My fish hood
I am so obsessed with my fish. Probably because work is infinitely tedious right now. And there he is happily swimming around in his little tank. Giving me minutes of entertainment before I focus back on more and more data entry.
I haven’t moved the betta over to the new 2 gallon tank yet. I’m letting it run for a few days before I toss him in. I was worried that it might get too cold (Bettas are tropical fish, you know) so I bought a heater for it, but the thermometer I also picked up has read a steady 79 degrees all morning. I think it’s the air vent on my laptop heating it up. I also considered getting a filter, but the tank comes with one (sort of) and the girls at Petco talked me out of it. And no piddly fish flakes for my boy, he only eats freeze-dried bloodworms. Mmm mmm good!
Yes, I know I’m spoiling him.
The snail is annoying me. When I had him at home, he was very active and crawling all over the tank. Since I brought it to work, he’s hardly moved. I don’t know if the betta has been annoying him, if the water conditions are bad for him, or if all the moving around freaked him out, but he’s been hibernating for about a week now. If he’s moving around at night, I can’t tell. He’s not dead, according to Dr. Google, because he’s still in his shell with his “trapdoor” closed and he doesn’t smell bad. But he is an incredibly boring pet and an ineffective algae eater, if he just stays in his shell all the time. I moved him over to the new tank today, so he’ll be in there for about 24 hours by himself. If the betta was bugging him (which I never saw him do), maybe this will give him an opportunity to explore before the betta joins him. I’m also thinking about adding one or two other snails to hang out with him.
Isn’t this just the most exciting post EVER?!! Well, half the women I know are pregnant right now, and since I won’t be joining them any time soon (or ever again), I have to get my “new thing to take care of” fix somewhere. 
