Hello all, I'm new here. I know betta's are typically a weird topic where everyone has their own opinions but I'd like to pick fellow fish peoples brains on the subject
I have a 38 gal with cherry barbs, rainbow fish, 2 blue rams, 2 pictus and a betta. Everybody gets along fabalously! I'm very proud of my betta lol
Just some background of my progress: Its been a struggle with bettas for me cause I want to put them in a bigger tank with friends but its a 'try and see what happens' process since everybody either thinks they're evil fish or that it doesn't matter. Cherry barbs were the best I found...now, weather that just has to do with my own betta, I have no idea. BUT, anywho I decided to get a second betta.
So, I asked around and did some research to see what their 'territory size' is or if they even have one. I thought that 38 gal might be big enough for 2 males. It has other distractions (fish) and lots of hiding places. They've been in the tank for about 24 hours now and the new betta is pretty aggressive towards the older, bigger one...which is odd...so maybe it is a personality thing? (blue is new, purple is older) The blue will flare and chase the purple one and the purple one just swims away. I don't know if the purple one is just used to other fish and doesn't care about fighting or what. So I moved the blue one into my 10 gal tank that only has a albino dwarf frog and a balloon belly molly. I'm not a huge fan of having a molly with my betta cause that was one of the fish that were very aggressive to my other betta...but I'm not sure if balloon bellies are less aggressive then regular mollies. I don't want to stress out my purple betta cause I love him dearly but if I could get them living together, that'd be pretty cool. I'm perfectly fine keeping the blue one in my 10gal and keeping them separate but atm I put the blue one in the 10 gal to get him used to sharing his space and then maybe reintroduce the two of them.
I don't want anyone freaking out or telling me I'm wrong. Just tell me what you think or think I should do. I know there's not really a protocol when it comes to fish but I figure more insight with people with real experience certainly couldn't hurt. Thanks very much for reading this wall of words and any help you might be able to offer
-Molly
I have a 38 gal with cherry barbs, rainbow fish, 2 blue rams, 2 pictus and a betta. Everybody gets along fabalously! I'm very proud of my betta lol
Just some background of my progress: Its been a struggle with bettas for me cause I want to put them in a bigger tank with friends but its a 'try and see what happens' process since everybody either thinks they're evil fish or that it doesn't matter. Cherry barbs were the best I found...now, weather that just has to do with my own betta, I have no idea. BUT, anywho I decided to get a second betta.
So, I asked around and did some research to see what their 'territory size' is or if they even have one. I thought that 38 gal might be big enough for 2 males. It has other distractions (fish) and lots of hiding places. They've been in the tank for about 24 hours now and the new betta is pretty aggressive towards the older, bigger one...which is odd...so maybe it is a personality thing? (blue is new, purple is older) The blue will flare and chase the purple one and the purple one just swims away. I don't know if the purple one is just used to other fish and doesn't care about fighting or what. So I moved the blue one into my 10 gal tank that only has a albino dwarf frog and a balloon belly molly. I'm not a huge fan of having a molly with my betta cause that was one of the fish that were very aggressive to my other betta...but I'm not sure if balloon bellies are less aggressive then regular mollies. I don't want to stress out my purple betta cause I love him dearly but if I could get them living together, that'd be pretty cool. I'm perfectly fine keeping the blue one in my 10gal and keeping them separate but atm I put the blue one in the 10 gal to get him used to sharing his space and then maybe reintroduce the two of them.
I don't want anyone freaking out or telling me I'm wrong. Just tell me what you think or think I should do. I know there's not really a protocol when it comes to fish but I figure more insight with people with real experience certainly couldn't hurt. Thanks very much for reading this wall of words and any help you might be able to offer
-Molly