Betta Fish: My $1 charity donation betta.

My beloved betta passed away unexpectedly despite perfect behavior and parameters. Genuinely have no idea what happened to him. The tank was too empty so I had to bring someone home to fill the void yesterday.

This guy had been in a cup since 3/19. As I was looking at him I noticed the tumor on his side. “What do you guys do with sick bettas?” I asked an associate. She whipped out a sharpie and wrote “$1 Donation” on his cup. So home with me he came.

No clue what color to call him. He’s obviously dragon scale, but he presents as grey until the light hits him and reflects iridescence. In natural sunlight he had a gorgeous green shimmer. Perhaps a touch of copper.

I was going to name is Arnold (“it’s not a toomah”) or Silver Dollar but my husband vetoed those since yesterday was May 4th. So, welcome Vader the Petco King Halfmoon Betta. I know you’ll likely go blind and might have a short life but I hope to give you lots of love until then.

Just hoping that isn’t ich on his side that I just noticed. Crap.