Betta Tankmates

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

i assumed. i'm just going with what the bottle says

 

[zoekin8yg]

its another of those, dont believe everything they tell you's! Try feeding him a little less and see how it goes

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

he pouts then . once he sees the five in there, he's fine. he pouts other wise.

 

[morphopeleides]

the thing is, he spits out his food alot and when he tries to go back and grab it, it sinks down between the stones i have in the bottom.

I used to have that problem with my betta and frogs. I put smaller gravel in and I don't have that prob anymore

 

[double-trouble]

no, five pellets twice a day. the bottle thing says between 2-4 pellets twice a day.

so the side of the food says between 2-4 pellets twice a day and you feed him 5 twice a day that makes no sense 10 pellets a day is abit extreme dont you think for one betta!

if you give him a pellet at a time rather than just chucking them in he will have time to eat them before they absorbs 2 much water and sink.

if he is spitting them out obviously you are feeding 2 much especially if food is gathering in the gravel and making the water cloudy.

no more tank mates for him there is plenty in a 2 gal already Bettas tend to attack tank mates so why do people feel the need to get a tank mate i dont get it!

 

[hollyp0p]

After having to remove a couple of troublesome danios ( the other 4 seem quiet for now) I was wondering once again about adding a gourami.....my betta is VERY placid and I highly doubt he'd do anything to a gourami......but how would it work on the gourami being with the betta?
If this would be ok, what sort of gourami would go best?
I like the look of the honey gourami, and my lfs has little orangey red ones....not sure what they are.....any ideas anyone?

 

[jourdy288]

After having to remove a couple of troublesome danios ( the other 4 seem quiet for now) I was wondering once again about adding a gourami.....my betta is VERY placid and I highly doubt he'd do anything to a gourami......but how would it work on the gourami being with the betta?
If this would be ok, what sort of gourami would go best?
I like the look of the honey gourami, and my lfs has little orangey red ones....not sure what they are.....any ideas anyone?

DON'T DO IT! I was in the supermarket once, and I saw this guy with a kid, and the kid was holding a bag with a honey gourami. So we talked abit. Turns out the honey was to live with the betta. But I didn't know any better than, so I didn't say anything about it. But no, the honey gourami will be treated as another male, whether it's male or female, no matter how placid the betta, DON'T ADD THE GOURAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting, though, that could have been lethal.

 

[hollyp0p]

After having to remove a couple of troublesome danios ( the other 4 seem quiet for now) I was wondering once again about adding a gourami.....my betta is VERY placid and I highly doubt he'd do anything to a gourami......but how would it work on the gourami being with the betta?
If this would be ok, what sort of gourami would go best?
I like the look of the honey gourami, and my lfs has little orangey red ones....not sure what they are.....any ideas anyone?

DON'T DO IT! I was in the supermarket once, and I saw this guy with a kid, and the kid was holding a bag with a honey gourami. So we talked abit. Turns out the honey was to live with the betta. But I didn't know any better than, so I didn't say anything about it. But no, the honey gourami will be treated as another male, whether it's male or female, no matter how placid the betta, DON'T ADD THE GOURAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting, though, that could have been lethal.

ok i won't.....any idea about (i think they are called) bullpit plecs....they are tiny plecs....grow to about 5cm.....any idea if thats ok?

 

[Kaz1814]

I have a BN plec in my sorority... He's fab at keeping the tank clean and he and the girls ignore each other..

 

[hollyp0p]

I have a BN plec in my sorority... He's fab at keeping the tank clean and he and the girls ignore each other..

sorry bit ofa newbie.....what's a BN plec? how big do they get?

 

[jourdy288]

I have a BN plec in my sorority... He's fab at keeping the tank clean and he and the girls ignore each other..

sorry bit ofa newbie.....what's a BN plec? how big do they get?

BN is bristlenose, ironically, I'm listening about them right now. Here's the link. Now, a BN needs quite a bit of room, about 20 gallons. A pitbull can do fine in ten gallons, so long as the water has enough oxygen. However, do not make the water turbulent if you are keeping him with bettas.

 

[hollyp0p]

ahhh...nah my tank is about 12 gallons....only smallish......i think it's bulldog plecs not pitbull as i said....

 

[jourdy288]

I think twelve gallons is too small for a bulldog pleco. You may want to post in the catfish section to ask the right size, specifically the loricaridae(spelling?) forum.

 

[hollyp0p]

I think twelve gallons is too small for a bulldog pleco. You may want to post in the catfish section to ask the right size, specifically the loricaridae(spelling?) forum.

ok i'll try find what it was, cos whatever i saw the other day only got to 5cm tops and would be ideal my tank is 55 litres but 45litres after my gravel media