Vern is a fish killa

[austin_tycho]

I'm bored! So I'm perusing the wasteland of daytime tv and coloring (therapeutic work, that) so I feel at least like I'm doing something. And oh, look, Trading Spaces is on! And Vern's doing a room, I like Vern's rooms! But then he did this horrible thing where he took these bettas and put them in these hanging glass boobie light fixtures, and puts these plants in them like vases. How will they feed the fish if they're hanging off the ceiling? Oh, no problem, says Vern, they eat the roots of the plants.

No!! Dammit, bettas are carnivores and you need to feed them betta food! There was a big thing awhile back where you could order these plants with fish in the vases and they said they'd eat the roots, then people wondered why the fish always died. It was because they starved to death, you jerks! Not that this is like 'let's crank out the karma for Vern's poor abused bettas' time but I just have to wonder if these home owners figured it out, or if they were soon decorating with little fish carcasses. That's probably some bad fung shui there!

OK, don't mind me, I'm going to take some more cough medicine. I thought it would be cool to talk like Kathleen Turner, but baby, it snot! Hahahaha! I'm funny!

Comments

[starcrossedlady.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I think some of the decorators (re: Vern and Frank) have the best intentions... but they aren't all up on current info.

Maybe if you write Vern a nice note (there has to be some sort of Trading Spaces email the decorators thing on their website!), he would "see the light" (sorry...). He's not like Doug, who gets into a Grand High Snit when others don't see his Vision. ;)

By the by... I saw the DIY thing on the plant/fish vase combo... they have a plastic saucer for you to put the plant on, and you are supposed to take the plant out to feed the fish. Of course, then you have these drippy roots hanging all over the place while you give the poor fish its food... but I guess an improvement?

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

I suppose so, but in addition to the food, they're supposed to have a certain amount of water surface area that's exposed to air, because that's how they get oxygen. I think it's a better idea to just leave the fish out of it altogether, the poor little buggers.

Yes, Doug is quite a wanker. If I ever became insane and hired a decorator, I would hope that they'd be at least somewhat accomodating to what I want. Him and Hildi both give me hives.