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I read an article about the dumpster betta months ago. According to the manager, a new employee put the new shipment box in the to-dumpster shelf by accident and the cleanup crew threw it away. The woman took all the fish home and tried to give them away before calling the store the next morning. Only 2 betta died. The manager said they're making stricter stocking mandates so it doesn't happen again.

I feel fortunate for the Petsmart in my area. The fish manager actually knows fish! He’s steered me away from poor stalking choices, helped me when my mystery snails hatched…. And he lets me rescue the nearly dead bettas- I take them home and if I can save them, I rehome to a knowledgable (or willing to learn the way of the fish keeper).

as an amateur betta breeder, I have decided to not sell bettas to customers who think they can keep a betta in a bowl. Thanks, Chris :)

Pancakes owner was caught doing some sus things. It's been a while since I saw, so I don't remember the details, but he was accused of swapping out Pancake for another crab and buying multiple lobsters with the goal of housing them together/ with Pancake. Which would end with the biggest lobster eating the others. He was bad about ignoring advise left in the comment section. Last I saw he just... stopped posting, so I imagine things didn't end too well. If you want to see a quality grocery store rescue I recommend checking out Leo the Lobster. Edit: Just looked him up. He posted a video 7 months ago saying that all his animals keep dying. So, yeah....

I believe they went into the store, and the employee's were shocked and horrified and thanked them for bringing the fish back in. Turns out it was a bad mix up. And they were accidentally thrown away.

Betta: I am the best looking fish out there, I deserve AT LEAST a four gallon tank. Human: Hm? Oh sorry, I thought you said a FOURTH gallon.

As a dumpster diver I can say I've found so much money saving items, from said pet stores. Tanks, decorations, lights, seasonal stuff, pet costumes, leashes and collars, bags of food nearing expiration date, or returned. *always check for recalls and the specific code number and states the recalls are in cause most stores unanimously just toss even if they aren't part of the recall. I haven't found anything dead or alive in my years, though have seen a small handful of videos from years ago with the occasional fish or small pet rescue. I don't trust the modern tic toks about this. Especially a full on case. I can give 2 explanations as to how this could happen though... 1- shipment overstock and rather than find and make place on the displays the tossed the case as it's a tax write off, and more likely the filmers are employees who went back. 2- same scenario only actual divers came up on it wether employees wanted to go back for it or not. I've found cases of things elsewhere so it doesn't really shock me to anyone that may question them being tossed in the case as is.

Watching FTR while officially employed! Achievement unlocked bro. 🥳

nah petsmart nowadays are just messed up

Dumpster diver here - I'll never stop being amazed at what companies throw away. My route has a petsmart and 2 bosley's locations, and they throw out lots of new stuff (probably returns) from toys to tank heaters etc. Never found an animal besides the trash pandas feasting on the food they throw out.

Can finally sit down and enjoy FTRs again. Haven't had Air Conditioning in 100 degree weather for a week and have been struggling to keep my fish alive. I lost a purple mystery snail, but luckily out of 8 aquariums that was the only non survivor. So happy to have my air conditioner working again! I've been wanting axolotls and am really glad i have been waiting until i can afford an aquarium chiller for them.

This has nothing to do with this specific video, but I finally moved into my own place with my partner a month ago. I'm so excited that I'll finally be able to set up my very first fish tank soon! We just need to finish buying furniture so that I can see where I will be setting it up. I expect this will happen in another couple of months, but still excited!!

we went to the bamboo forest like weeks after Japan reopened, so it was super empty, and we went in the evening so while we were walking it got literally pitch black, but you could still hear the bamboo rattling everywhere. i don't think it would've been as fun with a ton of people, but if you can go at night? highly recommend. spooky and beautiful in the best way.

