New Beta

Poseidon poking his head out...

Poseidon hiding...

This is the new fishy, Poseidon. It is really hard to take a picture of him because he hardly comes out.
He is really funny because whenever he looks at his reflection, he gets really mad.

Prince's stomach bulging from his Swimbladder disease...
This is Prince suffering from Swimbladder...
This is Prince trying to swim...Poor guy...

I have two betas now. One that I have had for a couple years now who is male. His name is Prince and my new one that I got recently who is also a male, Poseidon. You may be thinking why would I get two male betas? Well, I was going to get a female and try to mate them, but I asked the man at the pet store and he said only certain times will they mate. Otherwise, they will fight and try to eat each other.

Currently, Prince is suffering a disease called Swimbladder which cause fish to swim incorrectly. Also, when the fish swims toward the bottom of the tank or bowl, they float up. They lay on their side at the top of the bowl or tank, as well. When this happens, you must stop feeding for at least 3 days or until his disease goes away. Because beta's stomach is as big as an eye, overfeeding happens very easily. It has been a couple weeks already and he has still not recovered. I am little worried, but it has happened before so I am reassured that he will be fine.

Posideon, however, is fine, but I am a little concerned because he just hides in this decoration we put in the tank. Although, it may be that he is scared of his new environment.

G.G.