ADW76
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Maybe someone out there can explain betta behavior to me... I've been researching what to put into a couple of small 3 gallon tanks I have currently empty. Of course through my search I get a lot of hits that suggest Betta. Here is the problem though...
I've had a betta for more than 6 months now and he started in one of the small tanks in November and HATED it. He wasn't very active and just kind of sat at the bottom of the tank. It was heated but not filtered, but I did regular 40-50% water changes. It got depressing watching him, so I put him in my 30-gallon tank with my tetras - now he's thriving! He's swimming around the tank all the time, eats like a pig, his fins are out and flowing all the time and just seems to love life. But from what I've read on the 'net this isn't common for a betta to like the bigger tanks. Do I just have a strange behaving betta? Could it of been the lack of a filter? I have filters in the smaller tanks now, could I move him back to a smaller tank?
He's kind of messing up my stocking plans for the 30-gallon tank. I'm sure the Tiger Barbs I wanted to buy aren't gonna play nice with the betta.
I've had a betta for more than 6 months now and he started in one of the small tanks in November and HATED it. He wasn't very active and just kind of sat at the bottom of the tank. It was heated but not filtered, but I did regular 40-50% water changes. It got depressing watching him, so I put him in my 30-gallon tank with my tetras - now he's thriving! He's swimming around the tank all the time, eats like a pig, his fins are out and flowing all the time and just seems to love life. But from what I've read on the 'net this isn't common for a betta to like the bigger tanks. Do I just have a strange behaving betta? Could it of been the lack of a filter? I have filters in the smaller tanks now, could I move him back to a smaller tank?
He's kind of messing up my stocking plans for the 30-gallon tank. I'm sure the Tiger Barbs I wanted to buy aren't gonna play nice with the betta.