After 40 years of keeping tropical fish and going through at least 50 tanks I finally had my first tank leak. Glad I noticed it soon. It happened to the 10 gallon tank where my female Betta Christy lives. In a rush to empty that tank to replace it with a 15 gallon I placed Christy in a cup of her water and hung the cup inside the tank/home of my young male Betta Puppy to keep her at the right temperature. Puppy swam right to her and they were eying each other all day and Christy sprouted those vertical bands that shows she wants to mate. The interesting observation was that after a while, Puppy settled down, Christy was quite settled the whole time, and he just parked himself right next to her and they just kind of hung out together all day. Makes me wonder if maybe I could keep these two in the same tank. Any comments from those that keep a male and a female in the same tank would be appreciated.
Well, I have seen these vertical mating bands on the females many times but never as wide, bright and dominant as these were. Those bands were practically glowing. I took a few pictures which I will post after I transfer them but they were from my Cell phone and did not come out good at all.
Anyway, the good news is she has settled into her new larger home very well and is happy and she and Puppy are flirting with each other more often throughout the day now. And Puppy, who really is still very young, has finaly realized there is more to life than food. LOL!
Well, I have seen these vertical mating bands on the females many times but never as wide, bright and dominant as these were. Those bands were practically glowing. I took a few pictures which I will post after I transfer them but they were from my Cell phone and did not come out good at all.
Anyway, the good news is she has settled into her new larger home very well and is happy and she and Puppy are flirting with each other more often throughout the day now. And Puppy, who really is still very young, has finaly realized there is more to life than food. LOL!
