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zachjc_14 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 211 Votes: 24 Registered: 20-Apr-2004   | At the lfs all the female bettas have horizontal stripes, what are they? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49 |     |
fishyhelper288  Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004 | stress stripes |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49 | |
| zachjc_14 Enthusiast Posts: 205 Kudos: 211 Votes: 24 Registered: 20-Apr-2004 | Well my female only gets those when flares at the males |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49 | |
| fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004 | well there are horizantal and virtical stripes horizantal=stress virical=breeding |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49 | |
bettachris   Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004 | yep when my females get stress stripes it usually when they get moved. nothing to worry about. when the stripes go up and down that is nothing to be worred about also. it a good sign. and when or if u are planning on breeding the female should only be released if her stripes go un and down. hope this helps |
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