Happy FTR day everyone!! Get your hands wet, spoil your pets and have a radically wonderful week!! ✌️ QOTW; you can't expect us to just have one fav!! I'm a whole tank kind of gal, but if I had to pick, mid, because then you get a bit of everyone. Shrimp shrimping around, anchor cats doing their feeding frenzy swirling in circles and kuhli loaches you forgot you had five of coming out of the mulm to get some blood worms along with killi and CPD's darting all over through the fray!! Mid is best because everyone comes out to meet there.

We have a petsmart that is awful to Bettas. The Petco here at one point had hundreds of Bettas in cups. I asked what happened and they said it was a computer glitch that was just auto ordering them hundreds each week and it went on for a month. I wonder if a similar thing happened to the store mentioned and they were tired of feeding so many extra bettas so they just tossed them? It makes me super sad to see these videos with fish dumped in the dumpsters. It's so cruel.

I just realised my female betta when I bought her a couple weeks ago had a mostly white body and a blue tail with pink that was kinda see through… her body is now a bright blue and her tail is bright blue with bright scarlet RED colours… I’m so happy 😍

Literally teared up because I love bettas so much. And I know in that situation that it was a mistake, but the harsh reality is that alot of atores throw away old fish that dont sell. Thats why whenever I get a new fish (especially betta fish) I always ask whos been there the longest. Watching the color come back and their fins grow out is one of the most beautiful things Ive ever expirenced.

This marks my final Monday of freedom. Starting next week, I'll be embarking on my college journey. I'm grateful to FFF for accompanying me every Monday, offering comfort through all the ups and downs. Even as I step into this new chapter, I know I can still rely on enjoying the content of this fantastic channel. Looking forward to staying connected with you all even while I'm in college. See you soon!

Awesome video! That baby octopus was adorable. There is a guy who has a pet lobster from the grocery store named Leon. I wish I had room for a tank big enough to rescue a crab from a grocery store!

Chris’s judgment is all I need in a Monday

QOTW favorite column is bottom dwellers-in my experience they are smarter more adventurous and often nocturnal. Since I often can't sleep well this works well for me 😀. Axos, Plecos, Corys, Loaches, Puffers, & Shrimp oh my!

Hi! I have been watching your videos for a bit and I’m getting my first fish! I let the tank cycle for a week, it’s a 5 gall tank and I’m going to get a betta. have betta safe shelters and (sorry) fake silk plants cause I can’t take care of real ones. I tested the water and I have a good heater and filter. I’m exited to get my fish today! Thank you for teaching me all about fish!

mid section fish are my favourite, i feel like they interact with the scape the most and it’s so fun to see them dart around between plants

Can't wait to start fishkeeping later in life. Love your videos and keep up the great work!

The petsmart near me actually doesnt have betta fish on display and you need to consult a worker if you want to buy one. Its good that they’re not just letting anyone pickup a fish anymore. I havnt asked so I dont know if the workers are actually asking for requirements and questioning people who want to buy a betta whether or not they have the right equipment, but its better than just letting anyone take a fish.

BRO at 11:18 I saw the image of what TERRORIZED my 10 GALLON because when I asked for a FLYING FOX FISH i got a SIAMESE ALGAE EATER that got 3INCHES LONG in a RECTANGULAR TANK that it was in for 4 MONTHS in which it jumped out of my net on the floor 2 TIMES and LIVED! Now my LFS keeps it for DISPLAY because it is so BIG and HEALTHY! I am a PROUD MOMMA

Betta cups always have the blue water when they get to the store, that box is a brand new shipment, which really tells me it's either a complete accident, or the whole thing is fake. You don't even see a dumpster in the video, just the inside of a box. It could happen if there's someone not doing their job properly, but PetSmart does not generally throw away live betta fish for any reason.

Kyoto bamboo, not over rated its a great addition to your trip. Me and my fiance went this year and the temple there was so relaxing to just sit and watch/listen to the forest shift in the wind.

I always had community aquariums, where the entire tank was inhabited by everyone. I'm kinda leaning towards getting a single type, and schoolers, who follow each other around. Thanks for the video. And the Petsmart segment, looks like somone just filmed their shipment of Bettas, and put it up as Petsmart throw aways, to me. Idk, I could be wrong..lol. Just doesn't look like the background is outside a dumpster.

