Today, I woke up to find out that my baby boy suddenly passed away.
He was gifted to me two years ago for my birthday (April 27), and with little to no knowledge on Betta's, I managed to learn a lot and make for him the best planted tank I could. Now, today, exactly two years and two days later, I found him laying in the sand already gone.
I'm not sure what happened, he was doing great and seemed visibly healthy (besides from his tumour on his tail). From a time ago he started sleeping more often than before, but everything was well, so I assumed he was just an old gentleman now (I'm not sure about his age when I got him). Yesterday he spent most of the day sleeping, swimming ocassionally, looking for some air and then he finally passed while I was sleeping.
I know I gave him the best life I could, and I dedicated a lot of time on learning and improving his quality of life (he got a tank upgrade twice during his life!). And I'm just happy I got to learn and give him a great life in comparison to other unfortunate Betta's who live in cups 🙁 he was a sassy boy who only really liked my mom, but I still loved him deeply