Baby Betta Stress Stripes

Of course its expected that they get stressed being moved and put into a tiny bowl in petco at a young age but they haven t gone away since i put him in his new tank.

Baby betta stress stripes. This made me worried. It is generally agreed that stress stripes run horizontally while breeding stripes run vertically so make sure to check which ways the lines are running. I m not sure what i should do.

Your fish may start to lose its bright colors and light and or dark vertical stripes may develop on the sides of its body. I made sure to give her plenty or hiding spots as well. He s small just a baby probably around 6 months old if that.

Stress stripes and color loss so i have a betta corazon that i just got about a week ago and he has been eating fine and has been very energetic however just today i noticed he had fairly prominent horizontal stress striping on his body and his chin seems to be whiter than usual. Her behavior is normal she s kind of like a little puppy always excited to see me and begging for food. I noticed this morning he has stress stripes.

She currently lives in a 5 5 gallon heated and filtered tank. Baby bettas should be kept alone in order to prevent stress and being picked on unless being kept peacefully with siblings. He doesn t always have these stripes but i feel that in bright light they show.

I noticed some pale stripes horizontal on him once but i assumed it was the lighting because he was in a bright spot of his light. Immediate stress signs are gasping for air at the top this isnt good usually related to poor wa. I m hoping it s just from going to a vase that the fish store had him in to a giant 10 gallon tank with tons of decorations and tannins in the water i have a piece of driftwood.

Please wait until the baby is full size until adding tank mates. And then i read online that these mean the betta are under extreme stress. I just brought home a betta yesterday.