tarunur

My male betta's gone. It seems that slightly-bigger-than-normal splash the other day was him going over the side. I didn't see him at feeding time yesterday, but I was thought he was hiding - then when he wasn't there this morning, I started seriously looking. It's not surprising I missed him before; he was over by the cords and didn't look like a fish.

Shawnie

omg im sorry tarunur!!!!!! welcome to fishlore and I wish it was under better circumstances though
I had a boy do the same thing but I found him in time...

Lucy

Welcome to FishLore
I'm so sorry to hear about your betta.

bolivianbaby

Welcome to Fishlore. I'm sorry you lost your betta.

Amanda

Welcome to fishlore!
So sorry you lost your betta.

Beth1965

Aw, Sorry about your betta.
On the bright side, welcome to Fishlore!!

peacemaker92

WELCOME TO FISHLORE.

So sorry about your betta. Did you have a lid for his tank?

tarunur

No, just a hinged glass cover to protect the light. I'd lost the flexible plastic piece for the back, so I had the cover pushed back to leave about 1" gap in both front and back.

eiginh

Wow, sorry that happened. I didn't even know bettas were jumpers. Well the next time you get another fish you can have the water level drop an inch or two lower than it is now and hopefully that'll fix it. Again sorry for your betta may he rest in peace.

Jaysee

Those plastic pieces are cheap - LFS should have them. If they don't have your size, you can get a bigger one and cut it or get 2 smaller ones and trim the excess.