My betta does the same thing, but I don't think there could possibly be a lack of oxygen in my tank. I'm curious to find out too
Are they flaring? I'm not sure what you mean. The HOB filter should be pushing air bubbles into the water, and the plants will help with oxygen as well. If your really thinking its low oxygen you should probably get an airstone.
What is happening with the bubbles is that they are breaking the surface tension of the water, allowing for gas exchange. The more bubbles, the more gas exchange. The filter moves the water around and creates bubbles which burst at the top. An interesting thing is that warm water holds less oxygen, so a bubbler in the summer when tanks get warmer is a good idea. Unless you keep your house like an ice box like my sister in law.
Not sure why but it's so darn cute, I think it's just a natural thing since so many bettas do it
I wonder how my Bettas would do with a bubbler in there tank.. they are such curious guys it would be interesting to see how they would react.
They do it every once in awhile and I'm curious as to why? Could there not be enough oxygen in my tanks?
I feel like it's something natural that fish do occasionally as a spot-check self-maintenance kind of thing. Only serious if they're doing it super often.
Though I do still feel a little miffed when I'm talking to one of my fish and they look at me, yawn, and swim away.
Mikey will dash in and out of the curtain if I have it up. And I had to put a powerhead filter into King Henry's tank to clean up shed hornwort, he would slide up to it, get stuck, then wiggle himself free.