Fiferna
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello others,
My betta is definitely bloated (you can see a bulge right after his head) and controlling what he's eating is very difficult now that I've added 4 tetras to the tank. He even goes after their food before they have a chance. They are scared off right away when I try to feed them and my betta (Ovie is his name), seems to search for food constantly as if he were a bottom feeder. So no matter how sneakily I try to feed the tetras, he still gets what they don't eat. And then Ovie's behavior has been strange in another way recently. Even before I added the tetras and the bloating, he has been hiding a whole lot recently. Yesterday I didn't see him at all so I had to pick up the hollowed out log where he hides to get him out and make sure he was alive. Today he's been out more and has even gone after the tetras, but they are far to quick for him and I really don't think he has bad inttentions. Once he snuck up on one and just "sniffed" the tetra's tail before the tetra realized it and darted off.
If anyone has any advice about or experience with this situation, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
My betta is definitely bloated (you can see a bulge right after his head) and controlling what he's eating is very difficult now that I've added 4 tetras to the tank. He even goes after their food before they have a chance. They are scared off right away when I try to feed them and my betta (Ovie is his name), seems to search for food constantly as if he were a bottom feeder. So no matter how sneakily I try to feed the tetras, he still gets what they don't eat. And then Ovie's behavior has been strange in another way recently. Even before I added the tetras and the bloating, he has been hiding a whole lot recently. Yesterday I didn't see him at all so I had to pick up the hollowed out log where he hides to get him out and make sure he was alive. Today he's been out more and has even gone after the tetras, but they are far to quick for him and I really don't think he has bad inttentions. Once he snuck up on one and just "sniffed" the tetra's tail before the tetra realized it and darted off.
If anyone has any advice about or experience with this situation, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.