Honeythorn
Sugar coating and nicely nicely? I don't think so
Some of those other pictures are truely shocking! Those poor fish!
In a way I am actually quite relieved... I happen to like this fish shop, and always thought that the Betta boxes seemed to let them down a bit, but now I see that they are actually better than most in this respect
Even so though, surely these fishes need more space than ANY of these containers to swim around in?
Yes they do. Far more. Personally I won't keep one in less than 5 gallons under any circumstances. Still, the cubes in the first picture are definitely more than what many shops choose to keep them in. I also see no reason for the cups and I refuse to accept that a shop has no space. A filtered larger tank can easily be divided into even 3 gallon sections . A healthy betta in a bigger space is more likely to attract a buyer than a half dead scrap of life with finrot and gods know what other health problems. There is no excuse at all for cups and tiny pots. None. Selling less goldfish for example - which are unsuitable for the average tank a typical family seems to buy " for the kids" anyway - to people who have done no research , and instead giving the bettas more room along with a concise and easy to read/understand care sheet would be something I would like to see in the future.
