Is This Normal?

[Meggie :)]

I just moved my male crowntail betta from his two gallon bowl into my 10 gallon community tank (2 female balloon mollies, 1 female guppy, shrimp, a few 1.5 month old/3 week old balloon molly fry. He is not being very active right now. Just swims around for a minute then goes to a certain spot and just stays there. Is this normal? Is he just adjusting to his new environment?

 

[Athena]

Yes, it's fairly normal. He could be sulking at having other fish around him - not all Betta's make good community fish. Also, he might not eat for a few days during this time of settling in. Watch him with those shrimp, though - my male betta used to kill shrimp.

Do you have some leafy areas for the betta to hide/rest? They also don't like rapid moving/noisy waters, so if your filter is set to a fast output, you may need to turn it down to a gentler setting, otherwise they struggle to swim against the strong current with all that flowing finnage.

Regards, Athena