Betta Fish Hiding More Than Usual
Signs of disease can include any changes in behavior hiding more than usual lethargy erratic swimming along with changes in speed of gill movement ignoring food.
Betta fish hiding more than usual. Betta flaring more than usual and swimming erratically. I have fed it peas with no changes. My female betta has recently been fat and has been hiding more than usual.
The reason this happens is that they don t feel safe. So too much flaring is stressful for your betta fish. Betta tank has poor aeration.
That said flaring can have some benefits. Hi today i noticed that my betta fish was beating its body to the aquarium heater with. Neon tetras need to be in a school of at least 5 which requires a 10gal tank algae eaters what i assume is a plecostomas can grow to be well over a f.
You tank is not well stocked and it very well could be stressing him out as he gets older. Like 95 of fish the betta fish body is coated with scales as well as a thin adipose film that protects them from external elements their fins hold them straight and provide power speed and direction for swimming to stay in certain positions they use a swim bladder located at the back of the head and extends about a third of the body. If you noticed that your betta fish is staying at the top of tank as there maybe several factors.
It sounds counterintuitive but if there aren t enough hiding places in your betta s tank then he may end up hiding more often in the same place. And a little bit earlier he started swimming really erratically and actually did like a little flip and crashed on the floor of the tank hitting his head hard enough to actually move the gravel it s polished river rock. There is not enough dissolved oxygen in the fish tank then the betta will always be more often gasping for air.
My betta has been flaring like nonstop this morning. Hey guys my betta kraken has been hiding more than usual lately in his little cave it started after i took out the java fern that was dying and i haven t had time to replace it i was going to get an amazing sword instead he s been bloated lately but that went down about a day before he started hiding i noticed his scales are looking a little blotchy in colour. In the wild betta fish can quickly become prey to bigger fish so they prefer being in areas with a lot of hiding holes.