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  1. Betta Chat
    Hi guys! I got a new betta (solid red veiltail) and he is ANGERY. I put him in a 6.2 gallon that basically has no scape because it was my "plant tank", so it is full of vallisneria and one lone anubia (cycled, I've had it set up for a long time). There's one of those Petco cubes with a...
  2. Betta Fish Care
    I hope someone can help answer a question I have about my Red Veiltail Betta. I have had my Betta (Red Baron AKA. RB) for 3-4 months now a compatible communal 40litre (10 Gallons?) tank with various live plants, and recently he's started to flare up a lot more. ( the tank has 8 neon tetras, 4...
  3. Betta Fish Care
    Hi! I’m new here so I’ll probably be posting a lot 😁, but either way: so I’ve tried a lot of things, Like putting a mirror next to the aquarium, or like trying to get him to flare at a pencil or something like that, but Georgie’s never really interested in doing so. Rarely he might slightly...
  4. Betta Pictures
    Just want to show off my Betta's crazy personality. This is his second day in my care. He has a full spectrum LED light on a 24 hour cycle... it ramps up slowly from red for sunrise, and ramps down blue before fully shutting down for night time. These LEDS account for some of the weird...
  5. Betta Fish Care
    I've been curious about this for a while and I figured I might as well ask.. Every time I go to my betta's tank and say hi, he sees me, swims up to the front of the tank with his gill puffed up. He does this every time he sees me. I was curious since I read that flaring could mean intimidation...
  6. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    My boy has been spending a LOT of time during the day wrapping himself around his Hydor Theo heater, flaring at his HOB filter, letting the filter water push him away, then doing it all over again😂 Anyone else ever have issues with their bettas doing this? It’s a pretty new thing..sometimes we...
  7. Betta Fish Care
    Help please! My little guy for the past couple days has been hanging around the heater and filter more than ever, getting into the filter stream and letting it push him, constantly flaring at it (that’s really starting to worry me, he flares at his heater and filter every once in a while but...
  8. Betta Fish Care
    I’m not a super experienced betta owner and yesterday I got a new betta. I have him in a rimless tank and I absolutely cannot tell if he can see his reflection, but he’s darting up and down the side of the glass on one side of his tank. I tried covering it with paper, rotating the tank, dimming...
  9. Betta Fish Care
    Hello everybody I'm writing about my new betta Njord. I got him 2 weeks ago. He wasn't flaring at all since I got him (which is normal I guess since he's pretty young) but yesterday he started flaring for the first time. The only problem is he only flares when he sees me when my parents or...
  10. Betta Fish Care
    Hi everyone! Wow I'm just realizing how many questions I have been posting on here lol... A few days ago I started a thread because I was concerned about my new betta who was acting lethargic. Well, that was short-lived because he soon became extremely active. (Is it possible for them to be...
  11. Betta Fish Care
    Hi, Yesterday I bought a huge real Giant HMPK betta (3" and 3 months old) at the local fish market here in Bangkok. During the same day, I saw that there was a "pin hole" in the middle of the caudal fin. This was there also when I bought him. There were no visual issues with the hole such as...
  12. Betta Fish Diseases and Emergencies
    Roscoe only just started doing this two days ago and it usually happens right after he's flared at his reflection in the tank glass (which is rarely ever). He practically became a Betta beach ball. He swims around okay, is slightly lethargic, continues to be greedy for food and his fins stay...
  13. Betta Fish Bowls, Habitats, and Accessories
    Today I bought my betta, Frankie, a 1gal tank with lid and LED lighting. I'm laying in bed watching him swim and explore some new decor. As I'm laying here, the room is dark so I turned on the LED light. He seems to be flaring and swimming more frantically than usual; is this because he can see...
  14. Betta Chat
    Does any one else's Betta just flare at random things? Takumi will be swimming around then all of a sudden stop, flare, then continue on his day. I know he is a little weird but this is a bit weirder than weird in my opinion
  15. Betta Fish Care
    ]Hey, I got a new red veiltail betta today. He looks and acts perfectly healthy, kinda like a puppy being brought home for the first time. But there is one thing that is bothering me. He hasn't flared at me or anything yet. When I got my crowntail 3 years ago, he was flaring a lot. At food, at...
  16. Betta Fish Care
    I have had my male betta fish (his name is Socks and I love him very much) for over 2 months now, but just 2 days ago, he has started getting aggressive. He has been continuously flaring his gills at all sides of the tank. I have not changed any aspect of his surroundings, the lighting and...
  17. Betta Fish Care
    I have several questions concerning bettas and flaring that I was hoping those with more experience in fishkeeping could help address. Generally speaking, it wise to encourage your betta to flare? Is flaring healthy for the fish or does it simply cause unnecessary stress? What are your...
  18. Betta Chat
    All bettas have their own quirks, I'm curious to know yours. Omicron flares whenever I open my laptop on my desk, in front of his tank. He'll flare at it the entire time I have it open, pacing in the front. I'm guessing the dark cover of the laptop makes it possible for him to see his...
  19. Betta Fish Diseases and Emergencies
    hi everyone... newbie here. bought two bettas from a fish shop and as told by the seller, it would be alright to place both Crowntail and Roundtail in an aquarium with a divider. so, i did. i am using a Betta Battle Paradise tank. was observing the fishes when i settled them in and they...
  20. Journals
    Day Two with Walter the Crowntail. Everything is going swimmingly (haha. Get it?) and Walter has become much happier in his new home. The only problem is that he keeps doing this thing with his tail where it kind of...twitches very quickly when he swims. I think it's just how he moves in the...
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