tamtam
Aquarium Advice Addict
So last night I finally made it into the local marine store I've been trying to get to for weeks. Picked up my lovely Koi angel finally! They carry a good stock of freshwater fish and keep expanding which is excellent news for me. We have 1 other store in the city that sells fish and it's not very good.
Anyhow. I was poking around seeing what little treasures they had and noted their bettas. They firstly have their bettas housed in actual tanks, not those little cups. Actual tanks with heaters, filters and plants. I was impressed to see this. They were beautiful and I so wanted to snatch one up.
Anyways, I was looking and noticed they have 3 ten gallon tanks with betta and guppy living together. I was talking with the guy working about how that's a combo you don't see and he said they have been housed together for a few weeks now. He was surprised to see them together himself but the manager received a few extra on his shipment and had no where else to put them and wanted to give this a try before resorting to putting them in bowls. They've been watching closely but have had no issues so far. I was looking and all of the fish are healthy and happy and there are zero signs of fin damage.
Now this has me thinking and wanting. I have an empty 20 gallon tank right now I've been thinking about setting up. I could def nab some guppy and one of those betta and give it a shot. I'm just not sure the risk of things going south down the road if the betta decides enough is enough.
Do you think you would try it? It was such a nice looking tank with the combination.
Anyhow. I was poking around seeing what little treasures they had and noted their bettas. They firstly have their bettas housed in actual tanks, not those little cups. Actual tanks with heaters, filters and plants. I was impressed to see this. They were beautiful and I so wanted to snatch one up.
Anyways, I was looking and noticed they have 3 ten gallon tanks with betta and guppy living together. I was talking with the guy working about how that's a combo you don't see and he said they have been housed together for a few weeks now. He was surprised to see them together himself but the manager received a few extra on his shipment and had no where else to put them and wanted to give this a try before resorting to putting them in bowls. They've been watching closely but have had no issues so far. I was looking and all of the fish are healthy and happy and there are zero signs of fin damage.
Now this has me thinking and wanting. I have an empty 20 gallon tank right now I've been thinking about setting up. I could def nab some guppy and one of those betta and give it a shot. I'm just not sure the risk of things going south down the road if the betta decides enough is enough.
Do you think you would try it? It was such a nice looking tank with the combination.