Bye Bye Sam :(

[fmervin]

Hello all,

I guess the time has come to take Sam, my male siamese fighter, back to the lfs. He thought he used to be cool but my wife who is at home told me yesterday that she used to see him chase my mollies around the tank quite often. He used to be peaceful in the evening when I was home and I blissfully thought everything was fine (ahhh... ignorance is bliss). However, last night he was busy chasing my mollies in a really aggressive manner and I was really surprised. Flaring as though he was in a battlefield I bagged him for around half an hour, but that didn't calm him. So with a heavy heart I have to take him back to the lfs. I wish I could purchase a 2 gallon tank and keep him in that With my wife to deliver anytime this week, she reckons there is no time to care for 2 tanks

The question I have is how do I take him back to the lfs? I believe there has to be a certain ratio of air and water when putting a fish into a bag. Also is the size of the bag important?

I'll miss that little fella

 

[demonmagus]

3/4 air to 1/4 water, you should be fine if your LFS isn't on the other side of the world.

not sure about size but bettas are pretty hardy

 

[alessasavoca]

how far do you have to take him?

 

[lilfishie]

shame about the lil guy, as for size of bag i think aslong as he has room to turn then should be fine

 

[Lynda B]

Mollies usually have relatively flowing fins.... this is why Sam was chasing them aggressively. He'll do so with any flowing fin fish.

 

[fmervin]

Thanks everyone

how far do you have to take him?

The lfs is only about a 5-7 min drive from my house, so hopefully not too far for the betta. Also, I don't have any brown bag handy to keep the pop the plastic bag into, I read that this is better so the fish is not stressed out. Any other alternatives to a brown bag?

 

[lilfishie]

just keep him covered so he is in the dark and cant see where he is going, could use a cloth or something and wrap it round