[quote=flu] … Also, petsmart gave me the fish after I told them the heater I bought from them killed by daughter’s fishes in the tank….[/quote]

Smooth move, flu. Most people would have been too caught up in the emotions of the situation to recognize such a lucrative opportunity.

[quote=eavesdropper] …So last week was fun… I went all around town looking for beta that looked almost identical to the ones my girl had before I cooked them. Ended up finding them at petsmart, though they look smaller and slightly different color…..Daughter noticed the fish were slightly smaller, and asked me about why are they smaller. I said, I don’t know, perhaps they are a little sick…[/quote]

That’s the problem with being smarter than the average bear: Genetics plays cruel tricks on you, and ensures that you have offspring who are similarly well-endowed with cerebral tissue. Her teens should an interesting period…