Cal the Betta

A side blog for my Betta (Shadowheart) and Snail (Snailbert)

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telemachus being so happy that his dad is back for so many reasons and one of them being that he thinks he can finally have someone on his side whenever he and his mom disagree but odysseus turns out to be a “listen to your mom” type of husband

telemachus: hey i’m going out for a swim at the river tonight

odysseus: okay sure :) 

penelope: absolutely not 

odysseus: exactly absolute not you are staying home right where we can see you young man

telemachus:

telemachus: dad can you ask mom if i can bring an extra ship with me

odysseus: of course, my son [goes to penelope] 

odysseus: my lovely wife, goddess divine

penelope: what

odysseus: your beauty brings me to my knees [walks away] 

penelope: ?

odysseus: [returns] she said no

telemachus: you. you didnt even try

telemachus: dad-

odysseus: what did your mom say 

telemachus: no

odysseus: yeah

telemachus: damn it

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Shadowheart has had the biggest poops out of all my bettas.

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Shadowheart got nom noms.

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Shadowheart has discovered the floating betta log.

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Baby Shadowheart has already learned the art of begging for food.

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Shadowheart will eat the micro pellets, but only after they sink.

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First feeding with Shadowheart!

She's spit out everything I've given her.

The regular betta pellets are too big, she's doesn't understand flakes and bloodworms, and I thought micro pellets were a winner, but she keeps spitting them out.

We'll try again tonight.

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Shadowheart is exploring her new tank.

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Its been a while since I've posted in this blog, so here's an update:

Dagger passed away in November, a week after my mom went to the hospital for a stem cell transplant.

With so many life changes at the time, I didn't feel like getting a new fish and let the tank sit dormant for months, with water top offs purely so the filter would run properly.

Snailbert, oddly enough, has survived this whole time.

Now we're well into February and my mom is past her 90 day transplant milestone, so I set up the tank for a new betta!

I went to the petstore wanting a small little betta and I got Shadowheart🖤💜

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🚨New Betta Alert!🚨

💜🖤Shadowheart 🖤💜

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Some out of focus nom noms.

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The black "dagger" on his tail has fully spread to cover his entire tail and some of his body. Dagger is so pretty!