#betta flaring

[spacebuggorez]

c(●`o'●)ɔ

[gattsuboo]

Solaire’s been flaring at me for almost 2 years straight! Such incandescent anger...

[blueshouseoflotls]

Taiyo is sick of my crap.

[bettabbys]

dude chill

[all-that-once-slithered]

Nemo flared for the first time today!! He got mad at the siphon while we were changing his water. We didnt get a picture, but can assure that it was very cute.

[dogsoverpeople]

Pennywise thinks my painted fingernail is another betta. Such a pretty beard though!

[bernardthebetta]

Some blurry flares. He flares so little I don’t get to capture it often. He’s being my grumpy boy tonight but he’s usually carefree. He’s so awesome

[curlydragonfish]

Should I be worried?

So I just moved my boy Viserion to a 10 gallon tank, and his hide is a black ceramic mug. I wouldn't think it would be that reflective, being on black substrate and pretty dark inside, but apparently he can see himself in the mug because he likes to go into it and flare. He doesn't go crazy or thrash around, usually he just sits there with his gills and fins spread. After like 30 seconds of sitting there he'll swim away. He does this intermittently throughout the day. Should I be worried that he'll stress himself out or over-flare? I would prefer to leave the mug in there as it's his only hide, but I can take it out if necessary. The fact that he has to choose to swim all the way into the mug to see himself, and can swim away whenever he wants, makes me hope it's not something to be concerned about, but he does do it quite often.