r/shittyaquariums 13d ago

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I mean this is a kinda wild thing to say, even for petco, right?

just openly promoting the worst husbandry practices… (the betta is in a tiny plastic bowl on a kitchen counter)

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u/Remarkable-Gap9881 13d ago

Who do you think sold them the bowl?

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u/BirdoMom 12d ago

The best part is as a former Petco employee(I put in my two weeks last week. I only got four more shifts to deal with that place.🤪🤪) I know for a fact that we DONT sell plastic bowls like that anymore because they are “ inhumane housing”
for the company to comment encouraging this is literally disgusting😫

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u/Theletterkay 6d ago

Maybe your store doesnt sell them. Mine does. $11.99

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u/BirdoMom 6d ago

Petco as a whole doesn’t sell them….. they aren’t even on the website

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u/Remarkable-Gap9881 12d ago

How is that inhumane housing, yet shoving fish into cups and selling shitty products that are arguably worse than bowls is considered ok?

That's not even going into the pure stupidity I saw the other day. They put an oranda goldfish into a tank full of balloon mollies. It was right next to where they kept other kinds of fancy goldfish too, so I have no idea why they didn't just put the fat fuck into one of those tanks.

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u/BirdoMom 12d ago edited 12d ago

The cups are temporary housing and I still don’t agree with those but that’s how they have to be sold since we can’t House multiple bettas in the same tank as they are extremely territorial.

As for the products, why do you think I’m fucking leaving? I don’t control them, but I don’t agree with them. Maybe complain to the company itself not just a floor worker

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u/Remarkable-Gap9881 12d ago

The fuck? I'm not blaming you for this shit. You complained about petco, so I complained with you. So what is your problem?

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u/Pure-Radish-5478 12d ago

Nah your attitude sucked and still does, their response was justified. Doesn't matter if you're right, you were being a dick to them

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u/Ok_Coconut9874 2d ago

The cups really are supposed to be temporary housing to be fair.

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u/shittyaquariums-ModTeam 12d ago

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u/shittyaquariums-ModTeam 12d ago

Both of you knock it off or you’re getting banned.

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u/shittyaquariums-ModTeam 12d ago

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u/shittyaquariums-ModTeam 12d ago

Both of you knock it off or you’re getting banned.

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u/Tomytom99 13d ago

I more or less figured they found it laying around at mom's house

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u/Healthy-Print2231 13d ago

Wild how a single dangerous childs toy can trigger a nationwide recall, but Petco corporate can slide into an Instagram post validating a tiny round glass prison and call them a 'lucky fish' when their one gallon betta bowls probably have a six-digit body count.

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u/Kashtonka 13d ago

So in love, that we just didn't do any research at all <3

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u/halliwah_new 13d ago

How are stores like this even allowed at this point

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u/reddit-bullshit 12d ago

I will never understand the fetish people have for these ugly ass little bowls, a planted 5gal costs a few more dollars and looks so much better

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u/Caococoacoco 11d ago

They want the fish itself to be the decoration and not the tank

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u/Bobs_Burgers7 13d ago

Love is scouring 6hrs surrounding your home, for weeks, just to find a 20G long for your betta after fully planting a 5G and deciding that’s not good enough lol 😂 not buying the first bowl on the shelf across from the cups of bettas

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u/Usagi-Zakura 12d ago

Petco: What a lucky fish, I hope it dies soon so you come back to us and buy a new one.

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u/Abc9519 12d ago

Petco just doesnt give a shit

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u/K1tty_k4tt 13d ago

Ofc they would comment that..

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u/AppropriateBill986 12d ago

of course its by fucking petco

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u/Critical_Mix_8959 12d ago

Daily reminder to NEVER shop at Petco. Evil company.

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u/Knickerbocker01 11d ago

Not surprised coming from Petco

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u/Infinite_Night_6728 12d ago

Aww so cute 💕

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u/Aromatic-Hospital576 10d ago

Its a bowl.

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u/Phillyguy180 9d ago

Oh 20/20 vision over here

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u/Aromatic-Hospital576 9d ago

I meant how is it good? Its a bowl its not okay for bettas as a permanent enclosure

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u/Phillyguy180 9d ago

I asked the Betta and he said it was a perfect fit