betta and platy

[prettyvacant]

About a week ago, I made a post about where I should keep my male betta. People suggested I put him in my 29 gal...but to watch out because the tetras would be aggressive. I had him in the 29 gal for about an hour, and then i noticed his fins were sort of split at the ends (from the tetras, I guess). So, I put him in my QT right away. He has been in there for about 6 days now, and seems to really enjoy it. But I guess I can't leave him in there eh?

Today I went out and bought 1 albino cory, 1 sunset wag platy, and 1 mickey mouse platy. The sunset wag and cory are currently floating in their bag in my 29 gal. The mickey mouse platy I bought is obviously prego...so if she is going to have babies, I don't want her to have them in my 29, because they will be eaten right away.

I want to put her in my QT so if she has the babies, I can find them...hopefully. So I have a few questions:

-Since I have a betta in there, will he eat the babies?

-Will the platy eat them? I have heard different stories about female platies eating their fry, saying some don't and some do. :?

-If it is best to move my betta to somewhere else, where can I put him?



thankyou

 

[joedarat]

Ive had experience with this. Had a platy and betta in a small tank. Didnt know the plat was prego.

The platy did not initially eat the fry, but eventually started to.
The betta ate a few too before I pulled them both out. At the time I had just got my 29 so I transferred the betta and the platy into the 29 and was able to successfully raise 3 platy fry who are now swimming like champs in my 37G.

get the mom in the qt , and remove her after fry are out.

I fed them crushed flake food 3 times a day and it worked out well.

 

[prettyvacant]

oki so what about the betta? leave him in there even though he may eat the fry? should i remove him when the platy has the babies?

thankyou

 

[joedarat]

i wouldn't leave the betta in with the fry, I would put him in the 10gal with the danios..

 

[prettyvacant]

ooh my 10 gal? He would really be ok in there with the shark?

 

[joedarat]

does the shark go after the danios? i know they are agressive to other sharks, but I think maybe put him in and watch the behavior. If it does not look like it's goin to work out , u made need to find a spot for the betta by himself , maybe a another tank
or a bowl temporarily, until u can put the fry in the community tank ( i used a breeder net till they were about 2.5 months old, then let them free.. none of the fish bothered them)

 

[prettyvacant]

yeah my shark is very agressive towards my danios...all the time, but there hasn't been any deaths or injuries so far, and they've been in there together for a while now...


thankyou so much for the help