The Different View.

Mellowmoon has been a little strange lately. These couple days I've been home I've realized Mellowmoon is more still when I'm around him taking pictures or when I'm a couple feet away from his tank. When I first started observing Mellowmoon he was an intimidated fish that would swim away when he would see my presence but now it's different. I realized that his eyes are so different to how our eyes are and I wonder if they see the same as we do. Dogs see in black and white and we see life with such color but a fish is normally color blind but they can determine shadows and light. Whenever I take a picture of Mellowmoon he stays still and just stares at my phone. I'm always afraid that the flash will effect his vision because I know it hurts my eyes when flash is given off. According to Eric Paton, betta fishes tend to know when you get close to their tank. They can see our shadows from a distance away.(Paton) Which explains a lot to when Mellowmoon would swim away when I would try to get near him.

(Photo Taken by Edith Gonzalez)

This past week it's been a little hard to observe Mellowmoon on the daily basis because I've been spending my days in the hospital taking care of my nephew. When it's time to take my nephew around to go for a walk, we always makes a stop at the front desk to look at the fishes they have. It amazes me how much light and happiness a fish can bring. These past days havent been the brightest for my nephew but whenever I'm around him looking that fishes, he just talks and talks about how pretty they are. His favorite is the purple starfish that doesn't do much, he tells me it remind him of me which is a complete lie. They have several other small and big fishes that are so bright and colorful. I asked one of the nurses if she has ever heard of a betta fish, and she replied saying, "We got one a year ago because of its beautiful colors, but we weren't aware that those fishes are vicious little creatures and killed two of our smaller fishes, so unfortunately we got rid of it." A betta fish may fool someone because they are so beautiful but killers. I thought that by now a lot of people would know that betta fishes are fighting fishes but not a lot of people know. There are so many beautiful fishes that can make a child smile. Even though they don't do much, they sure do bring a lot of life in a room.

(The purple starfish. Photo taken by Edith Gonzalez)

(Zack The Purple Fishy. Photo Taken by Edith Gonzalez)

Work Cited.

Paton, Eric. "Betta Fish Vision - Your Betta Fish's Vision Watches Your Every Move." ezinearticles.com. N.p. 04 Apr. 2008. Web. 09 Nov. 2014.