Nice picture of Mango (betta)
I took this pic trying to get a shot of Mango's mouth (something is going on with it), but it turned out to be quite a nice pic. Really shows off all his colours.
You can see one of his ventral fins is stubby. I don't know how exactly happened, but about 3 weeks ago I found him quite beat up, swollen mouth, bump on his head, and broken fin. Best I can figure is he tried to jump and hit the lid, hard.
Also, if anyone knows lots about bettas - his mouth has black around it and is slightly lopsided. I think it might be complications from his accident, but I want to make sure it's not some other sort of disease. He's otherwise acting normal - begging, eating everything in sight, and flaring at the ladies.
My current theory is that maybe he broke his jaw or knocked out some teeth when he injured himself. I read that on old bettas when they start to loose their teeth their mouth can turn black (Mango is quite young though).
You can see one of his ventral fins is stubby. I don't know how exactly happened, but about 3 weeks ago I found him quite beat up, swollen mouth, bump on his head, and broken fin. Best I can figure is he tried to jump and hit the lid, hard.
Also, if anyone knows lots about bettas - his mouth has black around it and is slightly lopsided. I think it might be complications from his accident, but I want to make sure it's not some other sort of disease. He's otherwise acting normal - begging, eating everything in sight, and flaring at the ladies.
My current theory is that maybe he broke his jaw or knocked out some teeth when he injured himself. I read that on old bettas when they start to loose their teeth their mouth can turn black (Mango is quite young though).
