'what The Hell Are You Doing'?

[xostrawberryox]

When you guys show your betta mirrors to get him to flare do you put it in or hold it to the glass? I tried it with mine and he looked at me like 'what the hell r u doing' hahaha if looks could kill

 

[lisie]

Hold it against the glass. Are you sure he saw the reflection? I mean bettas are smart, but not THAT smart, lol...

 

[xostrawberryox]

Tried it again and he did it, hes now protecting his 1.6 gallon territory lol

 

[Betta_luver]

Hold it against the glass. Are you sure he saw the reflection? I mean bettas are smart, but not THAT smart, lol...

Bettas ARE that smart. My betta rainbow(RIP) knew the difference between the mirror and a different betta.

But ya outside the glass

 

[xostrawberryox]

Mine obviously didnt lol, dumbass!

 

[ulster exile]

Mine obviously didnt lol, dumbass!

Mine must be the same - never flared once in the past 6 months. Ah well, he's obviously content enough anyway so I don't worry.

 

[Flik]

mine goes nuts if i put a mirror next to his tank, he even flares when i wear a hat!!

 

[PlecMama]

he even flares when i wear a hat!!

That was really funny

 

[Tsi_User]

Every time I turn the 5 gallon light on in the morning our Betta shoots to the front of the tank and flares up

He hates the mirror also...

 

[Himmel]

We have a Betta that flares at everything but not at my fiancee. Stupid fish ..... I am the one who feeds him and cleans the tank humph

 

[GuppyDude]

purhaps he's just reserved. my cousin has a betta that lives in a tank of guppies. normally a betta would have a blast decapitateing them one after another, but this one just floats around. he wont flare at mirrors either. maybe your betta is a hippie.

 

[ImperfectFaerie]

Every time I turn the 5 gallon light on in the morning our Betta shoots to the front of the tank and flares up

He hates the mirror also...

Sashimi flares his gills at you if you even look at him cross eyed- he's pretty insistant on showing you he's a big bad fishie.

 

[liz2]

My Brodie only flares at my really tiny betta! If I show him a mirror he ignores it and if I show him the big bad betta next door he goes to the other side of his tank and is very busy hunting on the floor and looking under his bridge!

 

[Kittles_yang]

Of course bettas flares at themselves because they think that they see another betta such as themselves...bettas do protect their own terroitory because whenever you mate them with a female betta they learn how to protect and care for them...you know what im sayin'?

 

[bettas4me]

One of my bettas flares at me...actually he flares at pretty much anything that moves.