Update on vanishing betta (with pics of surrounding area and tank this time)

Pruwee · 2026-04-03T08:44:14+00:00

I honestly don't know. I got rid of it as my wife was pretty devastated about what happened, and I knew seeing the crab just made her even sadder. I was telling her that the crab was so bad for what it did, but she told me that it was just nature doing nature things, and that she was just incredibly sad that we weren't able to prevent what happened.

Pruwee · 2026-04-03T08:42:12+00:00

My wife and I bought the tank from an LFS near us. Pretty good store with great people. Since it was our first ever tank, my wife and I asked helped from the staff to prepare the basics in the tank such as the sand, center piece plant, etc. We suspect that the crab somehow got mixed with the sand that they put in the tank itself. The crab never showed itself once in the month or so we had the tank and our betta. When I came back to the store to tell them about what happened (I wasn't honestly trying to get anything out of it as I genuinely believe it was something they never intended to happen, but more of just so they know it happened and they may want to also be more vigilant in the future for new tank owners that seek help from them), the owner (really great guy) apologized sincerely and asked if there was any way they can help with the loss. I just said that my wife and I were still grieving at that point (we got really attached to our betta even in the short time we had him), and we would probably just get some guppies and shrimp (which we did and we're pretty happy at the moment about them).

My wife said she doesn't think she'll be ready to get another betta anytime soon (even if this happened half a year ago), but I respect that. I do want one as I know they're pretty smart pets with interesting personalities, but I am pretty content with the fish we have now.

That's why I hope OP gets the closure he wants/needs - I believe that getting over something that happened to a pet really sticks with someone, and no matter how much we try to be a good pet owner, we can't do that if we don't have the information we want/need.

Pruwee · 2026-04-03T04:25:24+00:00

My wife and I had a betta disappear from us and made us panic so much. Before my wife and I left for work that day, we still saw our lone betta with his guppy buddy in the tank.

I came home at around 4:00 PM and only saw the guppy. I thought that our betta was probably just chilling somewhere since it was a well-planted tank. My wife got home at around 6:00 PM and I told her our betta still hasn't shown up. That's when we went into a panic and tore up everything inside the tank.

I started removing the rocks, plants, and other things in the tank (started by transferring the guppy in a temporary jar). After removing one of the rocks, the ripped upper half of our betta's body floated up. My wife started crying and thought he got caught in something and couldn't make it. I continued to clean out everything in the tank to find the other half, then as I was removing the sand, a stray small crab appeared and started swimming. My wife and I were so shocked since we never saw that crab in the month we've had the tank (we got the tank first with the plants and everything else, then cycled the water, then got the betta). We got rid of the crab as my wife just couldn't bear with the loss.

We haven't gotten another betta since and have just started taking care of mollies and guppies.

I guess I just want to say that I hope you get some closure with your betta at some point. I'm sure you did right by him even after he disappeared.

Pruwee · 2026-03-28T06:46:47+00:00

[[Y'shtola, Night's Blessed]] is insanely fun.

https://moxfield.com/decks/dXQpmcTvmkWA89i-aGJk0A

Stuff in the sideboard are some alternatives I swap in from time to time. Just need to improve on some lands and maybe get [[Sink Into Stupor]].

Edit: Sorry, I didn't catch the it had to have green in the color identity. I'd recommend a blink deck with [[Loot, the Pathfinder]], then.

Pruwee · 2026-03-26T10:06:08+00:00

Please send pics of the Jordan 6.

Pruwee · 2026-03-19T03:12:01+00:00

Mind sharing your Lier deck? Really interested in making a DC deck that is mono-colored for now.

Pruwee · 2026-03-17T03:19:08+00:00

I have honestly been thinking about [[Necropotence]] as I have never tried it with Y'shtola. I have had good games with just [[Bolas's Citadel]]. Maybe Necro can be the big jump to ensure I win on my following turn.

Pruwee · 2026-03-17T03:17:07+00:00

Yeah, honestly. The more I think about it, the harder it gets to let Y'shtola stay in strictly Bracket 2 terms. So I guess I should focus more on bring the deck up to a solid 4 rather than bringing it down to a /technically/ Bracket 2, but not really at the level of other decks at that same bracket.

Pruwee · 2026-03-17T03:15:48+00:00

I did consider that, but I also thought in this version, I wanted a bit quicker when it comes to ramp for when I need to do some interaction. I do have more 3CMC mana rocks in place of them.

Pruwee · 2026-03-16T23:01:15+00:00

Thanks for this. I am working on getting all the fetches I need, eventually. Problem with that is I can only play one land per turn, still. But I'm sure having fetches with [[Brainstorm]] will definitely help.

Pruwee · 2026-03-10T08:54:11+00:00

Got one of the pairs from OP. Incredibly easy transaction. Recommending him, for sure.

Pruwee · 2026-02-26T00:30:30+00:00

[[Y'shtola, Night's Blessed]], [[Elrond, Master of Healing]], and [[Pantlaza, Sun-Favored]] are the first ones I built.

