*+*is He Happy?*+*

[JellyPi3]

I recently bought three female fighters, and put them in my 55L (11Gal) tank with my male fighter.

He has been on his own for nearly 4 months, but i have recently added some platies and silver mollies...

Anyway, i added the females and he went funny and kept chasing them. I'm not sure if this is normal behaviour or not, so i moved him out for fear of the girls getting hurt.

Well i put him into a spare tank i had, but it's only 11L (about 2.5Gal), and i am worried he will be depressed. My boyfriend is telling me he will be just as happy, but i am not so sure. The tank is filtered, heated and has ornaments and places for him to hide.

Will be he ok...and happy?

Thanks for the advice xxx

 

[liz2]

He will be as happy as larry in a smaller tank, he will probably build his mum a bubble nest as he doesnt want to go in with those horrid girls again!

 

[JellyPi3]

lol thanks...don't know why he reacted so bad to them, i was told he's only harrass them if he wanted to mate

 

[catxx]

male/female bettas don't make happy tankmates.
if you'd left them together there's a high chance the females would have become fed up of his constant interest and killed him.

he'll be perfectly happy alone!

 

[devon_charm]

As a rule never ever have male and females together, either he will kill them or they will kill him. It's a good thing you realised he wasn't happy like that, glad he is happy now

 

[JellyPi3]

ok thanks guys...now i can be happy...i was getting worked up thinking he was unhappy in the small space....cheers