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Victor in his plants
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My little old man is gone. I'm not surprised, really; he has been definitely showing his age lately and in particular today. He was somewhere between three and four years old (I've had him for just over three years and he was probably at least six months old when I got him at the pet store), which is a quite respectable old age for bettas. It seems like it was pretty peaceful, resting on his favorite leaf perch. RIP, little guy.

Note to cat: You are now the only remaining pet; stop trying to tangle with the mama raccoon who comes up on the deck and outweighs you by quite a lot!

Current Mood: sad

I came downstairs this morning and went to feed my two bettas before I left for work, and found Max (the pretty boy in the icon, my first and favorite fish) on the bottom of his tank; he'd probably been gone for a couple of hours. I'm sad, but I'm not truly surprised. He was probably close to three years old, his color had been fading for a while, and he'd been spending more and more time hiding in his cave. He'd recently developed a true fungus infection on his tail, and I'd moved him a couple of days ago to a smaller hospital tank to treat him while I sanitized his normal 5-gallon; last night the poor little guy was just hanging out on top of his plant and ignoring food and all attempts to get him to perk up.

I can think of many, many other ways I'd prefer to start my morning. =(

Current Mood: sad
Current Location: the office
Current Music: The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Album / "Closet Mix

The boys:

Victor:

Max:

Right now, Max has much more of a personality than Victor does, although I hope it's just due to Victor needing some time to adjust to a new home. Victor spends a huge chunk of his time sleeping on his favorite plant and ignoring people, while Max will swim right up and do a little happy dance when he sees you. (Or maybe that's the "Feed me NOW!" dance, it's hard to tell sometimes.)

Okay, let's balance out the morning suckfulness with a few happy-making things:

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. It doesn't get much better than that.

These costumes from Baycon absolutely kill me. Genius!

Wil Wheaton and his stepkid? Hawesome. "'You're trying to get your rock on . . . to REO Speedwagon?' He said, incredulous. Tough to argue with that."

I have a pretty new crowntail betta boy to hang out with Max. (By "with", I mean "near". Can't put two males in the same tank.) His name I think will be Victor Hugo the Second (*ahem*), and at the moment he's kind of lost in the five-gallon tank I got for him. I thought belatedly I should put Max in the 5 since he's a lot bigger than the new guy and put Victor in the 2, but I put Victor in the new tank because I really wanted to get him out of that tiny little cup he was in and shifting everyone around would take a while. By the way, Petco currently has a sale through this week I think where the Eclipse 5 Hex tanks are $20 off, making them $30. I almost got one for Max, but I didn't actually want another hex; I'll get him a different 5-gallon later this week, and maybe look for an appropriate fishy friend for their tanks. Do I spoil my pets? Of course I do!

Current Music: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Love and Happiness

Fishy! I can already tell that this could turn into a dangerous idea; I've already gone through the "well, this small tank is okay and he seems reasonably content, but I'd bet he'd like someplace bigger and something to hide under, so I'll just duck out to the pet store again" bit since Wednesday. I don't think I've ever been accused of not trying to spoil my pets.

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