I don't know anything about fishes. I was in some pet store for my girls cat to get something for it.. anyway I was look at some of the fish and saw how cool looking the bettas are. Since my girl had a fish tank (floor is covered with colored rocks and marbles with seashells, theres wallpaper on the back that shows a sea with big fish, and has an air pump) that looks like its about 10 gallons, thats been sitting in a closet forever, and the low cost, I decided to buy a blue beta with cool violet streaks.
basically I never really thought of the fish as an entity and it just swam or lurched around, admiring its wallpaper, doing nothing different for about 1 month. On month two, Mr. Beta (which is what I call him since I never named him), started acting different. when I come in the room that it's kept in the fish will swim up to the side of the tank to greet me (ignores my girl and everyone else since I’m the only one that feeds him and talks to him). If he is hungry he will flare/puff up and just stare at me puffed up until I feed him. After he is fed he won't flare up again until the next feeding time. Gets fed pallets at around 10am and 8pm. In the mornings he will also look up at the light bulb indicating to turn it on (this happens after hes fed and actually ignores the food if you drop it in while hes wanting the light on), after its on he goes back to swimming around.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to get a 30gal filtering pump which was on sale for $16 since we are too lazy to clean the tank regularly and then seaweed starts growing from the sea shells that are on the floor. I turn on the pump during random times, usually at night, which keeps the water looking crystal clear. Anyways for the past few nights when I come in there, 10pm, to turn off his light he will swim towards me and look at me then swim to the pump vacuum tube and nudge it which I think means turn it on. After I turn it on he will swim around a few times then drop down to the bottom of the tank, always in the same back right corner spot (indicating a bed), wedge himself in the rocks and marble and literally close his eyes lol (my guess is he very much likes the water current from the pump and he can lay down to rest instead of having to sleep for a few seconds and lurch to keep breathing which is what he did before). This has been repetitive all this week and never thought a tiny fish like this could have any sort of mammal intellect or display recognition of me or know that the vacuum tube is what makes the water current, nor have a desire for the tank’s lamp to be on (which I leave on now at night so he can see where he wants to lay down).
This must be common among betas, does anyone else notice anything in theirs that can define them to have a unique character? It's like when this fish looks at me, its not like other fishes that are just oblivious, this beta will stare at me in some sort of connection and attempt some sort of act to get what he wants. once he gets it he then ignores me so it's definitely not like a dog that enjoys your presence.
basically I never really thought of the fish as an entity and it just swam or lurched around, admiring its wallpaper, doing nothing different for about 1 month. On month two, Mr. Beta (which is what I call him since I never named him), started acting different. when I come in the room that it's kept in the fish will swim up to the side of the tank to greet me (ignores my girl and everyone else since I’m the only one that feeds him and talks to him). If he is hungry he will flare/puff up and just stare at me puffed up until I feed him. After he is fed he won't flare up again until the next feeding time. Gets fed pallets at around 10am and 8pm. In the mornings he will also look up at the light bulb indicating to turn it on (this happens after hes fed and actually ignores the food if you drop it in while hes wanting the light on), after its on he goes back to swimming around.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to get a 30gal filtering pump which was on sale for $16 since we are too lazy to clean the tank regularly and then seaweed starts growing from the sea shells that are on the floor. I turn on the pump during random times, usually at night, which keeps the water looking crystal clear. Anyways for the past few nights when I come in there, 10pm, to turn off his light he will swim towards me and look at me then swim to the pump vacuum tube and nudge it which I think means turn it on. After I turn it on he will swim around a few times then drop down to the bottom of the tank, always in the same back right corner spot (indicating a bed), wedge himself in the rocks and marble and literally close his eyes lol (my guess is he very much likes the water current from the pump and he can lay down to rest instead of having to sleep for a few seconds and lurch to keep breathing which is what he did before). This has been repetitive all this week and never thought a tiny fish like this could have any sort of mammal intellect or display recognition of me or know that the vacuum tube is what makes the water current, nor have a desire for the tank’s lamp to be on (which I leave on now at night so he can see where he wants to lay down).
This must be common among betas, does anyone else notice anything in theirs that can define them to have a unique character? It's like when this fish looks at me, its not like other fishes that are just oblivious, this beta will stare at me in some sort of connection and attempt some sort of act to get what he wants. once he gets it he then ignores me so it's definitely not like a dog that enjoys your presence.
