Betta Fish: We call it the umbrella

Also look at how he's moving his caudal fin to balance himself! Crazy. Makes me feel even sadder for the long finned bois 😭

So every once in a while when he's not flaring at me, the snail, and random objects around the tank, we show him a mirror. After one such session, we placed the mirror on top of the lid. After a while bf noticed him flaring upwards at the mirror lol This must be so wild to him. Like, you dont expect to see a person at the bottom of a lake veefing with you, and he's got flying fish coming at him and trying to take his territory. But he is a strong boi and valiantly defends his puddle from intruders both airborne and waterborne. 😤