New Fishies
Well... we gots some new fishies. Since we couldn't find any friends for Carla (albino cories) we decided to fill the tank with female bettas. Wellll... we bought three, but only two made it. :(
We're not sure what happened. Eowyn (she was white with red fins) only lasted a few hours. We found her dried up behind the aquarium. :( What this means is either (a) she jumped out (bettas do this) or (b) she was fished out by a kitty. Either way, this was a one in five thousand chance. She had to have gotten out through the hole for the filter, which is only about 5 square inches and has the added disadvantage of swift moving water (from the filter) which would have made either kitty-fishing or jumping difficult. In any case, we covered the hole with a dish towel, now. *sniffle* Poor fishy.
The other two made it, though!
We're not sure what happened. Eowyn (she was white with red fins) only lasted a few hours. We found her dried up behind the aquarium. :( What this means is either (a) she jumped out (bettas do this) or (b) she was fished out by a kitty. Either way, this was a one in five thousand chance. She had to have gotten out through the hole for the filter, which is only about 5 square inches and has the added disadvantage of swift moving water (from the filter) which would have made either kitty-fishing or jumping difficult. In any case, we covered the hole with a dish towel, now. *sniffle* Poor fishy.
The other two made it, though!
The red one is Arwen. She's fiesty. She was very interested in what I was doing.
The blue one is Luthien. She's slightly neurotic and tends to stay towards the back of the tank. It was hard to get a picture. She's at the top.
Silly fishy! Arwen's behind the plant.
posted by Patrick and Melanie Zabawa at
6/17/2006 02:28:00 PM
2 Comments:
Beautiful fishies. I had a betta jump out of a hole the size of a quarter. :( I couldn't believe it was possible. I found him the next day and I have all the holes duct taped now.
hey, love the fishies. my mom bought a beta once... it never jumped out, and lived for awhile.... and then either one of the other fishes attacked it, or it died of old age. beta's are the prettiest fish, though. good choices.
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