This channel is the reason is the reason I have banned unnatural decor in my tank a couple weeks before I got my tank now I am planning to get a bigger tank I can’t thank you enough

yaaay *_* i made it to the FTR ! Cam here :) thanks so much! and the green stuff on the substrate is actually the light reflecting thought the moss haha :) and yes it WAS a thick java moss bush x) i since took it out as it was starting to rot at the bottom and taking too much swimming space for my fishies :(

The Betta box thing seemed extra odd. The bettas in chain stores don’t come to the store in the cups. They come in small bags (worse than cups right?) and get moved into cups. Plus those all have the methylene blue they are typically shipped in. And it doesn’t for sure show the dumpster they are supposedly found in. The whole thing seems kinda fishy (slight pun intended)

my guess is since they're in a box, they were delivered and thrown out without being opened or something, although maybe thats just wishful thinking. I will say, as someone with some experience in dumpster diving, grocery stores throw out perfectly good food all the time so its not /that/ surprising

Yay ftr! I have a betta fish who is currently recovering from fin rot because of stress (all the water is good condition in my tank and has been since he moved in :) Wish him well on the journey to growing back his fins!

My local petco is one of the good ones, they know bettas can be in community tanks and they keep lots of betta stuff in stock, more cups of decor than bettas in cups.

I was dumpster diving not too long ago I saw all these big beautiful dog beds in there but it was locked. Right as I was about to leave the store closed and like two employees came out unlocked the dumpster threw a bag out and took all the beds out. I really hoped they were taking them to shelters and not selling them online... but who knows.

If Petsmart really is throwing out those betta, imagine how just 1 of them could have lived a 5 year life swimming in a lush planted tank.😥

Isopods including the giant isopod are all adorable, also crabs are really cute too. 🥺🥺

I have a tank in my bathroom too🤣...i lov it when people come over they get entertained when they're pooping😂

Ive been waiting to get everything i need to upgrade my tank and FTR only makes me more impatience 😂 im going crazy with aquascape ideas and dying to start on it

Thank you for the videos! Also reminding to hit the Like 👍! I start to think about aquariums and nearly forget.

I'd never ever work for a big pet store ever again and I cannot support buying animals from them.

Been to Arashiyama, not overrated at all :) We not only walked around but then took a ricksha ride around too, it was a lot of fun! I, a random person on the internet who know one knows, recommend it! And QOTW, they all have their place in the tank...I'll show myself out.

I love these videos. Thank you.

I agree with the duck weed, I have it in my shrimp tank along with other floaters and I barely realize it’s there, idk if it’s from me literally only doing a few duck weed floaters or if I’m just lucky like that and they don’t wanna grow like crazy for me

All the Betta that we’re missing from our fish delivery tonight, although it was only three and I suspect just omitted, rather than misplaced

I love bottom dwellers so much. Cories, plecos, synodontis, loaches 🤩 (I love the others too, but bottom dwellers are number 1)

I went to the Kyoto bamboo forest and it was pretty awesome! I wish I could have spent more time there.. I want to go to Japan again!!

i bought some salvinia and it came with duckweed. the duckweed lived as about 1/4 of the floating plants for about a year and then died off

Good thing they were rescued!🐠🐟🐡

As a kid i always checked petstore trash cans. I usually found cracked tanks and would fix with silicone or keep non diah animals in them like my iguanas or hamsters ect

I work at a major pet supply retail chain and one time we got communication from corporate which received word from the fish supplier that the most recent fish shipment were infected and to throw them away. So they got dumpstered. AND depending on your community, dumpster diving can be illegal and can get you arrested for stealing and trespassing.

At my local petco I saw a employee girl with long long nails shaped like body of a goldfish! She had her claws in a fish tank trying to grab a handful of tetras…I went to the front desk and reported her, she came up to the front desk and had neon tetra fish stuck under her damn nails…one fell out in her low cut shirt as she was trying to remove them..sadly couple of kids saw this..along with some other customers…I left..but then I saw the ex worker come out cussing and I booked it..that’s my fun experience..

