Star Spangled Bettas

[gadazobe]

Continuous flaring is stressful for the fish. They do it to other males to "increase" their size, making them look bigger than they really are to scare the other male off.

Your fish are beautiful - keep the cardboard between the tanks and just take it out occasionally - your fish will thank you for it.

 

[mandi]

Thanks for the info on the flaring guys! I really had no clue and just thought it would stress them out, but I'll remember to take it out every so often so they can make faces at eachother haha.

Ben -- they're in separate tanks, just next to eachother, so I'm not worried about them pushing their way around it or anything.