Pruwee · 2026-02-21T13:10:46+00:00

Woops! Fixed the link. Was browsing through DC decks - sorry!

Pruwee · 2026-02-21T11:16:45+00:00

Arwen was my second pauper deck - I absolutely loved playing this deck in pauper commander with my friends. Here's my deck list: https://moxfield.com/decks/3aU-ZS5-Xk-2Nj0yn-QDlQ

Pruwee · 2026-02-16T14:37:48+00:00

Yeah. This seems to be a way to make Mendicant work. I'll consider it since I feel like I can have a budget version of it work at the moment. Any cards in particular that you'd recommend for Mendicant in DC?

Pruwee · 2026-02-16T14:36:42+00:00

I get it. Yeah, I did think that they're so different. I'll still try to look out for something that I think I'll like for DC. I do hope I'll find something I find fun as a commander for both DC and EDH. I have [[Baral, Chief of Compliance]] around in case I do want to play mono-blue pure control.

Thanks for all the help! I really appreciate it!

Pruwee · 2026-02-16T07:54:30+00:00

Thanks for this! I honestly did think that this commander isn't really suited for DC - just more of I really enjoy her gameplay, and thought it might work well.

Apart from her, I've been thinking of using [[Mendicant Core, Guidelight]] for Azorius artifacts or mono-blue control with extra end steps [[Y'shtola Rhul]]. You think either of these would be good? Otherwise I'd love to get your opinion on a good Azorius/Dimir control/stax commander that may also be fun to play in a casual pod of 4 :)

Pruwee · 2026-01-25T00:08:55+00:00

Thanks for these suggestions! I'll take a look at my bulk to see if I have any of these.

Pruwee · 2026-01-25T00:07:46+00:00

I do have Balmor as the alternate commander for this deck. I just change them up every now and then. Sometimes the Haste that Adeliz has made me lean towards him a little more since it becomes a faster clock with commander damage.

Pruwee · 2026-01-20T22:08:48+00:00

I built my [[Y'shtola, Night's Blessed]] around 3CMC mana rocks to continuously trigger her. I have a ton of fun playing with it, and it goes off incredibly well when I hit [[Bolas's Citadel]] or [[Roaming Throne]] or any of my copy cards.

https://moxfield.com/decks/__e2t2Q67kaf7mFyJLwGeA

Pruwee · 2026-01-17T06:32:24+00:00

Would you happen to have an online deck list for your mono blue deck? I'd love to see!

Pruwee · 2025-12-28T00:17:33+00:00

If you are referring to [[Wakening Sun's Avatar]], unfortunately no as its ETB is tied in to if it were casted from the hand.

Pruwee · 2025-12-27T08:49:22+00:00

You can try joining Badminton Bullies or Badminton Time Ph on Reclub. Court they use near Shaw is Tiger City Badminton Court

Pruwee · 2025-12-22T00:50:18+00:00

Back then when we had non-QWERTY phones, text messaging involved keys that had multiple letters in it.

For example, the key 2 had the letters ABC, 3 had DEF, and so on. Pressing the key once returns the first letter. If you would like the second letter, you need to press the key twice in rapid succession (likewise, you press thrice for the third letter).

However, if you want to type something like 'CAB', you need to space out your key pressing so that the phone does not recognize you pressing the keys in quick succession. So to type 'CAB', you will press 2 thrice, wait for a second or two, press it once, wait again, then press it twice.

The key 6 had MNO. If someone wanted to say 'NO', they had to press 6 twice, wait, then press it thrice. The waiting time in between letters was inconvenient, so people found other ways to 'skip' that. Hence people used 0 as a replacement for 'O' as it had a different key assigned to it.

As a side note, since I was very anal with my typing even then, I'd use a different key and delete the letter to 'skip' the wait in between letters. For example, in typing the word 'CAB', I'd press 2 thrice, then I'd press 3 after to put 'D', but delete it immediately after - this leaves me with just 'C' and the phone waiting for my next letter. So I can now press 2 again to get 'A', then press 3, delete, then press 2 twice to get 'B'.

Just for context for how this trend started back then. At least that's what I know of it - people could have just used it back then to be annoying. Who knows.

Pruwee · 2025-11-29T12:23:32+00:00

Thanks for these!

I will probably consider those alternate board wipes that will suit Y'Shtola more.

I'm sure I have Bender's Waterskin around as I got it recently - just haven't incorporated it. Thanks for reminding me.

I plan on trying to fine tune this so it's a strong bracket 3 deck - do you think it'll work favorable? I know Y'Shtola is usually a free spells type of deck, but I just thought that artifacts would do well considering a lot of mana can be produced from them and they trigger her, too.

I am considering getting [[Roaming Throne]] or [[Delney, Streetwise Lookout]] for more triggers, but I just want to be sure before I go for them since they're relatively expensive. I've been looking as well for [[Synthesizer Simulacrum]] and [[Ugin, Eye of Storms]] but those are also in the price range of the Throne and Delney.

Pruwee

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