Re-adding Othello

[kittytehpirate]

Let me recap what has happened first:

A few weeks back I added Rascal, a female betta, to my 5 gal with Othello and Dezzi (molly-boys). For a while they co-existed quite well, but soon i found that Othello had been nipped at by Rascal and i went out to get a small tank to keep him in. When i returned he was missing his left side fin. (my right). I removed him immediately and have kept him in a small tank with melafix to heal his fins.

Dezzi has been fine in the tank; he has a small tear in his fin, but that is from my water change a few days ago. Rascal does chase him about, but he backs down so there's not a big problem.

Anyways, i want to re-add Othello to my 5 gal. His fins have begun to re-heal, except for his left one, and he is swimming around fine. I plan to re-arrange my tank to break up territories and i'm adding java fern to provide more hiding spots. I am hoping that since Othello was so territorial anyways, that he has learned his lesson and he will back down from Rascal from now on.

Shall I see how he does?

**I posted this here because it concerns my betta**

 

[stang1]

I'm afraid 5G is too small to keep three fish in. You are best keeping the female in a tank by herself in that size tank or getting a bigger tank and adding a few more females.