured; I need to rescue them," and buy more fish. By purposefully putting the fish in hideous situations, Walmart maximises the chance that someone who knows anything about fish will "rescue" the fish they have and give them more money than they'd be getting if they were only trying to attract experienced fish keepers.
Basically, by purposefully torturing the animals, Walmart knows it will profit heavily off of human sympathy, and people will buy the fish just to save them rather than actually wanting them. This earns more money than just appealing to a smaller base of people who genuinely want fish and want to be buying healthy ones, only one or two at a time.
I think overstocking and people continuing to buy is only half the problem. The other part is Walmart knowing that they can play the bad guy and profit off of people trying to be the hero.
that is a good theory
Ash Ketchum' I think it’s just bad care on the managers part
Ash Ketchum' this needs more likes
That's just evil...
I just think people who actually work at Wal-Mart have a different mind set than people who work in pet stores. You dont go waltzing into Wal-Mart trying to get a job there thinking you'll only work in fish. No, you're there thinking you'll be stocking or running register or any and all the other parts of the job. They just don't get in people who know anything about fish, and if they do, they're lucky. But I could imagine Wal-Mart is hell to work for, and the turnover rate of employees is high, so it's constantly new people. I've never worked there, but I've seen enough employees and read their body language to tell it's just a job for most of em. I work in a pet store and there's just SO MUCH to know and learn about fish that I can't imagine someone who is so knowledgeable about fish would think of going there first to work vs an actual LFS
betta fish are one of the most beautiful fish i’ve seen and i can’t believe people just take them
for granted and leave them in tiny tubs like that breaks my heart❤️ they deserve just as much love as any other fish or animal
that fish changed from such dull color to such vibrant colours.. good job buddy.. he looks happy now
I just think walmart should stop selling fish all together
I think most pet stores should stop selling bettas in my opinion. They shouldn't be in tiny cups its horrible. Im sure there's breeders.
They really should. Everytime I go to Walmart and see the fish they are in horrible conditions
The two Walmarts in my area stopped selling fish about 14 years ago.
There are petitions for this
Walmart HAS to stop selling fish... they’re all like this except the one I grew up near where I was told as a child by the aquatics worker, yes they had a person just for it, not to buy goldfish because they need HUGE tanks
Oh my goodness! I actually had to pause this to go vomit after seeing those poor fish! The Oscars really got me. The transformation of that Betta was spectacular!
Can’t lie, and this is not BRITAIN VS USA but because we are such a small island everything is so well looked after , we don’t sell fish in supermarkets only in validated pet stores and these pet stores get regular checks to make sure the animals welfare is our first
I'm from England and every pet store I go to has healthy fish.
Alex Eastham that’s the same in Italy
Alex Eastham pretty much true
I'm from England as well and most pet shops do have healthy fish however the pets at home where i live does not treat their fish well and is much like Wal-Mart
Pets at home does keep Betta's in small tanks but it's still way better than Walmart
Luckily here in Italy they take great care of the fish.
They have big tanks and they clean it everyday, they feed fishes and take great care of them.
Seeing fishes suffer like this makes me sad :(
Edit: Your betta looks gorgeous!
Luckily here in America or that I know if it’s only Walmart. A few Walmart’s have stopped selling fish. Actual fish stores keep em healthy.
Same in germany
Yeah same here in phillipines we take care fish profesionally and in pet shop they arent allowed to have fish cuz fish are only sold on profesional people but now its no longer rule like that now everyone can take care of them thats the reason of our populated places to hunt bettas cuz of our caring and hospitality
Same here in Indonesia
In Portugal, only actual pet-shops are allowed to have fish. Stores similar to Walmart may sell fish food, but it's very rare.
The walmart in my town finally gave up and stopped selling fish a few years back. They didn't have an employee just for the fish. The big wigs wouldn't let them hire one. So the other employees had to go over to get fish for customers but didn't have time to clean tanks or do water changes. It's all about the almighty dollar now. Sam Walton is probably turning over in his grave to see what walmart has become. It didn't use to be like this when he was alive. I used to work for walmart when he was alive but they changed after he passed. I don't work there anymore. They quit caring about the people and focused on MONEY. So a few fish sure don't matter to them. Just another tax write off.
Cathy Hendrix pretty much they can aford their employees a liveable wage. They are a multi-billion dollar company. Yet they can't pay the employees $15 an hour? It's bull crap penny pinching mumbo jumbo.
