Frozen Betta

[redi]

my betta stays in one positon at the top and stays there i go over to his tank and he still doesnt move until i tap or move the cover off, please help im scared i just put him in a new tank today could it be from tht?, he's almost 2yrs old, im worried

 

[Loko17]

He's probably just a little shocked from the move, I'd only be worried if he's still being like this in 4 or 5 days. He should perk up.

 

[ice(kat)]

rofl all the bettas i see at the fish store are in a bowl and veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy quiet dont even move they look dead rofl. as soon as my hand went in they just flicked away

 

[Taridan]

Mine tend to do that when the lighting abruptly changes, since I don't have a dimmer for the lights Half the time my old guy, George, whose 5, is laying perfectly still in his water when I get home from work and he doesn't move until I put my finger in his water. I think he likes toying with me and giving me heart attacks.

 

[LucyHurst]

He's probably having a snooze I have one who sleeps like thata t the top and another who floats at the bottom and another who rests in a plant. They do look frozen, then you go wave your finger at them or something and they are like "whaa!?? food!?!"

 

[catxx]

yeeah one of mine likes to sleep under java fern, can't even see him sometimes, buries himself.
funny beasties!

 

[ice(kat)]

that pysduck looooooooks soo coool whered u get that pic

 

[redi]

that pysduck looooooooks soo coool whered u get that pic

thanx guys he's been like this for 2 days now...u cant reely tell if fish r sleeping becuz they hav no eyelids 8)

 

[Loko17]

one hint redi, only hit the reply button under someones post if you want to comment on something they've said, if you just want to post a new reply hit the add reply button all the way at the bottum

 

[redi]

one hint redi, only hit the reply button under someones post if you want to comment on something they've said, if you just want to post a new reply hit the add reply button all the way at the bottum

ok...

 

[Loko17]

Just thought I'd give you the hint since I did the same thing when I first joined. By the way hows the little betta doing, a little more active?

 

[WaterH2o]

he is probally just sleeping, i have a 2 yr old betta like that too, he just stays in one spot and i put food in and he doesnt move, so i tap on his glass and he doesnt move i thought he dead so picked up the bowl and then he started moving

 

[Loko17]

Bettas really dont sleep, they really just rest because if you think about it, in the wild a small fish cant sleep because they could be gobbled up by a bigger fish. And I know betta splendens arent wild fish I'm just making the connection.

 

[Synirr]

In the wild, any prey animal that sleeps is vulnerable, yet all mammals sleep
I don't think what bettas do would be biologically classified as sleep, but they definitely have a state of rest. Mine are always like that in the morning. When I turn on the lights in my room they're still dead asleep . You can wave your hand in front of them and it takes a while for them to "wake up" and realize you're there. I have one betta tank on top of my dresser, and I always try to open the drawers gently in the morning so as not to shake the dresser and wake her up

 

[redi]

Just thought I'd give you the hint since I did the same thing when I first joined. By the way hows the little betta doing, a little more active?

he's okay today. he's moving more today yupz....