RIP Louie, (July?) 2006-August 7, 2008

[felis_lupus]

Louie
Originally uploaded by gshower7

We interrupt the Pennsic recap to mourn the passing of my little finny friend... Last Thursday, while I was at Pennsic, my little Louie went on from his tank on the kitchen counter to the big fishbowl in the sky.

Just a little over two years old, he was perky to the end, swimming up to take food when kurlon fed him that morning. Found resting on the floor of the aquarium that evening, no longer perky... The catfish appear either lost without their tankmate or happy to not be getting chased around quite so much.

I rescued Louie from the tanks at Wal-Mart two Septembers ago. The last crowntail betta they had. The clerk laughed at me when I gave a serious answer to "what's his name?", but Louie he was. My kitchen companion. Not the brightest li'l guy I've ever owned, but cute. He'd survived a bout with swim bladder problems this past winter, which caused him to list slightly portside, but recovered well. Poor li'l guy wasn't quite himself for the last month or so, and I didn't really expect to see him when I got back from vacation... There will be another soon; the tank can't stay empty for long. (and really, he was just a fish... a good fish, but a fish nonetheless)

Comments

[nightpaws.livejournal.com]

Aww! Sorry to hear about Louie. Bettas are so pretty!

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

Got personality, too. Herman, my first one that I had while I was still in college, would chase your finger around the tank/bowl. Could be because I kept him on my desk, and that's where I was most of the time when I was in the dorm room... :)

[felis-lupus.livejournal.com]

(Mom named him Herman... it stuck...)