Stress Stripes On Betta

Immediate stress signs are gasping for air at the top this isnt good usually related to poor wa.

Stress stripes on betta. Depending on the color of the fish s body stress stripes can always be present especially in females. Hi i m concerned about my betta fish. These cells are still somewhat dark even when there is no stress.

I wouldnt look for stripes as the indicator for stress not all betas get them in males depending on the color they can really hard to distinguish. My betta has stress stripes. However a loss of color can also occur when your betta is depressed and in rarer cases.

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. Your fish may start to lose its bright colors and light and or dark vertical stripes may develop on the sides of its body. For a little over a month i had him in a 10 gallon community tank but then i moved him to his own private 5 gallon tank.

In darker fish the stripes don t show unless there is stress which darkens them even more. Now that you know some of the most common causes of stress in betta fish and what the symptoms are you re going to want to know how to treat them effectively as well. These are commonly referred to as stress stripes.

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. I noticed some pale stripes horizontal on him once but i assumed it was the lighting because he was in a bright spot.