Mammabe
New Member
Hi All,
My Betta is king of his 75 gallon kingdom with only a few mollies, a dwarf frog and several loaches of various kinds, 3 cories and then I added 5 red tail minors (tetras) to the mix. Everyone seemed fine at first, then I noticed the next day, they sometimes would chase the betta and he is swimming so fast to get away from them!
and then he would hide in the weeds for awhile and not come out until I would approach the tank... Anyway, I am so angry at those little devils. They do look good in there, and I was even thinking of adding 3 more to make a bigger group (side note: I've read on here that they should be in groups of 6 min.) but now I am not so sure if they are going to terrorize my beautiful betta!! 
I haven't seen any nipping directly, but the chase is on and the betta hides most of the time now. Well, it's only been 2 days. I was thinking of calling petsmart and asking them if I can return them and maybe try some large danios or another docile fish. Unless this is normal behaviour as they get use to each other? Maybe adding a few more will help?
Please let me know your thoughts - I am going to wait before I do anything until I have some advice from you guys first, to contemplate.
Thank you!
B
My Betta is king of his 75 gallon kingdom with only a few mollies, a dwarf frog and several loaches of various kinds, 3 cories and then I added 5 red tail minors (tetras) to the mix. Everyone seemed fine at first, then I noticed the next day, they sometimes would chase the betta and he is swimming so fast to get away from them!
and then he would hide in the weeds for awhile and not come out until I would approach the tank... Anyway, I am so angry at those little devils. They do look good in there, and I was even thinking of adding 3 more to make a bigger group (side note: I've read on here that they should be in groups of 6 min.) but now I am not so sure if they are going to terrorize my beautiful betta!! I haven't seen any nipping directly, but the chase is on and the betta hides most of the time now. Well, it's only been 2 days. I was thinking of calling petsmart and asking them if I can return them and maybe try some large danios or another docile fish. Unless this is normal behaviour as they get use to each other? Maybe adding a few more will help?
Please let me know your thoughts - I am going to wait before I do anything until I have some advice from you guys first, to contemplate.
Thank you!
B
