I have had bettas for several years now and have never had a problem (except one of them got constipated) but I just got a new betta and his bubble nests are orange. I thought at first it may have been a problem with the water, but I've changed his tank 3 times and each time he makes a nest it has orange bubbles. I've googled TONS of different things trying to find out what's wrong but can't seem to find anything. There is nothing visibly wrong with him, he swims and eats fine. Any ideas as to what might be wrong?
It's definitely not the lighting. He is in the same room as several other bettas (I have about nine at the moment, not including the babies) and it's bright orange. I've never seen anything like this before
The male betta coats the bubbles with saliva which is why they don't just pop once they reach the surface. So far no one can explain to me why his bubbles are yellow and orange.
I would post a picture but I'm not sure how :/
That is really, REALLY strange Wow....may it has something to do with his saliva..? Hmm...did you get him from a breeder or a petstore? Perhaps ask what they were feeding him...?
Yeah, I'd definitely like to see a pic....lol, I'm really curious, I've never heard of something like this before.
Here are the links to those pictures. I got him from a petstore out of pity. lol whenever I see them in there in those tiny little bowls I heart breaks. He was too pretty to just let him sit there and rot! He'll never be a breeder because he's too old but I couldn't leave him there! lol
These pictures don't do the colour justice, it is much more vivid in real life. (I've also changed the water about 6 times so It's not near as orange as it was.
It doesn't look like the bubbles themselves are orange, but there's some gunky stuff in there that might be causing the color. What are you feeding him?
Ahh, I see now....yeah, I agree with MB, looks like there's a bit of gunk in there. He may have some sort of problem with whatever organ is used to produce the saliva that helps hold bubblenests together....? I'm not sure....thats really odd...
the stuff that looks like gunk are popped bubbles, when he first makes them you can tell that the bubbles are yellow. I just feed him regular betta food from the petstore. It's the same stuff I feed the rest of my bettas, although I was thinking of feeding him some blood worms. He's really pretty
I'll probably do that. It's so odd though because no websites or anything explain anything like this lol. Every time he makes one the bubbles are yellow and orange. so strange. lol Thanks for the help everyone
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