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With the flaring, have you tried using a mirror rather than another fish? That always seems to work with a few of my guys that are just too lazy to flare. If the mirror works just do it for a short time and let him 'win' by taking the mirror away. He'll feel like he scared off the intruder and...

It's not unusual for bettas to not make bubblenest, no. Several of my boys don't at all, even when I put them next to a female, so if he's acting well and eating fine then I wouldn't imagine there is any problem.

A Red Dwarf fan by any chance? Those are some very nice fish you've got there! :D

DOesn't look muc like a crowntail to me, his fins look a little bit tattered and the rays do extend a little bit but not enough for him to be a crowntail. Just my opinion though, I'm definately not an expert of any description.

My first successful spawn is 4 weeks old tomorrow and I've lost most of them for various reasons, mainly dad eating half of them after they had hatched. I had about 15-20 left after that, there have been a few dead on the bottom for no real reason, several have just vanished (I'm guessing the...

I'm always fascinated by DT's, I have two 3 and a half week old DT's in a recent spawn and it's great watching them grow. I find it interesting how DT's fins are symetrical straight down the middle whereas all the other fin shapes have a different dorsal fin. Gives DT's this really unique shape...

My female has very bad accuracy too, but I think it's just because she gets over excited. She jumps out and eats from my finger but usually just misses and picks the food out of the water when it falls off my finger. My boys miss their food a lot too, just watch him when he's eating until he's...

Yeah, there is no such thing as a new moon betta as far as I know, if I'm wrong of course let me know! They probably mean Halfmoon, but honestly from walmart it's very unlikely that it was HM. Though it's nice to hear that they take such good care of their fish, having been laughed at by staff...

I'd personally just do more frequent water changes and possibly add some meds to deal with torn fins and then keep an eye on him. Never tried salt before, heard a lot of people say that it's good stuff though. It will be fairly obvious if it's fin rot or not soon. If it's a tear then it will...

Could be, I'd make sure to give him lots of extra care and more frequent water changes until he stops and the fins heal. I also treated my male with melafix to stop his fins from getting infected and to help them heal, you should be able to get hold of some or at least something similar, it's...

My blue male did this to himself recently just after I took him away from his fry. I think it's depression. The problem seemed to go away very quickly when I put a male next to him on one side to flare at and a female on the other side to flirt with. Could be boredum too, again having another...

Yeah, I thought mine were all gone. I even saw dad eat one of them when it tried to swim off. But there were about 20 hiding, chances are you will at least have a few they're impossible to see when they decide to hide.