Beta I and Beta II

A few months ago a friend posted on Facebook that they were moving and would someone please adopt their beta fish.  Being the lonesome girl that I am, I sent a message and she delivered the fish to my office the next day.  The kids wanted to know if they could come and visit the beta anytime.  I said SURE!

I took the fish home and he wouldn't eat.  He lived for about a week without eating and then one morning he was racing around the jar he lived in like something was after him.  When I came home for lunch he was belly up and he found his resting place in the white throne.

I immediately went to Petco and bought another beta because I was so afraid that the previous owner kids would want to come and see the fish.  I bought another beta that was very similar, but not identical.  He is a very beautiful bluish turquoise color.  His name is Shark, which inspires him to be the best he can be.  He started eating the next day after he came home with me.  I like him a lot.  Except I think that he is trying to live up to his name and is trying to eat me.  Twice he has gnawed on my finger when I dipped it in the vase during a feeding frenzy.  Holy smoke Shark, down boy.  Then tonight when I was sprinkling his odd-shaped worms on the water for the feeding, he jumped at me again.  It isn't like he doesn't get fed.  He eats well and jumps at his food like he has to kill it.

A couple of weeks ago I bought another beta fish.  He is such a beautiful pink.  I remember when my kids used to have beta fish and we would put them side by side in their tank and watch them flare at each other.  It was the thrill of the day.  My two fish must be used to each other because they don't care and don't ever flare at each other.  But Shark does continue to try to eat me.  My new fish isn't this dark coral, he is lighter and pinker.  The new fish is named Fin.

I like these guys.  They know me....not like "Hi Cheeryl, how are you today?"  But as soon as I walk into the room they are flipping and flopping all over the place trying to get attention.  Perhaps it is because I am the bearer of food.  Even when I put them on the table when I am studying, they move to the side of their tank where I am.  I kinda think they like company too....well at least I know they like food.