dragon14
Aquarium Advice Addict
Unfortunately we pretty much know for a fact that Miss Betta is terrorizing our Pygmy catfish. We've not seen it first hand except when they first were all put in the tank together but we thought that was just because they were all stressed and he hid and she nipped. Other than that we've not actually seen her bully them.
Three days ago we lost a second Pygmy catfish (the first we lost about 3.5 weeks ago). Today I thought a third had died. I went to net him to find out, and he swam away. Poor guy was really stressed out, gills moving rapidly. I thought he was missing his tail but I couldn't tell for sure. My other half checked. He definitely does not have a tail.
I think we need to catch him and euthanize him, which I don't want to have to do. Not to mention they are SO hard to catch. Even without his tail, he swam pretty fast.
The other issue is she can't stay in there with them anymore. We're cycling our 5g for someone and she's looking forward to a betta when we're done, so that's out.
We do have a barely 2g tank (about 1.25g of swimable space) with a filter. We can't really afford to buy another tank AND heater. She has to come out though. . Ugh.
We don't want her in a tiny tank though.
Thoughts?
How can I catch this poor little catfish with no tail so that I can euthanize him? I may be able to get some clove oil. Cold water method I was thinking too. I want to be as humane as possible. I would hate to screw it up.
Anything else?
Three days ago we lost a second Pygmy catfish (the first we lost about 3.5 weeks ago). Today I thought a third had died. I went to net him to find out, and he swam away. Poor guy was really stressed out, gills moving rapidly. I thought he was missing his tail but I couldn't tell for sure. My other half checked. He definitely does not have a tail.
I think we need to catch him and euthanize him, which I don't want to have to do. Not to mention they are SO hard to catch. Even without his tail, he swam pretty fast.
The other issue is she can't stay in there with them anymore. We're cycling our 5g for someone and she's looking forward to a betta when we're done, so that's out.
We do have a barely 2g tank (about 1.25g of swimable space) with a filter. We can't really afford to buy another tank AND heater. She has to come out though. . Ugh.
We don't want her in a tiny tank though.
Thoughts?
How can I catch this poor little catfish with no tail so that I can euthanize him? I may be able to get some clove oil. Cold water method I was thinking too. I want to be as humane as possible. I would hate to screw it up.
Anything else?