Worried

[nikki21390]

My female vt betta's color has faded and she has two horizontal black stripes going down both sides of her body. I don't know if she is just stressed or if something is seriously wrong with her. I also don't know if the stripes are part of her natural coloring or not but I'm pretty sure it isn't. I want to put a picture of her with this but for some reason my phone won't let me. I'll try again with the picture later

[ZergyMonster]

Those are known as stress stripes, they can be caused by a lot of things: too much light, no hiding places, seeing a reflection of herself, water quality, and even tank placement.

[nikki21390]

I'm trying to keep her as comfortable as possible until I can get all the stuff I need for her it would probably help if I could do some makeshift hiding places. Any suggestions on that would be a great help.

[ZergyMonster]

terracotta pots, mugs or any kind of cup do well for hiding places. Just be sure that you don't use soap to clean them and if you did/do make sure that it is rinsed thoroughly with HOT water before you place it in the tank.

[nikki21390]

Oh ok I thought about that but I wasn't too sure if that would work or not. Thank you.

[nikki21390]

I tried a cup in the water and I turn my back for five seconds and she died what in the world happened

[nikki21390]

Or at least I think she's dead