My beautiful CT male betta, Al (short for Albert Giordino, a character in the Dirk Pitt series of books by Clive Cussler), passed away yesterday. He was a Petsmart "cup baby" and I had had him for two years. He had been fading for about a month and a half now and was barely eating. This past week, he completely stopped eating and started just laying on his side at the bottom of his tank. Poor old man. He will be GREATLY missed.