RIP Kalea

[Shelley]

My other betta fish hasn't been well the past three days. He hardly eats and looks sickly. I was trying to think of a humane way to put him out of his misery. I just looked now and the little guy is dead. He was a funny fish, always wanting to fight me if I stared at him too long. May he rest in peace. Here is Kalea..

This is what he looked like when he was ready to fight...

 

[lglala84]

Awww poor fishy

 

[pinksugar]

such a cute lil fishy

RIP lil guy!

 

[adrianavanessa]

OMgosh, so pretty! Aw, R.I.P Kalea

 

[kaylin_marie]

Aww I'm sorry. People sometimes don't understand how sad you can get over the loss of one of these guys unless you've had one for a really long time. I've had mine for a long time now, I want to say like 2 years. He's been taking spells where he stays at the bottom for a while. I don't want him to die

RIP kalea!! He was very pretty!

 

[Shelley]

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

I had Kalea for two years. Every morning he would swim over, stare at me, and open/close his mouth fast, as if to say feed me now! They are intelligent.

Kalea stayed at the bottom quite a bit. Apparently betta fish have a special breathing mechanism. Not only do they breathe through their gills but also in the throat there is special mechanism that helps them breathe while sitting on the bottom of a tank, bowl or in their natural habitat. Sometimes I thought he was dead because he was sitting so still at the bottom. Other times he was suspended in his plant.

 

[Aprill]

awww RIP

 

[enyadoresme]

so cuteee rip

 

[Nox]

Wow, he was beautiful! RIP Kalea.

 

[Ricci]

Rip

 

[KellyB]

Aw. I'm sorry. He was a pretty color.

 

[farris2]

awwww poor thing!

 

[SqueeKee]

Awww RIP

 

[michal_cohen]

rip little fish