XWierdThingsHappenX why should you get $15 for working at Walmart? My BF made 12 working there and I believe that’s fair. If you want paid more maybe go to college and get a real job.
babygirlluna boy why didn't I think of that? It's almost like college is insanely expensive! Dumbass I am going to college. Why is it such a novel concept to pay employees a liveable wage. Walmart is a real job by the way. What your thinking of is a career. College is expensive going into debt is stupid. Some people can't afford to go to college because of what life delt them. Why shouldn't a multi-billion dollar company pay their employees a liveable wage. Why are you against people earning enough so they can support themselves? I'm lucky enough to still be living at home rent free. If I couldn't do that I couldn't afford college at all. I wouldn't qualify for fasfa either. Because I'm still young enough to have yo put my parents finances on it. And they make too much. They are not paying for my schooling I am. Nearly every thing I make goes into college. So how the hell do expect someone to do that. If they aren't as lucky as I am? Fucking think before you spout bullshit.
same with our walmart
@@babygirlluna1756 there are people who graduate college and still don't make $15 an hour. And don't sit there on your ignorant butt and try to tell teachers and nurses to get a better job. There are teachers working second jobs at Walmart because it pays more. Why should retail workers make $15 an hour? Fifteen should be the minimum, meaning jobs that require college education should pay MORE than fifteen.
For the 1st minute 26 seconds I could feel a rage building inside me...
He’s so happy now :’)
In a non-cycled aquarium, yes
If i'm the employee at that store i will make them the fattest and healthiest fish you ever seen 😊.Sorry if my english bad im from Malaysia
youre a legend (remember not to overfeed though cause then you get a lot of waste)
Yo im from Malaysia too.. And yeah totally agree with you fam
But not to fat
Your English is good!😊
I'm Malaysia too
Like it seriously is really cool that you do this, but for every one betta sold, Walmart's supply and demand says they put 2 more in it's place. If you want this type of treatment to stop, then we all need to stop buying fish from Walmart altogether.
Melissa Wedin he only made the video to spread awareness
Think abt those poor fishes as well, they need to be saved and Walmart needs to be shut off where I live Walmart stopped selling fishes which should be done everywhere
Melissa Wedin I wish it was that easy but I’m saving two Bettas from Walmart next week. Sorry I know thats true but I’m not going to let them die to teach Walmart a lesson when that will never happen.
Thankfully the walmarts in my area stopped selling fish
I do try and teach them a lesson. Every betta that I have in my house which is now 33 of them. Each one I never paid for. I saved them legit. They where labeled as trash before they where even dead. I said oh this trash then? Employee says yes it is it's dead. I said okay cool, and took the fish. Ppl could just take them off the shelf and walk out. I bet you anything you wouldn't be stopped. I have seen ppl slip a few in a purse and walk out. If we went in as a mass group, in areas all demanding the better treatment of the these beautiful, Majestic fish. If I could post pics of the black orchid twin tail that I got from the walfart in my area. He had such bad fin rot his body was big sore, he has nothing left for fins pretty much. With fresh daily salty water, and so antibiotics, and alot of love and zant has been saved. IDK if his fins will fully grow back. Today I will be moving him and his keeper next to Phil and so he can start getting his find back to normalish. Flaring and such is actually good for them. My guys get to see each other all day, I night I put in my black out dividers. I have split up a 4 10 gallon tanks for most of my males, all my girls live together in a extremely heavily planted 30 gallon that is only filled about a 2/3 full. We as customers really need to group together to get them to stop. There are about 80 of them on the shelf at my shit walfart store. It's so fucking ridiculous. It's so cold in there, they are never fed, and when they are fed ppl over fed alot of them end up with blockages and we all know how that can end. I have seen some fish on shelf as young as 2 months. It's disgusting. I have a few with malformed mouths, they can only eat certain foods and I bet you anything they would have died on a shelf. Things can be done. Ppl as whole just really don't care. If ppl actually cared then alot Walmart's wouldn't be selling fish.
How Walmart treats these beautiful creatures is absurd they want to thrive live happily and im happy that people like you exist
It's 100% animal cruelty
00:50 he’s laying with his dead buddy 😭💔
Omg i didnt realize
Damn those assholes really messed them up didnt they
That almost made me cry coz I have 2
Oscars of my own
When I saw how you transformed this poor beta fish, I literally said to myself “IS THAT THE SAME FISH?!?”.
