Batch 2: Day 24 ~ R.I.P. Sharkey

Friday afternoon, and it's curtains for Sharkey. I noticed his water was low, and it was pretty toasty in the windowsill, so I changed 50% of his water with tap water from the office. He seemed to be enjoying his newly deep water, and was doing the celebrated triops flip-and-eat.

Later in the day I noticed he was very sluggish, and his tail seemed very stiff and stuck in a slightly upward-turned position. When he began flipping over on his back and was unable to right himself immediately, I knew the dreaded shrimp-reaper was hiding in the sand.

Sharkey's last stand, and a commemorative movie clip:
        

Pondering: did Sharkey die of old age, or did it have something to do with the tap water at the office?