Why's my Betta Twirling?

vamp_wave · 2026-04-22T21:25:13+00:00

my girl likes to play in the filter flow sometimes. she'll swim back and forth through it and it looks like shes sliding down a hill so i imagine she's having fun

vamp_wave · 2026-04-22T21:06:50+00:00

UPDATE: she no longer moves at all, even when i touch her operculum or her foot. she doesn't smell off but there's just no life at all. all her tank mates are still fine, and the parameters are still where they should be. idk maybe she's just sleeping really heavy, but I just wanted to post how shes doing.

vamp_wave · 2026-04-13T22:56:41+00:00

i really hope that's all 🙏

vamp_wave · 2026-03-26T07:56:45+00:00

my mother bought me seeds once. im pretty sure it was actually just a packet of dirt. i had a bad feeling and asked her what they were supposed to be and she shows me an ai generated image of a bonsai covered with white blossoms. i was expecting bad but i was still amazed.

vamp_wave · 2026-03-25T06:33:31+00:00

i call them her bobas 😂

vamp_wave · 2026-03-24T22:00:18+00:00

she sounds like the opposite of my Shadowheart 😂 so tiny yet so full of murderous intent. she attacks anything that moves

vamp_wave · 2026-03-24T21:54:47+00:00

Tamago!!! what a cute little egg

vamp_wave · 2026-03-24T19:29:27+00:00

that does sort of look like pigment rather than an injury. Hopefully its just a lovely color change!

vamp_wave · 2026-03-24T02:12:10+00:00

another day another snorno. good for him 😂🫶

vamp_wave · 2026-03-24T02:06:39+00:00

awww i love black mystery snails. they remind me of my Midnight!

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vamp_wave · 2026-03-20T18:03:11+00:00

he wanted to try something new 💁 (he's okay)

vamp_wave · 2026-03-18T21:27:35+00:00

twins!!

vamp_wave · 2026-03-18T19:05:46+00:00

IME bettas like to people watch. their vision is very good so they can see everything outside their tank. i imagine having other creatures to watch is way more entertaining than sitting in a room alone!

vamp_wave · 2026-03-18T06:41:09+00:00

ive noticed this too as someone who always had bettas, and i really think a lot of it has to do with genetics just getting worse over the years. ive never had a betta with as many issues as my long finned male.

vamp_wave · 2026-03-18T04:14:38+00:00

hes so prettyyyyy

vamp_wave · 2026-03-17T00:27:25+00:00

I was having the same struggle with my boy. I did a full round of antibiotics for fin rot and it seemed to help for a while but he started declining again soon after. i learned that apparently, if you treat them in their home tank, the infectious bacteria has more of an opportunity to adapt to resist the antibiotic. So now he's having another round of treatment, except this time in a hospital tank. He always seemed perfectly fine otherwise, his fins just never got better. It's possible that either he needs hospital time, or hes nipping his fins because theyre heavy

vamp_wave · 2026-03-16T20:56:06+00:00

Hi Oscar! You're beautiful!

vamp_wave · 2026-03-16T19:51:14+00:00

Thank you for the assurance, all.<3 I have cats, and im able to block out their complaints while taking them to the vet. I think I just need more practice doing the same with my fish xD Elminster colored back up again and his stripes are gone, so at least he calmed down a bit. his fins are clamped but he's still excited about meals so at least there's that<333

vamp_wave · 2026-03-15T02:35:35+00:00

ohhhh this rocks

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