Female Betta Stress Stripes

She was really small when i originally got her probably a baby and she didn t have any color on her body only a light purple on her fins.

Female betta stress stripes. Tank is filtered and heated at a constant 78. But sometimes she gets paler than usual and has dark horizontal stripes. 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 have a betta sorority in a 10 gallon tank with 6 bettas. And if you feel like your betta is stressed then you ve come to the right article. I got the fish on friday.

I ve had my female betta for almost two years. Having a stressed betta fish is never good. One of them has vertical stripes that are barely noticeable so it could just be her coloration.

The tank is cycled. Horizontal stripes on female betta. Once again vertical stripes are stress stripes horizontal stripes are indicating breeding readiness.

Vertical goes up and down from earth to sky and horizontal is lengthwise along the horizon with the same earth and sky references. Betta stress stripes are your betta s reaction to sudden changes or unfavorable aquarium conditions. Betta fish have the ability to alter their pigment creating stripes that communicate to other fish.

The light horizontal band running along the fish s sides is known as a fear stripe this display is most often observed during times of severe and rapidly occurring stress such as when you net your fish or put your siphon in the aquarium for a cleaning. Soon you ll find out the dangers of stress in bettas as well as the symptoms causes and treatments. 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.