Saturday, April 30, 2005

Flippy Out Pet

Hey ...nothing very much interesting here. Juz posting FLIPPY - the only pet that hubby and I can agree to take care of. He has been with us for over a year. His color is green and blue with little spots of red on his fins and head. He is a Siamese Fighting fish properly known as betta fish. He should be kept all by himself because he is a territorial animal and will react violently if two are placed in the same container. If you put a mirror up against the bowl, you can see his reaction - a preliminary phase of their fighting. You will notice the gill covers open up and it would make him look bigger. We used to put him in a bowl-liked glass but we noticed everytime we would go near him (ex. checking on him or feeding him) he would looked like he is angry. He probably can see a glare of himself in the glass. So we bought a new bowl intended for betta fish. It looked like a vase infact we can put lily plant on top and the roots would grow down into the water and absorb small amount of waste produced by betta fish. He will live for 2 to 3 years.

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