blueeyes
Aquarium Advice Regular
The weirdest thing happened....
I have a male beta in a 10gal. 4 months ago, I put an algae eater in there. I knew what could happen... and I knew it might upset the beta and he could attack... so I was very cautious and always was keeping my eye on them. For the first few weeks, my beta flared at the algae eater occasionally, but that was it! After that they showed no signs that they didnt like eachother. I have heard of some beta's actually attacking them, however I have a friend who has a beta that lives in peace with other fish. Anyways, it seemed as though they minded thier own business after that.
Like I said its been about 4 months since I put that algae eater in that tank. Last week when I was feeding the beta I didnt see the algae eater- figured he was hiding in the hiding spot he sometimes did so I didnt think anything of it. The next day, I did a water change, I didnt see an algae eater AT ALL! I looked all over and NOTHING! I thought that was the weirdest thing since 2 days ago I saw him and he definitely was alive and now he was gone. The thought of my beta eating him came to my head.... I checked for "debris" and didnt see any evidence. But he had to! Where else would he go? The funny thing was that I checked the tank today and there is a huge bubblenest now. I havnt seen one of those in a while. Its almost like the beta is happy to be alone now.
The algae eater was bigger than my beta. If he ate him, how the heck did he manage to do that! All in a day! Just curious. I will never try to give a beta a tank mate again!!!
I have a male beta in a 10gal. 4 months ago, I put an algae eater in there. I knew what could happen... and I knew it might upset the beta and he could attack... so I was very cautious and always was keeping my eye on them. For the first few weeks, my beta flared at the algae eater occasionally, but that was it! After that they showed no signs that they didnt like eachother. I have heard of some beta's actually attacking them, however I have a friend who has a beta that lives in peace with other fish. Anyways, it seemed as though they minded thier own business after that.
Like I said its been about 4 months since I put that algae eater in that tank. Last week when I was feeding the beta I didnt see the algae eater- figured he was hiding in the hiding spot he sometimes did so I didnt think anything of it. The next day, I did a water change, I didnt see an algae eater AT ALL! I looked all over and NOTHING! I thought that was the weirdest thing since 2 days ago I saw him and he definitely was alive and now he was gone. The thought of my beta eating him came to my head.... I checked for "debris" and didnt see any evidence. But he had to! Where else would he go? The funny thing was that I checked the tank today and there is a huge bubblenest now. I havnt seen one of those in a while. Its almost like the beta is happy to be alone now.
The algae eater was bigger than my beta. If he ate him, how the heck did he manage to do that! All in a day! Just curious. I will never try to give a beta a tank mate again!!!