Mona

Mona is my female beta fish, aka fighting fish. She lived alone for 2 years in my home. I've feed it 4 tablets of fish food every morning. The longest that I have left Mona hungry was a week and a half when I went back to California with Tim.
Mona has a long life. Most female beta fish would only live up to 4 months, but she is still alive and well for 2 years now. I've only changed water for her twice within these two years. She doesn't like new water very much. She forgets everything when she's put back into the fish tank.
Mona is not as pretty as the more popular male beta fish because she doesn't have nice shimmery tails like they have. She's simple, non-troublesome and careful with everything that she sees.
If you watch her eat, then she wouldn't eat. If you watch her swim, then she wouldn't swim. If you change water for her, then she would stay in one position for a long time until she feels comfortable enough to explore the whole tank. If you give her food at that point, she would take them, but spit them out and observe them before she eats them again.
What a funny fish I've got. I hope she'll accompany me for as long as I live in Boston...