Betta Behavior

If you are searching why is my betta glass surfing, you have probably been watching your fish pace frantically up and down one pane for far longer than looks healthy — and your instinct is right. Betta glass surfing is repetitive, fixated swimming against the tank wall, and it is a stress or boredom signal, […]

A betta lethargic and lying at the bottom of the tank, barely moving, is the behaviour I take most seriously — because unlike flaring or hiding, it is often the first visible sign of something medical. The hard part is that bettas also rest and sleep on the bottom completely normally. This guide gives you

If you are dealing with betta aggression — your betta chasing tank mates, flaring nonstop, nipping fins, or even biting its own tail — the most reassuring thing to know is that it is almost never a “broken” or “mean” fish. Aggression is hard-wired territorial behaviour that the environment turns up or down. This guide

Knowing the signs of a happy betta is the most useful daily skill a keeper can have, because your fish tells you how it is doing every single time you look at it — if you know what to read. A happy betta is active, eats eagerly, glows with colour, and interacts with you; an