[Apeliotus]

So a few weeks ago I got a new betta. He's a half-blind halfmoon named Moondrop and he's the perkiest little bugger I've ever had!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCbNw_fK6rQ/

that's a link to a short instagram vid (sorry its blurry, record mode apparently doesn't focus!)

I plan to breed him in a few months. I've bred before, just not... in the last decade. lol

Anyway here's another pic of him.

I'll probably drop more pics of him off and on too.

 

[aprilmarie]

Beautiful!

 

[LittleStar]

Moondrop is looking just lovely, Apeliotus! Congrats to you both : )

 

[Jacqueline7suzanne]

Incredible!!!!!! How do you know he's half blind ?

 

[Apeliotus]

Incredible!!!!!! How do you know he's half blind ?

I ran some tests. When we approach the tank he has a high preference to facing us with his black eye (he also has a red eye, which is blind.) -- unless I am checking him with a light, then he protects his black eye... which honestly I was using to check if there was red tint in his black eye. (I found none, but it was hard to look since he was avoiding the bright light. I tried to be gentle and not shine it directly in his face so eventually with some patience I got to look close)

When he flares it's usually when he sees his reflection on the glass with his 'good eye' when he's going the other direction it's usually for prolonged flaring from having already spotting himself with his black eye. He flares a lot too.

The reason I realized he was blind was because I started noticing odd swimming movements when I had his filter and bubbler on (both are off for now) and we believe it is because he is aiming his good eye to observe his surroundings.

Oh and I guess the whole fact he does have a red eye in the first place.

The best I can really say is that he 'seems' blind in the red eye from watching his behavior. It's not like I can give him an eye test.

 

[Witchipoo]

So, why wod you consider breeding him?
It could be genetic.

 

[Apeliotus]

So, why wod you consider breeding him?
It could be genetic.

You know I wonder the same thing about people who have mental disorders (like schizophrenia?)
-- But the reason we want to breed him is because aside his blind eye he is a gorgeous fish with a lot of personality. I already have people interested in adopting his babies when we do. If they end up half blind too, it'll be educational for us to see (no pun intended) but the fish is doing fine and he's healthy and active and we love him.