That's right, my beta fish, Phineas II (affectionately know as "Foo"), died sometime yesterday. I presume it was peaceful, but the pleco hasn't left much behind for forensic analysis. Foo wasn't doing very well for the last week. He was sitting on the ground and the fake plants almost all the time--even during feeding time. Poor Foo.
I got Phineas II at PetSmart October 2003--a couple months after moving to Corvallis for grad school. I had to leave a very aging Phineas behind (in good care) in Azusa when I moved. "Finny" died a couple weeks later. I'd like to believe it was from a broken heart. ;-)
In the grand tradition of extending the painful programming metaphor, I will probably name my next beta "Bar." That's right, the successor to "Foo."
Posted by enigma at August 18, 2005 04:14 PM