More Betta drama oh god oh god what the hell is that?????

[Shell]

I don't know why, but Shell.. that post completely cracked me up!

Tim... That's just creepy. Now *I* am scared too! lol

hee hee, glad I could provide some entertainment

and yes I agree, I'm now freaked out also, I will be obsessively checking my son's tank for *blobs* now

 

[pwilson5]

my mom's saltwater tank got some of these "spiney worm" things that came in with the live sand... i managed to snag one with some tweezers while feeding and pulled out a 3-4" spiney worm thing... it was creepy

 

[inkl]

I definitly didn't feed my fish anything wild-caught, and I didn't go collecting pebbles from the creek or something.

And hey, I already eat a pile of eggs and bacon in the morning so how will I know if I'm Bill's babymama?

I think I'm gonna scoop some of Bill out to save, then clean the rest of the aquarium out. And get something from the pet store for the poor Phil/AntiChris/Mr Zippy/Bleh Snail. I hope they'll be okay.

 

[Teal]

LOL this thread has proven to be most entertaining!

I definitely agree that you should keep Bill and see how it goes!

What doesn't amuse me, however... is that they are sewer-born.
You won't hear me say this often, but... Ewww. lol

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

And hey, I already eat a pile of eggs and bacon in the morning so how will I know if I'm Bill's babymama?

Oh, I'd say that about the time you start waking up with no memory of where you were the night before, but you are covered with sludge, smell like sewage, and neighbourhood pets start coming up missing, you'll start thinking "Hmmm. I'll bet the house will be full of the splorching of tiny tentacles soon!" By that time you will probably also have encased the family in cocoons for the future nourishment of the Bill Juniors, which should be a tip-off as well.

 

[Shell]

I love this thread

I also very much like the fact that you did name the weird sewage creature, "Bill" :clap:

 

[inkl]

I have cats.

Now I am worried I will have Bill-cats.

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

That is another possibility. In that case, be careful scooping the litter-box. You don't really know what might spring out and attach itself to your face. If you are lucky, it might just be a mutant parasitic, mind-controlling worm. Which is probably preferable to what normally gets dug up from the litter.

 

[Irene B. Smithi]

wow, I need to come to this board more often!!

 

[myrmecophile]

It sounds as if this is a viral infection.Try looking up Lymphocystis Virus and see if that is what you are seeing.

 

[inkl]

Hmm...I just looked it up, and the bump that showed up on Ned's face was more like a blister that popped and then healed, not a cauliflower-like growth.

 

[Kirsten]

Oh please name one Randy. Trust me, if you knew what I know,you'd name one Randy...and then set it on fire

Splorch is my new favorite word.
I have bettas as well as other fish and I now will be up nights listening for that tell-tale sound...S p l o r c h...or is it SPLORCH?

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

And at this point how are we supposed to know that you are really inkl posting, as opposed to what used to be inkl being controlled by Bill's tendrils controlling your nervous system ?

Be careful people! If you get a PM inviting you to visit inkl to "come take a look at my betta tanks", you may want to give it some thought! One minute you may be and the next you've become

 

[inkl]

Tentacles really slow down my typing.



*SPLORCH*

 

[deathwing]

Oh no...

 

[Selket]

Oh, I'd say that about the time you start waking up with no memory of where you were the night before, but you are covered with sludge, smell like sewage, and neighbourhood pets start coming up missing.

Sounds like a normal friday night to me.

 

[inkl]

Okay...
Tank is totally cleaned and renewed, new gravel and everything. Fish are FREAKING OUT BECAUSE HOLY SHIT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!

It looks pretty.

Oh, and I did a bad thing: Bill and Randy are gone.

 

[RoachGirlRen]

Various weird critters sometimes grow in the sub if it isn't being kept sufficiently clean or if overfeeding is going on. Snails also tend to have invertebrate "hitchikers." I'm guessing that's what's going on. Do you do a very thorough weekly gravel vac on that tank? What have your water parameters been like?

Most parasites wouldn't be hanging out in the sub. They need a host. So I'm guessing these guys were your typical "Mmm! There's poop and food down here!" tank pests. Ugly, but mostly harmless.

 

[Warren Bautista]

One minute you may be and the next you've become

No way! I wanna be Cthulhu!

 

[arachnorama]

Guys, you're making me laugh WAAAAAY too hard for ten in the morning!

But those worm-thingys are freaking scary!