Flaring causes Cloudy Water?

[The Imploding Voice]

Hey,

Well, I went to the pet store yesterday to pick up some more water decholorinator and aquarium salt when I overheard a staff member selling bettas to a kid. The kid was going to buy one of those betta hexes and two bettas. The sales guy, working on commission I guess, was pushing for the kid toget the individual Betta Tech bowls, saying that if you keep both bettas in the same tank, even if there is a barrier, will cause the water to go cloudy because constant flaring will cause the fish to release some sort of hormone that will cloud the water. Now, I never heard about this before, so I didn't bother butting in, but it sounds like a load of bull just to sell more product.

Can anyone confirm/ deny this for me? I just think it's interesting.

Thanks
-Chris

[amanichen]

While fish do release hormones and other under-studied stuff into the water, this is bullhonkey. However, two fish in too small an amount of water can cause it to go cloudy very quickly =)

[accountingchick]

I agree with amanichen on this one. That is the most far-fetched thing I have ever heard of in my life.

[The Imploding Voice]

accountingchick said:

I agree with amanichen on this one. That is the most far-fetched thing I have ever heard of in my life.

That's what I thought, but I just wanted to see if it could possibly be true.