We had a male betta that played dead. Dozens of times we thought he was done, only to tap the glass and see him scurry away.
He liked to float upside down. He liked to wedge himself between the filter intake and the tank so he didn’t have to swim to get water flowing over his gills. He’d just sit on the bottom on the gravel for hours.
Strange guy. When he finally died, we didn’t believe it until he started rotting. Figured he was just committed to the bit when he stopped eating.
My dojo loaches do this all the time. They’re known for it. I have to check their gills or give them a little pet (yes you can pet them).
Edit to add: we also have upside down catfish that just swim upside down all day. Oh, and a synodontis which is a bigger bug eyed fish that chills upside down on the surface plant roots.
We had a male betta that played dead. Dozens of times we thought he was done, only to tap the glass and see him scurry away.
He liked to float upside down. He liked to wedge himself between the filter intake and the tank so he didn’t have to swim to get water flowing over his gills. He’d just sit on the bottom on the gravel for hours.
Strange guy. When he finally died, we didn’t believe it until he started rotting. Figured he was just committed to the bit when he stopped eating.
My dojo loaches do this all the time. They’re known for it. I have to check their gills or give them a little pet (yes you can pet them).
Edit to add: we also have upside down catfish that just swim upside down all day. Oh, and a synodontis which is a bigger bug eyed fish that chills upside down on the surface plant roots.