Female Betta Sorority - Which One To Separate?

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I want to separate one of my girls from my sorority; however I’m not sure which is the best one to separate?

I have a fin nipper (although I might just put her in a breeding trap for a few hours – it worked last time with a different girl). I’ve had her 3 weeks now (the nipping isn’t much but she’s the only one that does it).

I have a bloater – I used to feed pellets; now I feed flakes and she still bloats (not loads); my other bloater stopped bloating once I’d switched to flakes.

I have a tiny yellow girl (and this is one I think I’d like to separate); however it took her ages to settle into a sorority; but I’d like to separate her more because she’s tiny; quite thin and is suffering from ammonia burns (the other girls are fine and the ammonia is fine) – it’s just in a smaller tank I can regulate her water more and keep an eye on it; even maybe put a bit stuff in her water to help her tail along. However as it took her a while to settle in I’m a bit dubious about moving her.

What do you all think would be the best option?

 

[Rezatii]

For the bloating I suggest soaking the flakes before you put them in the water, then they shouldnt sit on top of the water and this will reduce chances of bloating,

The little yellow girl I suggest putting in a trap and feeding seperately so she gets a fair amount of food, perhaps consider giving her some live food as well, often live food is high protein and helps bulk fish up. (I suggest daphnia but it's really up to you)

The fin nipper could do with seperating for a while but only if you see it as a serious problem, it might just be a dominance thing and may cool off if left for a while, if not you could also try rearranging the tank.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

For the bloating I suggest soaking the flakes before you put them in the water, then they shouldnt sit on top of the water and this will reduce chances of bloating,

The little yellow girl I suggest putting in a trap and feeding seperately so she gets a fair amount of food, perhaps consider giving her some live food as well, often live food is high protein and helps bulk fish up. (I suggest daphnia but it's really up to you)

The fin nipper could do with seperating for a while but only if you see it as a serious problem, it might just be a dominance thing and may cool off if left for a while, if not you could also try rearranging the tank.

I was thinking of putting the possible (still not sure) fin nipper in a breeding trap for a few hours; like I say it worked last time when one of my girls started chasing the others around.

For my bloater; I just think she eats WAY too much; she is constantly going for the food. But I'll pre-soak the flakes to see if it makes a difference (I didn't even think of that duh!)

As for my little yellow girl - I have frozen blood worm; brine shrmip and daphnia so I can try feeding her with them to see if she bulks up a little.