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Post by marcusbacus on Jan 13, 2005 22:11:04 GMT -5
I noticed that my bettas weren't flaring at each other much lately (the red still likes the mirror a lot but the blue one gets bored too often and too fast lately both with the mirror and the other betta) and I did a new trick today that seem to have worked.
Usually I let them flare at each other by placing their tanks together with the smaller side of the tanks against each other (where there is less space for them to swim when flaring), but today I changed the tanks position so the longer sides of the tanks were against each other (think it as: was like this __ __ and I placed them like this | |, and let them alone. A few hours later, I moved the tank back to their original positions and now they are happily flaring against each other all the time, maybe thinking there are new fishes in the neighbourhood and not the old "boring" ones.
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Post by Bettaman on Jan 20, 2005 9:17:04 GMT -5
It's not healthy for the Betta to be in a constant state or prolonged state of Flaring. Flaring is their attack mode. How would you like to spend your days forced to sit next to a growling mean Rotweiller dog that you know wants to bite your head off?
It's healthy to excersize the fish as much as possible so exposing them to each other for maybe 30 minutes a day is fine but for longetivity of life, you don't want to keep them in an invironment where they are always in attack mode as it is very stressful for them.
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akestler
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Post by akestler on Feb 17, 2005 19:51:50 GMT -5
I have 2 bettas in the same 5 gallon tank with a divider in the middle. The divider is clear, so they can see each other all the time. One of them is flaring just about ALL THE TIME and the other one doesn't at all. He swims right up to the divider and just stares at the flaring one, but he doesn't flare back or show any signs of caring. They both have plants they can hide in if need be, but the one that flares all the time doesn't really care about his plant. I've had this setup for about a month and a half now, so you'd think he would be used to the other betta by now and realize that he can't get to him because of the divider, but nope. Is there anything I can do about this? Up until I read this post, I had assumed that this betta enjoyed flaring and if it was stressing him out, he would just go hide in his plant. Is this not the case?
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Post by starlight on Feb 17, 2005 22:50:50 GMT -5
I really think that this depends on the betta. I've had males in adjoining 2G that liked to flare all the time. When they got tired they'd just swim away from the end of the tank. I have a very big and fierce plakat. I have him carded since he intimidates all my other bettas. Only the red bf in my sig will stand up to him but I'm afraid the plakat will injure himself with all this flaring. I've had other males that I thought would injure themselves if they could see the other betta for long periods of time.
On the other hand; I have a brother and sister of my own breeding that have been flaring at each other for over a year now. They never get tired of it. It's a game that they play. Other females might get eggbound if they lived that close to a male.
You have to observe your bettas and do what is best for them. That's what I do.
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