Another successful Monday Fish Tank Review(FTR)! Keep up the great work Chris. Respect=💯💯 10/10 jokes and information Satisfying 😌

those plastic donuts are indestructable! one of the reasons my 15 gal hid in the closet for years

Oh yeah FTR Monday my favourite show of the day❤❤

The Kyoto bamboo forest is beautiful and totally worth it if you go very early. Once the tour busses arrive, avoid it. It just becomes a sea of people.

I've heard of pet store throwing away fish before. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen

QOTW: my favorites are ancistrus fish and corys. First ones look cool like some ancient creatures with those thick hairy looking scales, the latter are just simply cute

this is the best start to the week ever, my birthday AND FTR??!?? fantastic

I like bottom dwellers. Catfish, specifically plecos, are my favorite. Check out blue panaques!

I had Mollies, guppies and plecos when i was little but i haven’t had fish since i hope to get a Betta this year

QOTW, I am a little torn but I think I like fish who swim everywhere in the tank. Angelfish are my favorite with kuli's in a close second.

saw another video showing that video with the betta fish and it was cleared that this was an accident, they werent meant to be thrown out

all of japan bamboo has recently flowered (Australian news) late mid 2023.. They say they will die.. and scientists don't know if or how it will grow back.. Last bamboo flowering was apparently back around 1900....

Hey! So the Petco near me had a shipment of very ill betta's arrive. They photographed like 15 dead betta and got the refund for the whole order. They had ick and were not doing well so they had one employee put them down. The employee just chucked them into the dumpster and thought good enough, then played on his phone for the rest of his shift.

Love these videos ❤

the bamboo forest is actually amazing but really really busy

that forth tank the 26 gallon is so cool

My new favorite FTR episode simply because we were blessed with a Vine reference and the name Meatglu 😂

Keep up the good work chirs!

I have African dwarf frogs and kuhli loaches. They are hilarious together.

Mate that comment, HOW ,once i went to South Australia from my state Victoria I found A LEGIT PIECE OF DUCKWEED ON MY PILLOW THAT PIECE OF DUCKWEED TRAVELED 683.5 KM !

Aaaaaww that baby octopus is so cute!

just sold my last of my baby axolotls. i now have a 120 gallon to do whatever i please with and im so excited

The blue water shows that’s a fresh stock of betta so either these people bought all the bettas or work there ooooor the box was to close to the junk boxes and a worker didn’t think of checking it. Though most petsmart get a compact dumpster that stays locked so idk how they’d get them from the dumpster but there’s my guesses.

Kyoto Bamboo Forest: it’s not as zen as the photos make it look. As per usual, most of those hugely popular tourist attractions are so overrun with tourists that when you’re there it’s nowhere near as deserted as the Pinterest photos make it look. Kinda like whenever I see photos of someone viewing the Mona Lisa by themselves - yeah, never in your life would you ever not get elbowed out of the way if you aren’t someone rich or famous or filming a movie. The only photo I was able to take of myself in front of the bamboo without a stranger in the pic was when I pointed the camera up and took a glamour shot of my flaring nostrils and my chins. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Surprisingly, we found ourselves alone for a few moments while walking through those red arches at one of the many famous Kyoto temples. My absolute favourite (and surprising, to me) stops during our month long Japan trip was Hiroshima. In particular, the memorial museum. A truly moving and memorable experience. The city itself was really lovely. Didn’t have the crowded and overly touristy vibes of Kyoto, Tokyo or Osaka. The locals were so incredibly friendly, the food was AMAZING (had the best soba and sobayaki there). Had a lot of personality. Left the city feeling very grateful and humbled.

