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Re: How stress affects betta fins
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2022 10:38 pm
by juicebox
Rizen wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:00 am
Hank, my black orchid male betta, finally got his regular water change yesterday - a couple of days late, I might add. The filter output was pulsating pretty wildly afterwards, so I've had it mostly off until now. Just finished rinsing and cleaning his filter pad, and I'm having a bit of trouble reassembling the filter. That's when I noticed his fins are darkening up.
He lost some color after his last illness, and it's been slowly coming back, but now the white areas on his fins are more of a clear. Now, it looks like someone's poured ink all over him - I'm talking a pretty drastic change. His back fin's almost entirely black now, whereas before it was blue and white/clear. I know I tend to worry about everything, but this is definitely something new I've never seen before.
His appearance now is shown in the first two pics, and the third one's what he looked like before - just for comparison. To clarify, he didn't look like this morning.
My mom just came in and she's feeding him a little bit, she thinks he looks the most vibrant and healthy he's ever been, so I'm gonna take that as a good sign.
Re: How stress affects betta fins
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:48 am
by kingrise
Rizen wrote: ↑Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:00 am
Hank, my black orchid male betta, finally got his regular water change yesterday - a couple of days late, I might add. The filter output was pulsating pretty wildly afterwards, so I've had it mostly off until now. Just finished rinsing and cleaning his filter pad, and I'm having a bit of trouble reassembling the filter. That's when I noticed his fins are darkening up.
He lost some color after his last illness, and it's been slowly coming back, but now the white areas on his fins are more of a clear. Now, it looks like someone's poured ink all over him - I'm talking a pretty drastic change. His back fin's almost entirely black now, whereas before it was blue and white/clear. I know I tend to worry about everything, but this is definitely something new I've never seen before.
His appearance now is shown in the first two pics, and the third one's what he looked like before - just for comparison. To clarify, he didn't look like this morning.
I think it's pretty common for bettas to change colors, especially when they're in a new environment. Like, I've seen it happen when they're moved from those tiny cups to a bigger tank.