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Post by amanichen on Dec 21, 2004 9:52:41 GMT -5
Apparently it's not limited to bettas. I just saw one of my male guppies chase his own tail and try to bite it. I guess it's a side effect of breeding long-finned fish.
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Post by Rachel on Dec 23, 2004 9:33:20 GMT -5
Really? That's interesting to know. Is this the first time you've seen it in other fish?
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Post by amanichen on Dec 23, 2004 13:02:00 GMT -5
Biting in general is pretty common among fish, where ones with long fins are huge targets for it =)
I've never seen it outside bettas until now.
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Post by aquamaureen85 on Dec 30, 2004 15:57:43 GMT -5
Wow that's strange, I never knew other fish did that either.  |
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Post by Cheart99 on Dec 31, 2004 16:44:32 GMT -5
yup unfortuanly my betta recently bit of most of his tail...now it looks so...so..ugly  |
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Post by Cheart99 on Jan 29, 2005 3:55:22 GMT -5
OK! well his tail was healing nice and he went and bit is off again. What in the world is he doing??
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Post by akestler on Jan 29, 2005 14:50:16 GMT -5
Mine does the exact same thing. His tail starts to grow back, he bites it again. It's very frustrating. I don't know why, but I just thought I'd let you know that you're not alone! ;D
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Post by BlahBlah on Feb 18, 2005 19:27:56 GMT -5
My betta does the exact same thing too...his tail fin grows back rapidly, so the longest time I've seen his tail longer and intact was about 2 weeks. I was praying he wouldn't bite off the nice new growth, but 2 days after I had that thought he bit it off again! So I just gave up and accepted it. As long as he's healthy, I don't care  |
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Post by Cheart99 on Feb 18, 2005 21:41:30 GMT -5
Yah mine is very healthy only thing ever wrong was bitting his tail. I noticed that he bit it again today just a little on the edge. Im starting to wonder if he likes his tail a certain length and if it gets larger he bites it off. SO far he has kept it at a length that it is "almost" a slight ugly half moon shape. mabey he want to be handsome?
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Post by FireStar on Feb 26, 2005 19:58:10 GMT -5
My crazy male only bites his tail when he's alone in a tank. And that means finding him tankmates that he won't bug, and that won't bug him.
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