Before And After Betta Stress Stripes
These cells are still somewhat dark even when there is no stress.
Before and after betta stress stripes. I have a betta sorority set up in a 30 gallon tank with 6 females and a black nirite racer snail. Is it natural or does it mean stress. I got her today and she has about 2 3 horizontal stripes along her body.
Does anyone know what this is about. I would see if you can return the neons because as said before they are very active fish. This is most likely because your fish is new so they should disappear once she is adjusted.
The stripe ismade up of special cells that the fish darkens when under stress. On the other hand if you are seeing vertical stripes appearing on your betta these are breeding stripes. In conclusion while it is difficult to determine the exact age of betta.
Sometimes the betta is infected by bacteria or fungus hence the color is faded or have some blotch spots on the body and fins. The racing stripes can be caused by stress. I ve only had her approx 2 days.
Betta with stress stripes. Hello meet lippy the betta girl i brought her home day before last and can t recall if she had stress stripes when i bought her or not. So i m wondering with her being 4 5 months old if these are juvenile stripes or stripes from the stress of moving.
They call it racing stripes when the betta fish is under a lot of stress. In darker fish the stripes don t show unless there is stress which darkens them even more. Other than these she appears to be settling in well.