Betta Fish Hiding From Me
If your betta feels like he s too out in the open and he has nowhere to hide then he s going to stick to his same hiding place all the time.
Betta fish hiding from me. Hey guys first time poster and complete noob so please forgive me if i do this wrong. Betta fish not eating rapid gill movement hiding from light. Sherlock holmes and the case of the hiding betta lol also water hardness.
I just got a new betta fish saturday today is tuesday and whenever i come near his tank he darts behind his favorite plant. Betta fish diseases and emergencies. Betta fish not eating rapid gill movement hiding from light.
Start by testing the water as ammonia and nitrite poisoning can sometimes cause them to lose their appetite and it is an easy test to rule something out. I recommend you do that for both of your betas even though 1 is sick you not knowing what cycled means makes me scared. Fish keeping is supposed to be fun.
We bought him two days ago with a tank that has a bubbler in it and he kept swimming down the narrow tube. Like bettasnail said water parameters will give us more clues to the mystery. I m most concerned that when he is hiding from me he doesn t see the food that i am putting in his tank.
Why is my betta fish scared of me. 2 3 months on a shelf. He took some time to really think about it before handing me this guy.
In the wild betta fish can quickly become prey to bigger fish so they prefer being in areas with a lot of hiding holes. The second i saw him in the tube i pulled out the tube he was already out of it then i covered the hole it was held in with some of those flat decorative marbles. I ve had aang for 6 months now and its been a bit rocky from the start but we always get through it with guidance from the pet store i bought him from.