for a fish
It's a sad Sunday here. My betta fish, Nemo, who was bought on a whim one night almost a year and a half ago, has finally gone on to Fish Heaven.
Everyone who doesn't see him that often says the same thing- "That fish is still alive?" Actually, even the people I live with say it. Everyone always acts shocked that I've managed to keep him alive for so long. Even when I talk to my family or my friends from home on the phone, they laugh about it.
I'd like to think that he was a Ride or Die fish. He lived through a lot- drives up and down 75 in a box on my car floor, overfeeding, underfeeding, cloudy water, mischieveous guys. I've moved apartments with him twice. He's lived at gainesville place, bellamay, campus club, the exchange, catie and pas's apartment, my house. He's stayed at places all over the state with us! He got shuffled and spilled and I have had some close encounters while changing his water, and there was even a period of time when I thought I was only supposed to feed him once a week, not once a day. He recovered from that. He even survived the boys dropping little pieces of weed into his tank. I don't think he actually ate them. In fact, he hasn't really been eating for a while. Do fish get sick?
I really liked him; he was the only pet I really had time for. I talked to Nemo when I fed him and sometimes I made him chase his reflection in a mirror I'd hold up to the tank. He's a warrior fish. His little tank used to sit on the kitchen counter. Now it's sitting in the laundry room, dry. I walked into the house and saw it, and I had to put the tank away because I would've forgotten and thought he was just in his castle. For a fish, he has a presence. People said hi to him. It makes me sad that he's died.
Maybe it was just his time to go. He lived through quite a lot, but mostly, he liked chilling in his castle. I thought it was so cute when he did that. And sometimes he would kind of play with his food before he ate it. He had a personality, for a fish.
He was a cute fish in his little tank and he lived a hell of a lot longer than anyone thought he would. Pierce flushed him a few minutes ago and I truly felt sad. Poor little Nemo.
Everyone who doesn't see him that often says the same thing- "That fish is still alive?" Actually, even the people I live with say it. Everyone always acts shocked that I've managed to keep him alive for so long. Even when I talk to my family or my friends from home on the phone, they laugh about it.
I'd like to think that he was a Ride or Die fish. He lived through a lot- drives up and down 75 in a box on my car floor, overfeeding, underfeeding, cloudy water, mischieveous guys. I've moved apartments with him twice. He's lived at gainesville place, bellamay, campus club, the exchange, catie and pas's apartment, my house. He's stayed at places all over the state with us! He got shuffled and spilled and I have had some close encounters while changing his water, and there was even a period of time when I thought I was only supposed to feed him once a week, not once a day. He recovered from that. He even survived the boys dropping little pieces of weed into his tank. I don't think he actually ate them. In fact, he hasn't really been eating for a while. Do fish get sick?
I really liked him; he was the only pet I really had time for. I talked to Nemo when I fed him and sometimes I made him chase his reflection in a mirror I'd hold up to the tank. He's a warrior fish. His little tank used to sit on the kitchen counter. Now it's sitting in the laundry room, dry. I walked into the house and saw it, and I had to put the tank away because I would've forgotten and thought he was just in his castle. For a fish, he has a presence. People said hi to him. It makes me sad that he's died.
Maybe it was just his time to go. He lived through quite a lot, but mostly, he liked chilling in his castle. I thought it was so cute when he did that. And sometimes he would kind of play with his food before he ate it. He had a personality, for a fish.
He was a cute fish in his little tank and he lived a hell of a lot longer than anyone thought he would. Pierce flushed him a few minutes ago and I truly felt sad. Poor little Nemo.