Betta Behavior

[funnydemonfairy]

Does anyone know why betta fish jump out of their tanks? Unfortunetly my betta fish jumped out of his tank last night when I wasn't home. Now, I have no fish. I miss. But yeah, if anyone can tell me why they do that I would really appercate it. Thanks

 

[Durbkat]

When bettas used to live in rice puddles and would jump out of them to find a new rice puddle and the bettas today still have that "instinct" and some bettas do it because they want a bigger or cleaner place to live and maybe he thought he could find it by jumping out so obviously he didn't. So sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Sorry A friend of mine and myself were discussing this the other night, he said he just didn't now why they do that and my best guess is that....they think they're going to swim right out the door!!( I believe). I don't thnk they grasp that we're not in water. I always joke that my fish probably wonder why they can't just swim about the house rather than being locked up in the glass box. How unfair!

Also, they're such good jumpers because their instinct is to catch things from the water surface. It's all about the next meal and how to get it.