Qotw: I don’t really have a preference, as I like fish from all the water columns. In one of my tanks, I have some kuhlis and a clown pleco who I adore, while in the other tank I have a betta and a nerite. Fish tank update: a few weeks ago, I got a betta from petco that appeared to have been born without a dorsal fin. All he had was a little nub. Last Tuesday, I checked on him before going to work and his tail and anal fin had about half a centimeter of new fin growth that showed up overnight. Idk what I did but I’ve never seen a betta get that much fin growth in such a short period of time. I thought he just had a shorter tail 😳

Damn poor lil fish the betta is smart and intelligent and can understand whats going on when being miss treated an neglect

Congrats Chris, you discovered the benefit of cheeking up us Indians for views 🕺👏

QOTW: I'm still a sucker for the white cloud mountain minnows; schooling together but pairing off. They are everywhere in the tank.

I need help, I’ve always tried to take care of snails but no matter what I do they always seem to die after about a month, I also have the same problem with shrimp, I think they’re so interesting and I made a 2 gallon planted vertical tank for three of them but they didn’t survive for more than a few weeks

i love these fish reviews keep them up bro❤

Now I want a baby Octopus thanks Chirs!!

Its not orange juice. Its called teh Tarik. Pulled tea. Its a foamy drink that was prepared by the pulling and making it foamy. The aquarium tea is kinda mimicking the idea😅

Of you ever want to enjoy Arashimaya be there before 7h30 in the morning 😅 and it is magical, but after 8-8:30 there so many people there that you can’t enjoy it.

i'm the guy from india that chris sees in his fft server (im always chilling in the photography channel come say hi)

brb gotta go get a tiny lil octopus babyyyyyy qotw- bettas are my favorite fish so I love whatever column they happen to feel like swimming in at that exact moment :)

Where I live there are 2 big box pet stores. Petsmart and Pet supplies plus. Petsmart has better selection but I always see dead fish. At Pet Supplies Plus they have less selection but they maintain there tanks better. So I bought my koi galaxy betta female for a really good price on sale and with coupons 😉

QOTW: I like bottom feeders because they feel more relatable because the 'walk' on the ground

I’m in sask. I think it depends where you are because Regina and Saskatoon sometimes have the same betta fish for weeks and weeks at a time :( I’ve seen dead ones for sale too.

Hi Chris!

I want to start a tank for my mom any suggestions on where to start? Best plants for beginners? How many fish? We’re basically new to this. She had a fish tank years ago but after watching your videos and others I realized it probably wasn’t the best setup.

I took my kid to meet the teacher this past Friday. I saw the saddest site of a beta fish in a horrible little tank with those god awful color rocks. The poor beta was sunk to the bottom not moving it looks like it sat there all summer no food in a dirty tank. It made me instantly want to cry😢 I wanted to rescue it so bad Chris. I’m tempted to ask about it but I don’t want to cause any rift or for anyone to think I’m weird for caring about a random fish

Petsmart & Petco claim they will adopt out sick or “damaged” fish but it really depends which store you go to. About a month ago I tried to do just that with a Betta that only had one eye. I found a “supervisor” and asked them if I can adopt it out. It was a hard NO. They were incredibly rude and did not want to have a conversation about it so they grabbed the fish container and walked away. I came back the next day to look for more plants and the fish was back on display. Still was told they don’t permit adopting out and they took the fish away and left it sitting on the station in the fish department. Another employee said they write it as a loss because it’s easier than adopting it out

Happy FFTday! I pray the Betta clip was just for views and PetsMart employees would not do that!! 😢

Yo I saw when he posted that video on their channel. I was dying laughing lol He really is chillen on the toilet lol

fun fact they recently discovered that tardigrades can survive such extreme temps and the vacuum of space bc they can turn themselves **into glass**

back when i was younger i had won a goldfish from the fair, i had it in like a 7 gal tank so i feel bad when i think back on it, either way i had this goldfish and was so attached to it and loved it so much id literally spend hours staring at it swim, and one day my neighbors also young daughter came over and poured a whole shaker of salt in my goldfish tank because she watched finding nemo, i still despise that child