For a animal lover ... this kinda made me cry 😢.
Even though lots of people say that they are “saving the fish”.. they really aren’t. They are just encouraging Walmart and other stores to get more fish.
Doing both actually
Skyla Alexis they’re still saving the fish tho
They are saving the fish they buy but yes there will be more fish to save later
The Walmart near me doesn’t sell fish. PetSmart, on the other hand usually has hundreds of bettas and goldfish at once, it’s so sad to see these businesses are overstocking fish just for most of them to die. I’ve seen them keep 20 birds in a tiny cage. PetSmart where I live is much worse than Walmart. I’m definitely not speaking for all petsmarts/Walmarts
Still better than letting it die there
I just saved 3 female bettas yesterday.
WALMART NEEDS TO STOP SELLING FISH!!
Maribel Valtierra 🙌
👍🤝
You’re helping their company don’t buy them
Lizzy Wizzy SNAKE I know, I just felt really bad.
if you’re purchasing them, it’s not saving them. every one you buy, 10 more are suffering in the system
Thank you so much for doing this, I Am a betta fish owner and seeing how stores treat creatures are just horrible. Fish deserve so much better. I saved my fish and now he’s so happy. I also can’t believe they put blue dye in the water. Please if you get a betta fish please take care of it and give it lots of attention. Along with any other fish. 💙
This makes me sick. The oscars though, the oscars 😢
I know poor guys :(
Thank you for giving this bettas a second chance at life😙😀! #savethefish
There is no kind way to stop this. Stop buying fish from Wal-Mart. Harden your hearts and stop. See if there is a local store would do some kind of promotion that would attract people with children who want a goldfish. Have some kind of event with all the other fish shops working to let people know there is a difference in how the specialty shops are miles better than Wal-Mart.
Do some leg work put together kids prizes, start a movement. You do that and it may save more mistreated fish. I don't suppose a local news outlet would be interested? It just has to start in one location. I bet their income from aquarium sales is not a big piece of their pie.
Also, who supplies fish to Wal-Mart? Let's get some names if we can. They know that the fish they have to refund them for have been abused. If you look at this video, they must have an 80% kill rate. Who makes money on that.
Canadian Wal-Mart or any fish shop are required to keep their fish in good housing, no abuse or neglect tolerated. I suspect that is why they don't carry them anymore, no money in treating fish humanely
Yes, the only way to stop this is to increase awareness and rise against them, boycott, and create trouble and cause loss on Walmart's behalf. Because they don't care about morals or what they're doing is right or wrong, they only care about profit and convenience. The best we can do is take away the profit from them(by not buying and influence other to cause bigger profit loss), and cause them inconvenience, by protesting or boycotting. There is really no kind and nice way to fight back but it works.
Steal the fish, if you r allergic to animals and can’t go to a pet shop. Just steal a beta because they don’t have a barcode Don’t support their cause. Free the fish without support ✊
@@ithoughtitwasgrapejuice9084 promoting crime online is not protected by freedom of speech. I don't care just be aware
steal the fish :D
Kerry Pitt I always forget that sarcasm doesn’t transfer through to text. But that was supposed to be sarcastic skskksks
I swear I almost cried watching the fish at Walmart. That was so sad 😭😢
Kamryn K. Walmart doesn’t sell fish
J0S3CAR10S
Some do.
calm down
I am from the UK and thankfully our stores take good care of the fish. This is truly heartbreaking I never knew how bad it was in Walmart till this video.
How do they get away with it!
Walmart needs to have a person to clean 🧼 the fish 🐠 tanks becuase thats just 😢 SAD
Whoever is responsible for those fish in that walmart needs firing wtf. I could do a better job than them and I'd do it part time for cheaper.
Blue Bowser no one is responsible for them. Walmart doesn't keep dedicated employees for fish. The employees that take care of them have a billion other tasks to do. It's too much for them. So the fish end up neglected. Don't blame the employee blame the employer.
True
Sadly when i went to my local walmart, there were 2 betta fish in a cup. One was missing all of its fins except the ones near the gills for balance. The other had lost all of its color and had fin-rot.
The cup they were in had random pink neon gravel pieces and a whole layer of waste. The only thing that kept them alive was the blue stress liquid.
