divy Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 im just curious do bettas respond to natural looking back grounds? for eg: if i put a natural looking back ground like one with rocks and plants behind my tank will my bettas think they are in there natural habbitat and be more active and less stressed? or does it not matter i can put a natural looking one or a plain blue one and they wouldnt care? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I don't reckon they'd care but I've never experimented with it so i wouldn't really know. Bettas are much less active in smaller containers, especially once the water quality starts to drop. Do you think your fish look stressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divy Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 yeah i think they are i just talked to kitz on msn and he thinks there tanks are too small so im going to move the glass dividers so instead of 2.8 litres each they will have 4.3 litres which hopefullly will be better for my hm's and they will stop tail biting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletalgirl Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hi Divy, i find that if the background has dark colours such as blue, they see their reflection all the time in natural light. A light above the tank usually fixes it. One of mine was starting to look bored in his 5 ltr tank, so i moved him to the lounge room where there was always activity going on and hes much better. Seems to love company and visitors! The thing is, when i put him a 10ltr tank, he hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 I've had that happen! I had one of mine who was in about 1L of water and then I tried to change him into a bigger tank and he HATED it, he sooked around like anything until I put him back in his 1L... then he was happy as! stupid fishies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 That's really interesting how they react differently. I'm a bit low on fish and fry at the moment so I've got a few 20 ltr tanks with just a single male in them. All of them had come from a 1.5ltr beanie box and they just love the bigger tanks. They swim up and down it and follow me around as I move around the fish room. The beanie boxes are a bit on the small side for a full grown betta I find, especially a halfmoon. But I was minding Kitz's gigantic blue pk for a few days and he really didn't like the beanie box much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betta_Lover19 Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 hi there my betta HATES the backgrounds he flips out when i put it on and flares at it so it depends on the fish. :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybetta Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 i prefer to keep the background plain, bettas don't really care much, as far as i know, and i always have a bare bottom tank. if you let it flare a few times a day, he'll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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