Betta always stressed?

[flame_fish]

I have a female betta in my 2.5 cycled tank. I've had the tank up for about 4 months? My betta is a female & I do PWC weekly & feed her every other day. My filter is working fine & my heater is steady at 77? But for some reason my female she eats & swims but she always has stress lines which is weird since I don't know why. I've had her since october. Anyone can give me any thoughts?

 

[LyndaB]

Maybe she feels cramped, that's a pretty small environment.

 

[flame_fish]

Could be :/ but theres little plants at the bottom & one medium plant thats only on one side & this is only my temp tank. Do you think a 10 gallon would be okay?

 

[LyndaB]

I think she'd love a 10 gallon. At that point, you could perhaps attempt some pygmy corys or a snail with her.

 

[flame_fish]

I sure hope so, I hate to see her stressed! & how many do you think could I have in there? I've heard cories like to be in groups but I don't wanna overstock.

 

[CMN]

Could be :/ but theres little plants at the bottom & one medium plant thats only on one side & this is only my temp tank. Do you think a 10 gallon would be okay?

a 10 gallon would be tons better than a 2.5 gallon!

 

[LyndaB]

You could do 3-4 pygmy corys in a 10 gallon.

 

[flame_fish]

Yeah I know! I'll start pre planning now!