No Flaring , No Bubbles

[LouiseRat]

I am a bit worried about Dash , since bert the gourami has died i havent managed to get him to flare at anything . Also he has never built a bubble nest , i thought he had but i was wrong , it was bubbles from the filter . He seems happy and eats plays etc , but no flaring or bubbles .

any ideas what i can do , here is a couple vids just to show he is ok in himself .

dash 1

dash 2

 

[Glod]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Some Bettas don't bubble nest until they've met the right lady, lol. As for flaring, my Betta doesn't flare much either. Only ever seen him flare once, at the bag that had the amano shrimp in it. Once I opened the bag he swam up for look, got bored and wandered off. I think it's the bag he didn't like. Mirrors and such he just ignores, oh... he did flare at the background on his tank so I had to remove that.

 

[LouiseRat]

i'm so glad dash isnt the only betta who doesnt flare or build nests .i just want him to be a happy boy

 

[jollysue]

When there is water movement mine will often not bother much with bubble nesting either. Maybe they don't respond to the environment as good for home building?

 

[Glod]

There's a fair bit of water movement in my bettas tank, but I also have a sword type plant that has a big leafe which lays along the surface. My betta makes his nests under the leaf to anchor them in place. He used to make them before the plant was added, but they'd get destroyed by the flow within an hour or so, ending up as bubbles along the edge of the water.
He doesn't build them all the time tho, maybe once or twice a month.

 

[LouiseRat]

come to think of it , we have got a filter in his tank so there is a bit of a current .