Poor "Ming" passed away, but I am not exactly sure when. He was in Shawn's room, on a shelf in his bookcase. I would always say "Did you feed Ming tonight?". He'd say, "Of course I did". I did the cleaning of the bowl when it needed it.

Well, I assumed that when Shawn fed him, he would check him and make sure that he was okay. He wasn't a very active Beta anyway, and liked to hang out at the bottom of his bowl. A few times, we thought that he had passed on, but he was just doin' his thing.

Well, I had a feeling tonight, so I told Shawn to check him. He was in two pieces, and looked like a tiny blob of goo in the bottom of the bowl. Shawn said that "something ate him". Since the bowl has a vented top on it, that is impossible. He was just terribly decomposed.

I asked Shawn "Don't you check on his well-being when you feed him?" He said, "No. I just open the cover and drop in the food." I was so annoyed. Just when you THINK that teen-agers are starting to develop some sense, they dash your hopes. But they "know" everything. Just ask them.

By Karen~admin on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 07:52 am:

Sounds very typical, IMO..........as recently as last year, Jeff had a fish and forgot to feed it till that happened. Go figure. Proof that a 22 y/o can still be as irresponsible as a 12 y/o...... Sorry to hear about your fish.

By Mom2three1968 on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 09:51 am:

awww poor fish..

By Brandy on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 10:45 am:

poor fishy = (

By Marcia on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 01:26 pm:

Sorry to hear about Ming. That sure isn't what you want to find when you look in the bowl!!

Nicole, 13, bought herself 2 betas last week, and one is gone already. I checked on them and saw them both swimming in their bowls, and a few hours later one was gone. He was at a small space between his castle and the rocks. I think he got wedged and couldn't get out.

By Hol on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 02:42 pm:

Are they fragile? They have one on the counter in the office at Michael's school, and he/she has been there forever. Whenever anyone checks in at the office, the fishy comes over to the side of the bowl to "greet" them.

By Hol on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 04:53 pm:

Karen - Shawn will be 19 next month, even though he ACTS like 12 sometimes. It sounds like he and Jeff are peas in a pod. LOL!

By Dawnk777 on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 11:40 pm:

I'm sorry.

By Tonya on Saturday, September 2, 2006 - 11:41 pm:

Marcia betas cannot be in the same tank together they will fight until 1 dies. That is their nature. That is why in the stores they are alone never 2 in 1 open area.

The alive one probably won the battle.

By Marcia on Sunday, September 3, 2006 - 09:23 am:

Tonya, they each had their own bowl.