Betta Problems

[lordofthesea]

After an illfated breeding attempt i intend to take my two female bettas back to the shop (they're isolated - there's nowhere else for them to go than back to he shop!) leaving the agressive male in the tank on his own. will his colours dull with noone to display to? also i was thinking of putting an african butterfly fish in with him. is this possible? he's about 6 cm including fins (long and flowing - double half moon tail) would the butterfly fish nip his fins or even eat him? if so i obviously won't get one. the tank is 20 litres.

 

[umlaut31]

I would just keep him by himself and set up a display tank - you want his colours to show? So get some nice contrasting (or complementing) decor, like plants and gravel - and maybe some pygmy corys and stick with that.

He'll look his best, everyone will be safe and all will be good. If you need anymore advice check out the Betta forum - they are great =]

 

[pica_nuttalli]

a 20L (5 g) tank is too small to keep anything with your betta. an African butterfly (which might eat Mr Betta) would need closer to 60L (15 g)

 

[Night61]

my expereince with bettas when putting anything with a betta, hav a back up plan. males espeically can be agressive and will attack things in there tanks, while other males will be perfectly fine. it depends on the betta.