Christmasfish
Aquarium Advice Addict
She didn't harrass it to death like my boy's big red did to his.
She ATE it! only his head was left when the dust (one of the hornworts has kicked the bucket) settled! I caught the tail end of this crustacean tradgedy. She was sucking down the last gobbet of flesh. I hope she won't catch something! I have been feeding her lightly so there are no spikes in the tank for adding more fish. Could she have been TAHT hungry?!
I don't remember Bettas eating large things. And most of these sure are suspicious of large flakes or bloodworms (all but one are off all-flake diets now! hooray).
Do you think maybe she was originally just attacking it and then thought to herself "Mmmmm! Tastes like chicken!"?
She still is like a different color every hour (blue-brown, tiger striped, ,flesh with salmon-like markings, bright deep royal and plain blue. And she has a cat pupil unlike the other two.)
These new millinium Bettas are nothing like the animals my grandfather had. They do a lot of odd things. And are definitely not as uniform looking.
The tank mate to the gourami is the same size as she is. She IS a dwarf gourami tho.
I am trying to get some good pictures. The digital is not quite doing the job, I need to dust off the 35mm
Anyway, should I mark this action as aggressive in the highest form, or that shrimp are on her menu and shouldn't share space unless they are BIG with lots more hiding places.........?
She ATE it! only his head was left when the dust (one of the hornworts has kicked the bucket) settled! I caught the tail end of this crustacean tradgedy. She was sucking down the last gobbet of flesh. I hope she won't catch something! I have been feeding her lightly so there are no spikes in the tank for adding more fish. Could she have been TAHT hungry?!
I don't remember Bettas eating large things. And most of these sure are suspicious of large flakes or bloodworms (all but one are off all-flake diets now! hooray).
Do you think maybe she was originally just attacking it and then thought to herself "Mmmmm! Tastes like chicken!"?
She still is like a different color every hour (blue-brown, tiger striped, ,flesh with salmon-like markings, bright deep royal and plain blue. And she has a cat pupil unlike the other two.)
These new millinium Bettas are nothing like the animals my grandfather had. They do a lot of odd things. And are definitely not as uniform looking.
The tank mate to the gourami is the same size as she is. She IS a dwarf gourami tho.
I am trying to get some good pictures. The digital is not quite doing the job, I need to dust off the 35mm
Anyway, should I mark this action as aggressive in the highest form, or that shrimp are on her menu and shouldn't share space unless they are BIG with lots more hiding places.........?