flaring

hey guys! i recently bought a pink orchid male and put him in a ~7g tank! he was happy but i noticed him start to get lonely and decided to get him a friend. i learned males can usually live well with females, especially well if i got a seperater. all i had was a breeding tank so i put my new...

I got a new betta, Artax, about a month ago. When I first got him, he had swim bladder disorder which I have since fixed but now he has gotten a different problem. After he was cured, he was a normal little fishy just gaining weight back. He was super calm and docile. I had a shrimp in with him...

Alright, I didn’t think I’d have any new problems with my older betta, but here I am, with a problem. I just changed the lights in one of my bettas’ tanks to warm toned 6w LED light “sticks”. They work well and make the tank bright without the heat. Problem is now that the tank’s lighter, he can...

I recently bought a new aquarium for my betta, still five gallon but a bowfront that fits easier on the stand, yes his tank is cycled and he is doing fine :D   My question though, I purchased a new light to help a small anubias plant start to grow and it illuminates the tank nicely, however my...

I was wondering how old are betta before they start to flare? Is it even an age thing? My other betta never really flared and I just was messing around with Fezzik trying to make him flare and he wouldn't (though I didn't have a mirror so maybe that's why). Do some betta's just not like to flare?

hi all :) so as the title reads basically, i have seen posts on various pages saying that there are both mental and physical benefits to flaring your betta as it makes them happy that they scared away the intruder or something like that (sorry was tired when i was reading it) so i just wanted to...