Family Pet dies...

Well about a month ago I gave into the constant requests for another fish. After some research, I discovered you can have Goldfish in the same tank as a male Beta. The lady at the Fish Dept. confirmed this and was more than happy to sell me a larger tank, filter etc... and all the other "essentials" I might need. Cole and Gavin picked out the fish they wanted, a medium sized white goldfish with black and orange spots. Being that our blue Beta is named Blu, I'm sure it won't take you long to guess what they named this newest member to the family.... Spot. Things were going well, Blu had adjusted to yet another tank change and Spot appeared to have ADD with Hyperactivity Disorder, but seemed happy nonetheless! Two days after our return home from my mom's I found Spot wedged between the filter and the tank. I broke the news to Cole as he watched me fishing Spot out of the tank and placing him onto the paper towel coffin I had fashioned for him. I think Cole took it pretty well since after I placed Spot on the paper towel he said "Yep- he's dead." I couldn't bring myself to flush him, so we wrapped him in the papertowel and put him in a Ziplock baggie, which I later took out to the trash. Blu seemed to be taking it quite well as he sought out solace in his much larger, new and improved tank which he suddenly found all to himself! Gavin still goes to the fish tank and points and says "Spot, Spot." Cole suggested we solve this problem by placing a sign on the tank that says "Spot is dead. " As for Blu, Cole has suggested we place another sign on the tank that says, "Blu: you will never see Spot again. He is with Red." (Red is his other Beta that he got at the same time as Blu, three years ago.) We have decide not to replace Spot. I only hope things go much better when we decided to get a dog...