In Loving Memories...

I just had my aquarium "renovated" to a more natural environment with a big piece of real tree bark as background. A large drift wood in the center and a 5kg cave stone for decoration.

I also halved the water, the effect is to make it look like a section of the stream complete with flowing water from the motorized pump.



With all these natural looks, we thought its a waste to keep only tiny little Tetras. We debated whether to get a terrapin of a crab. Since we kept crabs and lobsters before, so I went ahead to get a terrapin.

Isabel chose one while we were at the shop, back home she decided to call it Ja-Ja.


And so Ja-Ja was swimming in the new "natural" environment for the first day. Then I noticed it was not eating the food I bought for it. I positioned the food right in front of it but it still won't take a bite.

It never occurred to me that it may be sick but 2 days later I found it curled up on the rock sleeping...

I decided to take it out of the aquarium and place it in a separate container. But the next day it never woke up again...

Isabel took it very well. She knew its dead, but she sarcastically asked me: "How's your turtle?"
I said: "Died already la."
She went : "Oh, ok."

Poor thing... its still a little baby... I feel responsible for it's death...sigh...

Ashes to ashes...
Dust to dust
To a better place
far better I trust

A place free from loneliness
free from pain
Free from hunger
and unhappiness ever again