Bettas get sucked in

[Pearl Trade]

a year ago i had a 10g tank with a betta in it that got its fins sucked into the filter and it died shortly after. has this happened to anyone else?

[squirt_12]

No...i have never heard of that before!!!

[gm72]

Nope, that's a new one to me.

[tropfish]

Thats new to me too.

[squirt_12]

What kind of filter did u have?

[cocoa_pleco]

its happened to me with ghost shrimp and those stupid ottos. never with bettas. my bettas is a 2.5g with a HOB for 10g and hes fine with the flow

[MeganL3985]

Nope, I have a whisper 3i filter in my betta's 2.5 tank....nothings happened with it so far.....*Knock On Wood*

[gm72]

So Pearl, I think what you are hearing is that your betta was weak/sick before and it was not able to handle the current. What size filter are we talking about?

[cocoa_pleco]

So Pearl, I think what you are hearing is that your betta was weak/sick before and it was not able to handle the current. What size filter are we talking about?

it also happens with old age, they cant fight the current then

[Kaga's Kritters]

only time i have had a fish get sucked into the intake is when its getting ready to die or is already dead. they are weak and can't fight the suction/current.

[Pearl Trade]

i dont know what kind of filter but i know its a whisper and the carbon bag size is medium. i had only had the betta for a couple weeks and it had shown no signs of disease or anything

[Lady Hobbs]

I got a feeling he was already dead and the filter just pulled him in.

[Dave66]

As the long-finned Bettas we enjoy are poor swimmers, a sponge filter would be a better idea for their tank.

Dave