Hello! 
I am sure this is not the biggest bubble nest anyone has ever seen, but it is the biggest one Azumo has made so far.
I was able to get a decent shot of it, so I thought I'd post it with a little tip for anyone who's little friend is not currently making them. Well - 
maybe "tip" is an overstatement. I just have a theory on the subject...
I think on this forum we can be assured that there is no member here, who is mistreating their betta (from what I can tell everybody here is a GREAT
fish "parent"), so if there is anybody who's betta is not making bubble nests it is not because they are not "happy".
I had Azumo for a few weeks and I never saw him even attempt to make a single bubble and then one day, when I added a tall plant which happened to have a flat leaf that ended up flush with the water surface, voila - the next morning there were already the beginnings of a nest on the bottom side of the leaf. He has been making bubble nests ever since. Due to the fact that I clean out his bowl once a week I am able to slightly rearrange things on a weekly basis and this has shown me what he looks for to make a nest. He always makes a nest when there is something that will help him keep the bubbles in place. I.e. since he is in a round bowl just making them against the side of the glass seems to difficult as they just disperse into a thin circle all around. So he will either make it right at the bottom of a leaf, if it is flush with or just under the surface or he will do it if there is something touching the surface near the glass, so he can "build between". One week I put the tall tree trunk with the plant on top, right in the middle of the bowl and none of the leaves ended up near the water level and he did not make any nest that week.
The photo you see on the link here, shows how he uses the plant to help him keep the bubbles together. The plant leaves border the bubblenest on the right and the glass is on the left perimeter of the nest.
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/www.flickr.com/photos/39684179@N05/...57620804430156/
Anyways - so my theory is that something like this is missing for any bettas who are not making the nests, they maybe are in a hexagon tank where the corner angles are wide or maybe there are are obstructions right in the corner.
Or maybe there ARE some just lazy bettas out there ...
Well, if anybody ends up testing this theory and it works - I'd definitely like to hear.
I am sure this is not the biggest bubble nest anyone has ever seen, but it is the biggest one Azumo has made so far.
I was able to get a decent shot of it, so I thought I'd post it with a little tip for anyone who's little friend is not currently making them. Well - maybe "tip" is an overstatement. I just have a theory on the subject...I think on this forum we can be assured that there is no member here, who is mistreating their betta (from what I can tell everybody here is a GREAT
fish "parent"), so if there is anybody who's betta is not making bubble nests it is not because they are not "happy". I had Azumo for a few weeks and I never saw him even attempt to make a single bubble and then one day, when I added a tall plant which happened to have a flat leaf that ended up flush with the water surface, voila - the next morning there were already the beginnings of a nest on the bottom side of the leaf. He has been making bubble nests ever since. Due to the fact that I clean out his bowl once a week I am able to slightly rearrange things on a weekly basis and this has shown me what he looks for to make a nest. He always makes a nest when there is something that will help him keep the bubbles in place. I.e. since he is in a round bowl just making them against the side of the glass seems to difficult as they just disperse into a thin circle all around. So he will either make it right at the bottom of a leaf, if it is flush with or just under the surface or he will do it if there is something touching the surface near the glass, so he can "build between". One week I put the tall tree trunk with the plant on top, right in the middle of the bowl and none of the leaves ended up near the water level and he did not make any nest that week.
The photo you see on the link here, shows how he uses the plant to help him keep the bubbles together. The plant leaves border the bubblenest on the right and the glass is on the left perimeter of the nest.
http
/www.flickr.com/photos/39684179@N05/...57620804430156/Anyways - so my theory is that something like this is missing for any bettas who are not making the nests, they maybe are in a hexagon tank where the corner angles are wide or maybe there are are obstructions right in the corner.
Or maybe there ARE some just lazy bettas out there ...
Well, if anybody ends up testing this theory and it works - I'd definitely like to hear.
