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12-03-2005, 06:19 PM
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New betta attacking the side of his tank.
My betta that i've had for 4 days now has been attacking the left side of his tank on and off for about 5 hours now.
He swims up and down, side to side and in circular motions very quickly. A few times it looked as if he bumped himself on the tank pretty hard. I dont know if this is normal betta behavior since this is my first one. I just placed a piece of paper over the left side thinking maybe he was seeing his reflection. Tank is 5 gallon, temp-80 PH-7 Ammonia 0-.5 Nitrites-0 He seemed to start doing it after my 40% water change, and I also put in a new heater. |
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12-03-2005, 06:52 PM
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Flaring
If he is seeing his reflection then this is normal. Flaring is actually healthy to a degree. It may be the location of a light that is causing this. Mine usually do it in the eveing for a few hours on & off.
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12-03-2005, 07:43 PM
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I hope thats what it is..the paper seemed to calm him down a bit. It's almost like very quick, quick little side to side jerks as if something is bothering him or he wants out. He was flaring on the right side of the tank a lot but this is different. No raised tail or gills out, just quick side to side and circular motion. |
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12-03-2005, 08:59 PM
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Exactly, the very quick side to side jerks are normal.
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12-04-2005, 12:49 PM
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Years ago when I last had fish(not bettas) I had a couple die unexpectedly after having very erratic swimming movements. So when my new betta started doing that I was a little worried. Thanks for your help. |
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12-06-2005, 07:19 PM
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Betta Love
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yep sounds like the fiesty little guy is just seeing his reflection. Nothing to worry about.
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02-11-2006, 07:22 PM
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Yeah My lil' guy does that quite often, almost seems like it's his daily exercise...lol
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