When you see two in one cup it's b/c a customer has decided to fight them. They come from the vendor one to a cup. Also, if you ever see allot of fish food in the cup it's b/c a customer has dumped it in there.
@@danisweet5181 thanks
It's great for him, he was lucky to meet you! You could have put it in a "hospital aquarium" for a while before its final aquarium, so you would have treated him in this hospital aquarium, and the final aquarium would have been cycled (that would have prevented the fish from suffering a peak of nitrites when arriving in the final aquarium). But what you have done is already fantastic, congratulations! He looks very happy and healthy. =)
Good new! WALMART STOPPED SELLING FISH!!!
Really? All of them ??!
I’m crying!😭😭😭 guts spread the world 🌎!!! I normally don’t comment but I feel so heart broken and you made me proud!
It's amazing how after how mistreated some animals are they are still able to bounce back to life, truly amazing ❤
That is straight neglect on the store’s part. A culture that allows it. They are sentient creatures and should be treated with respect and great care like all living things. Especially as they are totally in our care and live/survive at our mercy.
Your betta looks so handsome and healthy now. Wow. He looks happy swimming around in all his Betta glory!
And what a beautiful tank you designed. Gorgeous!
4:10 ; 4:40 Is it the same fish???
I'm amazed ;)
i think it probably is the light
@@maso222 Nope, When fish are healthy and happy their fins become colorful and strong
Hotwheelero MX photoshop!
Walmart should *NOT* sell fish. Thank you for saving this little guy. This probably meant the world for him.
Thanks for spreading awareness man! 🐠❤️
I’m currently watching this next to my Betta tank. It was so cute. Eclipse, my Betta, was watching the video with me! He would look down at my phone screen, swim around a bit, then look back at it. I love Eclipse along with all other Bettas and I’m so glad you took the time to care for that one in the video :)
I heard they forget to feed them many times or just dump a bunch a food and forget about them
Walmart should be ban from selling fishes
Like if u cant take care of it dont sell it
That first footage made me uncomfortable, angry and horrified at the same time.
It made me wanna throw up,cry and go save tons of fish at Walmart
I too saved my betta from Walmart! He was the last one, which figuring he was there for a while. They really don’t take care of the fish. Fortunately my local Walmart took all the fish out , hoping they put them in a good place. Anyway, I put my betta in a ten gallon, ive had him for over a year now and he is happy and active. He’s stop bubble nesting and losing a bit of color but that could be cause of old age. I feed him daily and he’s living his best life as far as I can tell. I’m happy you have rescued a betta as well from Walmart, it looks like he will have a happy home !!!
Same thing happen to me went to wallymart lmao to get some more community fish bc I upgraded my bigger tank ended up getting a betta bc they all had itch and looked horrible and sad in those cups so I ended up not getting any community fish but getting a 5.5 gal kit heater and water pump for the betta I was recusing with some betta flakes and bloodworms never owned a beta I had no clue how simple they were compared to most he actually ended preferring still water loves the heater I used a plastic plant to block the current from his filter so he loves his new tank wen I got him first thing I did was put him in a one gal bowl with the heater I bought for the 5 gal the heater had a Max of 78 n I heated the one gal to 81 perfect for killing itch once he got over itch and I added him in his new 5.5 ready and clean for him n Washed the heater he was ready for his new home he loves it he went from having bloat and a fish bladder infection also with a grey color to bright orange and blue within 2 weeks now he is constantly moving and has made a million bubble beds went from sickest betta at Walmart to healthy and my most active fish people keep telling me to add him a snail but I know he is aggressive and prefers his home to himself
fuck
Yeah you don’t need a bottom feeder not an algae feeding. You can easily clean a 5.5 gal tank. Do you still use plastic plants for your Betta? If you do try to switch to silk or real plants. Betta tails are really sensitive and it can get cut by the plastic plants.
Get a nerite, they're bigger than the Betta and they only reproduce in brackish water
Where is that Walmart so I can go complain to the manager bc no one deserves to have fish if the keep them like that
my walmart used to sell fish, i went back after years yesterday, and the fish were no more! hooray for them, realizing that what they were doing was not okay
The Walmart in my city discontinued their fish department because of people reporting animal cruelty. And thanks for giving a poor fish a better, and happier life. You are a good human amongst lots of bad ones.
