Summer again
It was raining hard yesterday. It was cold. Just a few days ago, it was sunny and hot. I only walked under the sun for half hour, but it was long enough to burn blisters on the back of my hands. What have I done in the past few months? - Not much. I spent much time watching Billy roaming in his tank. I got a new tank for him. I could no longer bear the sight of the old ugly plastic tank, a betta starter I got from Petcetera. What a change it has made in Billy's life. While he was in the old tank, he stayed at the bottom sleeping all the time, hardly surfacing to get food. Ever since he moved into his new home, he has been actively patrolling his territory. The first few days he glided from bottom to top non-stopping as if to measure the tank. Later on whenever I show up with the food, he dashes to the surface waiting. He can gobble 4 or 5 pallets at one feed. When I had Phil, I never saw bubble nets or Phil stretching his fins wide open. One Saturday morning I found Billy build...