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feeling: *sigh* listening to: nothing
So Magnus has taken a sudden turn for the worse. And I do mean sudden; there was pretty much no change in him at all for weeks after I realized he was sick, and just this morning he ate his breakfast and swam around and was fine... but several hours later I looked over and he was lying on the gravel panting, and every time he moves now, it's in unnaturally rapid bursts all over the tank as if his tail was on fire. But the most gravely noticeable change is that he wouldn't eat tonight.
I'll be surprised if he makes it through the night, and even more surprised if he makes it to the weekend. He's acting almost exactly like Pixel did in the last several hours before she died (she was another case of a sudden turn for the worse due to a tumor). And I just ran 2 gallons of water to warm up overnight in preparation for a water change tomorrow, and just bought a new tank accessory for him a few days ago... guessing all that will go to waste now...
I wanted the next betta I get to be a female, but I don't think Petland ever has females anymore. Haven't seen any there since I got Pixel, I'm pretty sure. And if next year plays out the way I want it to, well... I dunno, but after Magnus falls, I might be out of the aquarist hobby for a while... and why is Firefox trying to tell me that "aquarist" isn't a word?
Oh well, back to whatever I was doing...
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 10/05/2009 10:51:00 PM
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