My betta Albaster almost gave me a freakin' heart attack today. I was being a good little hobbyist and finally getting around to scraping the algae off his tank and after I left the cap off the very small inlet to the filter to let the algae chucks and such get sucked up planning to chuck the cartridge afterward. Anyway by change I happen to come back up to see if enough has been sucked up and plan to put the cap back on and my betta is gone poof! Since I had take the decor out to clean it I look behind the filter tube, by the heater. I am breathing faster thinking the bugger must have got stress and jumped so I am fractically search around the tank to no avail. 
Suddenly the filter starts making a subtle yet disturbing sound and I just about lose it tearing the HOB filter apart thinking I am about to find beloved betta in pieces. Luckily the resistant little bugger was a little beat up, but okay. Thank heavens I happened to check the tank when I did because he might not have been able to last much longer. So he has got a few slight ragged parts on his fins and the portion of his head when his nose would be if bettas had noses is a little buggered up, but nothing supper noticable or deadly looking until you get a little closer. So I dosed him with some betta remedy and he should be fine. So the filter cap is now back on the filter and I won't make that mistake again, just granted him to much intellegence to convince myself surely he would stay anyway from the thing sucking water in...:headshake2:
Anyway thanks for reading my little narrative, I am just glad my little betta buddy is okay.:dance:
Suddenly the filter starts making a subtle yet disturbing sound and I just about lose it tearing the HOB filter apart thinking I am about to find beloved betta in pieces. Luckily the resistant little bugger was a little beat up, but okay. Thank heavens I happened to check the tank when I did because he might not have been able to last much longer. So he has got a few slight ragged parts on his fins and the portion of his head when his nose would be if bettas had noses is a little buggered up, but nothing supper noticable or deadly looking until you get a little closer. So I dosed him with some betta remedy and he should be fine. So the filter cap is now back on the filter and I won't make that mistake again, just granted him to much intellegence to convince myself surely he would stay anyway from the thing sucking water in...:headshake2:Anyway thanks for reading my little narrative, I am just glad my little betta buddy is okay.:dance:
