libertybelle
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I have had a male betta in my 30 gal community tank before. The tank is mostly neon tetras/endlers ... the list is on my profile. It worked out very well. The tetras didn't nip/bother the betta and the betta didn't even bother my ghost shrimp. (Well except that time I went on vacation and they didn't get food for a week. They had shrimp scampi that week...lol) He was fully grown when I bought him and he was looking like a pretty elderly beta by the time he passed a couple years later.
I would like to find another Betta on the more docile side eventually for this community tank, if possible. I prefer the males and there is not much of a selection of females at my local places.
I know that they all have very different personalities and the next one I get might not be as friendly with other community fish.
Any advice for picking a fish on the docile side and/or acclimating them to the community? I quarantine everyone first, but after that I was thinking a breeding box for a few days to get him used to all of the movement and make sure he is eating? That is what I tried last time. (However last time the tricksy boy jumped into the main tank and was chilling with everyone else within a few hours. I got lucky, I guess.)
I've seen young ones at the petco before (not the really really tiny ones...but certainly not full grown yet.) Would I have the best chance if I picked out a young one and let him grow up in the community? Would the breeder box be too stressful. Clearly my first beta thought so when he decided to make the choice for me and jump into the main tank.
I would like to find another Betta on the more docile side eventually for this community tank, if possible. I prefer the males and there is not much of a selection of females at my local places.
I know that they all have very different personalities and the next one I get might not be as friendly with other community fish.
Any advice for picking a fish on the docile side and/or acclimating them to the community? I quarantine everyone first, but after that I was thinking a breeding box for a few days to get him used to all of the movement and make sure he is eating? That is what I tried last time. (However last time the tricksy boy jumped into the main tank and was chilling with everyone else within a few hours. I got lucky, I guess.)
I've seen young ones at the petco before (not the really really tiny ones...but certainly not full grown yet.) Would I have the best chance if I picked out a young one and let him grow up in the community? Would the breeder box be too stressful. Clearly my first beta thought so when he decided to make the choice for me and jump into the main tank.