December 25, 2010

deaddeaddeaddeaddead

Remember that one time I got tetras to go in the betta tank but the tetras kept nipping at the betta's fins so I got rid of them? I got ghost shrimp to replace the tetras.

The only concern I was supposed to have was that the betta would eat the shrimp. Well, the betta didn't bother the tetras so I figured the shrimp would be fine. After all, they just hung out at the bottom and scavenged the leftover food and poop, right?

Imagine my surprise today when I came home around 2pm to find a shrimp clinging the betta's back and eating his fins!!!!! I scooped all those suckers up and flushed them right down the toilet.

Now my poor betta looks so bad! He was super mad for a while afterward and kept flaring at me through the glass. I'm worried that he'll get fin rot and die. Grrr. No more friends for him!

3 comments:

Brent said...

Well, Merry Christmas anyway.

Carla said...

How's he doing tonight?
And I hope you had a nice Christmas.

Lyle said...

Good grief, there should be a soap opera about life in Elizabeth's fish tank.