Rip "gothie"

[LadyDragon]

Well these things happen, and with fish you try not to get TOO invested... But it still seems like such a waste when one of them passes away and really shouldn't...

A few days ago Gothie, my black HM male with the "PTSD" got startled by one of the girls charging him (I set her cup next to his tank while I was giving hers a good cleaning) and since she startled him, like a cartoon, he made a mad dash for cover. He swam into a sea shell I was testing out as an ornament...
He peeked out, looked at her cup and went back in...
It was all very comical and cartoon-like at the time

Days later he was no where to be seen...

And today a lovely decomposition smell is comming from his tank. I'm thinking he got stuck in there and died... Actually judging by the smell and cloudy water, it's a pretty unfortunate certainty.

So to remember him:

Unfortunate that fish sometimes choose to die in the lamest and stupidest ways...

Bright side:
Snowdrops fins are almost healed from her adventure jumping over into her brothers tank and getting her fins shredded...

So between that and the new babies everywhere there are good things happening also. That takes the edge off...triumphs and tragedies

Anyway, since all my Bettas are solid white now (or somewhat larval and impossible to find in the forest of
java moss in my fry grow out tank)... I am considering a new "token NON-white" male, because I need one to be different than the others.
I'm thinking about a "platinum black" HM or CT...

Thought I'd share the downs as well as the ups

 

[betta989]

Sorry. We've all had losses. Lets all remember him.

 

[Better is Betta]

What a shame Sorry for your loss he looks absolutely beautiful.....something to remember and cherish.

 

[LadyDragon]

Thanks guys...
I just realized he was my first Betta too.
...of course the moral of the story probably has to do with the dangers of becoming a "shut-in", which is ironic considering he was a FISH, but if you hide too much inside your shell... Sometimes you get stuck and die there.

All of my other Bettas are kInd of extreme extroverts (I shouldn't say that since I have a ton of fry in my java moss jungle... They also seem to be on the shy side at the moment) ah life, it's definitely an adventure

 

[Liquid skills]

poor fishy i lost my first betta due to a tank move he then failed to go breath and suffercated

this shall be betta rememberance day

 

[LadyDragon]

The real bummer is how stupid it was, you know?

I lost my prize Koi to something similarly "OMG-#136###-BBQ", and as tragic as it is, as much as you want to feel bad (and actually do) you have just as strong a voice in your head saying "DARWIN AWARD!" because it was such a stupid thing that you have to believe in "natural selection" because of it.

That Koi (who was named "Lady Dragon, the great white Koi" because she KILLED every fish she was Kept with... She was evil, but SOO pretty and I loved her. Anyway she finally died when she tried eating one of my long fin Panda Corys... And it stuck it's dorsal spine through her brain. That koi killed 10 other fish... By eating their eyes and fins, so as bad as you wanted to feel about it... She SOO deserved what she got!

Anyway, poor Gothie, if he wasn't such a sissy and busy HIDING from the little female in another tank, he wouldnt be dead. I mean seriously that is a little pathetic: A male fighting fish scared to death by a female in a cup while her tank got cleaned! ...it's sad how rediculous that sounds *shakes head*

Oh well, at least he was fun and endearing while he was here...

 

[bettanoob]

sorry to hear of your loss of usch a splended betta

 

[LadyDragon]

Thanks guys and gals... I think the shock has passed.

Because I do need to have a token NOT completely snow white Betta, I am looking at this guy:
http/betta1one.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=21&zenid=bc4cb9ffd2dd49b59818688029b87173
I like that it's not ALL white or black but just enough of both... I'd have to import again, but may be worth it

 

[onidrase]

Thanks guys and gals... I think the shock has passed.

Because I do need to have a token NOT completely snow white Betta, I am looking at this guy:
http/betta1one.com/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=21&zenid=bc4cb9ffd2dd49b59818688029b87173
I like that it's not ALL white or black but just enough of both... I'd have to import again, but may be worth it

oh wow, that's the prettiest betta I've ever seen

gothie was gorgeous, too.. I'd love to have a black betta some day. I've never seen a betta without a dab of blue or red in my LFS's, but I've never searched them all too far.

 

[Man of fish]

magnificent betta. It's too bad some fish just die in dumb ways. my panda platy died because she was being poked by my molly so she hid in a small "window"y hole inside and got stuck. I feel bad for that betta, but all is fair in love and war.