My New Betta Attacked And Killed.....

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One of my pygmy cories last night.... I have only had my fish since sat

Is this normal? and is my other one likely to get it?

I took all the plants out of my tank on Tuesday night as I am buying some new ones tonight, could this have played a part??

 

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Anyone

 

[ChilliPepper]

Anyone

I've not tried keeping my betta with anything other than large shrimps, so can't really comment on whether it's a 'normal' thing for them to do. However they are aggressive fish, so I suppose anything is possible. Poor little Cory. How many have you got? May be worth taking them back to the LFS to swap for something else?

 

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Well now I only have one left

I have been reading loads of information and everyone says that Pygmy cories should be fine

It was so sad, I saw he/she do it and took the cory out and put it in a tub so it didn't get eaten anymore. I put it next to my heater and added some stress coat but it didn't last long

 

[Gill]

it is luck of the draw with a betta, some get on great with them. and then some will attack them for no reason

 

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Brilliant... It will probably attack everything else in my tank too now

I know that they are meant to be aggresive and some may not like tankmates, but I have stuck with fish that are meant to be suitable.

I was scared to go and loom in the tank this morning incase there were anymore deaths..... Howevere I was suprised to see they were all swimming calmly with each other hmmmmmm

Would getting new plants help? or do plants not make a difference?

 

[Floyds mum]

From what people have said on here id say to make sure the tank is well planted to provide hiding places.

 

[dave_oddballs]

you have to remember that although bettas are now bred for colour and finnage they was originally bred to fight, purely to be aggressive and kill, its not their fault thats just the way they was bred. it would take tens of generations and probably years to breed aggressiveness out of them and to my knowledge no one is even in the process of doing so.
i have kept bettas in with pygmy and panda corries, and cherry shrimps with success, but it must have been a particularly nice betta!
if you want no problems, and a small community of fish then bettas really shouldn't be included, they are good looking fish and make a nice focal point and i understand why people really want to keep them but i'd probably advise looking for an alternative.

 

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I see what you are saying.... I think I'll put it down as a one off, buy some plants and rearange the tank and keep a close eye on them all. I have this horrible feeling that me taking out the plants caused this

 

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Well on Friday night, I went to get some plants and once I put them in the tank seems like a different place (touch wood).

My Odessa Barb is eating all the plants though lol

 

[tom130691]

you have to remember that although bettas are now bred for colour and finnage they was originally bred to fight, purely to be aggressive and kill, its not their fault thats just the way they was bred. it would take tens of generations and probably years to breed aggressiveness out of them and to my knowledge no one is even in the process of doing so.

made me think about pitbulls and staffys lovely dog but some are aggressive so they have a really bad reputation

 

[jourdy288]

I have a female betta living peacefully with some guppies, which she never had a problem with. Aggression really depends on the Betta and various other factors, like plantings and hiding places (they get cranky when they have nowhere to retreat).

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Did you see the betta actually kill the cory?

 

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Yeah I saw it.... it wasn't nice

 

[jacko32]

best to keep pygmis in groups of 5-6 safety in numbers and all that!