Well, it seems the Great Shrimp Experiment in the Betta Palace has come to an end: I think Rocky ate his playmates. 
Last Friday, the shrimp were coming to the end of their second week in their new home. Rocky hadn't paid them any attention that I could see since they were first added, so I thought things were cool. (Of course, now that I think about it, I hadn't seen the big one in a long time.... :lipssealedsmilie: ) I decided it was time to start feeding them in addition to what they found through foraging, so, that night, I dropped a bottom-feeder tablet near where they liked to hang out under the driftwood. Then it was lights-out....
The next morning, Saturday, I went to feed Rocky. "Hey," I thought, "why do you look like you swallowed a marble?" Then it hit me... :eek3:
I looked behind the wood, and there was no sign of the tablet. More ominously, there was no sign of the shrimps, no matter where I looked. Just one guilty looking betta.... :headshake2:
I suppose they could be hiding somewhere among the plants, but, I doubt it. I think there was a fight to the death in the dark over the tablet, and Rocky won. So, rest in peace Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. :tombstone: :tombstone: :tombstone: :tombstone:
And, Rocky? At $2.50 per shrimp, that little killer had better appreciate the meal! :angryfire:
Oh well, at least they cleaned the driftwood before the end....
Last Friday, the shrimp were coming to the end of their second week in their new home. Rocky hadn't paid them any attention that I could see since they were first added, so I thought things were cool. (Of course, now that I think about it, I hadn't seen the big one in a long time.... :lipssealedsmilie: ) I decided it was time to start feeding them in addition to what they found through foraging, so, that night, I dropped a bottom-feeder tablet near where they liked to hang out under the driftwood. Then it was lights-out....
The next morning, Saturday, I went to feed Rocky. "Hey," I thought, "why do you look like you swallowed a marble?" Then it hit me... :eek3:
I looked behind the wood, and there was no sign of the tablet. More ominously, there was no sign of the shrimps, no matter where I looked. Just one guilty looking betta.... :headshake2:
I suppose they could be hiding somewhere among the plants, but, I doubt it. I think there was a fight to the death in the dark over the tablet, and Rocky won. So, rest in peace Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. :tombstone: :tombstone: :tombstone: :tombstone:
And, Rocky? At $2.50 per shrimp, that little killer had better appreciate the meal! :angryfire:
Oh well, at least they cleaned the driftwood before the end....
Like I said, he looked like he had swallowed a marble, but that could have been from eating the bottom-feeder tablet, sans shrimp. The shrimp could be in hiding, but I've seen no sign of them. My assumption for now is they became a midnight snack.