I really hate places like Walmart and Pet'sMart because of the horrible conditions the fish live in. It is hard not to buy and save the fish from this places because your only making it worst. I advise that everyone should go local for their fish and supplies.
Tropical Fish Person Isidro Boland
The PetSmart I go to keep all their fish and animals in great condition, I got two bettas from there and none of them were dead
@@happyniazi1 Were they stacked on shelves in 4 by 4 inch containers not being fed.
@PurplePoisonDude I Ordinary fish is kinda vague so explain more also I don't consider a few months to be very long.
@PurplePoisonDude I What kind of fish is it.
@PurplePoisonDude I Small, big?
Oh. My. God.
I'm so glad none of my local Walmarts have fish!!
Is it okay if I steal a betta from Walmart to rescue it
yes
Yes
ABSOLUTELY (but don’t get caught.)
Made me cry when I saw the color change , it just shows you what some love and attention can do for anything
That’s so sad :( honestly if it were me I’d start grabbing those poor fish, cleaning out the tank, and making sure all the others are ok💗 fish are beautiful creatures and don’t deserve to be mistreated and uncared for like that
You know what I don't understand even if they don't love the fish you have to keep the fish healthy so you can sell them. You want to hire staff that will clean all the tanks. You want to make sure that the bettas have regular water changes. They're all the Fish are eating proper food so they can be strong.
Taiwan has the same problem sadly. The betta fish you're always neglected. The four stores in my area are getting better because I regularly go there to check all the bettas. If the water looks terrible I take it to the counter and I asked the lady in Chinese if she could please ask a staff member to fill it with clean water.
I don't know if I owned a fish store all my fish would be pre-treated for any illness just in case. And I would personally clean all the tanks myself to make sure that all the fish were taken care of well.
Walmart will still sell fish, because ppl are buying them, but if ppl didnt buy fish from walmart then they wouldnt sell them. So what all of u that says u have save a fish has doomed many more.
So pleace stop «saving» the fish and rather stop ppl to buy them in the first place
Kristoffer Algrøy I Agee let’s stop this madness
He was just taking in an injured betta
꧁GDolphinz꧂ yes, but he also inspired lots of other ppl too «save a betta» and sounds good but they just giving the shop a reason too get more Bettas that will be living in a cup.
So no he didnt only save a betta he doomed lots of more bettas
Kristoffer Algrøy
True, can’t argue with that
Kristoffer Algrøy it writed as Please not " pleace "
My aunt finally got an upgrade for her betta. He started off in a cricket carrier the pet shop sold as a fish tank. I was growing plant in a one gallon "tank", so I convinced her to take it. I moved my plants to a 15 gallon, and gave her my 1gallon and the filter because she didn't have one. Her filter broke and now she was forced to get a new filter. But the tank was to small for it. I told her I had an extra tank with lid, but it was a 10 gallon. She said she would take it, and now her betta will be in a larger tank. I'm happy because my bettas look so happy in there tanks. I have 1 male in a 10 gallon, 1 male in the 15 gallon, and 1 female in a 50 gallon community tank. I recently had to upgrade some rescue fish they gave me to a 150, and that left me with an empty 50 gallon. So I moved my guppies, neon, black neon, and glowlight tetras, kuhli loaches, and female betta into one tank. My guppies no longer fight the only adult because the betta is now the dominant fish. She is peaceful unless provoked, and the tetras always have her back because she was raised with them. So the first day she put the babies in check, just chased them a little. It's over a week and there hasn't been fighting since, they all actually school with each other except the kuhli loaches.
Nice job with the camera work! What camera and type of lens do you use?
Jomz a6300 with the kit lense
My only question is how exactly did you save it?
It's not just a fish it's a living creature.. How can you do that to a fish? 🤦🏼♂️
ur a cool guy man...my betta was bought from similar circumstances and hes thriving.keep up the work mate cool to see ppl like urself in the world
They have to take care of them, not only just sell them
Wow he’s beautiful, the tank contrasts him very well
oh my god. Im litterally so surprised they keep fish in those conditions since i never been to a walmart that sells fish before. THE WATER WAS BLUE. is that normal or is it just me?
Sylvia Qiong Chen Idk why it’s blue but some betta cups at my Pet smart are too
I wish this amazing beta fish luck thank you your so kind to rescue fish!😃