Cuddling Bettas

[mrbudgie]

Woke up and turned on lights this morning to see the male and female bettas snuggled up on the floating mopani this morning

 

[veil92]

Are you breeding them?

 

[mrbudgie]

nope, havent tried

 

[Amunet]

Are you breeding them?

They're asking b/c you really shouldn't have a male and a female betta together unless you're breeding them.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Woke up and turned on lights this morning to see the male and female bettas snuggled up on the floating mopani this morning

I'm sorry, but thats definitely asking for disaster...

 

[mrbudgie]

i have always kept 1 male with females without DISASTER,

dont just post for the sake of it. it was just a nice picture, i'm not a new fish keeper asking for advice guys.

 

[Genesis]

i'm not a new fish keeper asking for advice guys.

no, you just seem like an ignorant one..

 

[mrbudgie]

how observant genesis, coz i have different methodologies in fish keeping WHICH are,nt wrong but different to how you do it, i'm ignorant well thanks

 

[Esfa]

how observant genesis, coz i have different methodologies in fish keeping WHICH are,nt wrong but different to how you do it, i'm ignorant well thanks

it is wrong. there's no argument there.

sooner or later, you'll have a dead fish and a half-dead fish .

 

[Genesis]

how observant genesis, coz i have different methodologies in fish keeping WHICH are,nt wrong but different to how you do it, i'm ignorant well thanks

In fact, I don't "do it" at all, because I no longer keep Betta splendens.
They are called Siamese Fighting Fish for a reason.

Allow me, if you would be so kind, to quote from a few web sites which give me reason for my views.

Fight the temptation to house your male with a female. This is not a safe combination. The male will abuse and often outright kill the female.

Bettas shouldn't be kept with other anabantidae. He will fight with them because they are too similar to his own kind. Male and female bettas should be kept separately until they are ready to spawn. In the bigger tank they [would do] okay because the female [would be able to] find places to be away from him.

Even female bettas are territorial, although not as aggressive as male bettas. However, if both are kept together, this could prove to be a fatal combination.

You see, I am not trying to say what I do is "better" than what you are doing, I am merely passing on information which could well lead to the preservation of life and the prevention of harm to one or more innocent creatures of God's earth. If you're too ignorant to see that what you are doing is endangering the fish, or, at least, are too darn ignorant to take on helpful advice then you are obviously not mature enough to be in possesion of such animals.

 

[snoopyfrench87]

not to be a party pooper - but i dont consider the picture cute, the fish look stressed out, and exhausted; probably from chasing each other round the tank. and to be so close to the surface of the water is generally a sign that they are struggling as they will want to breath as easily as possible - and being surface breathers wedging themselves up high is handy.

if i were you i would separate them, but im not you - so good luck with your methods.

 

[mrbudgie]

fish keeping is about personal experience, not quoting other websites, if they ever had a fight then i would seperate them but after a year in a tank together and no probs, whats the issue.

 

[Phoenixbaby]

im sorry but ur methods are clearly wrong

u wudnt put a piranha in with a guppy, just because they seem to get on ok, cause sooner of later one will end up dead

yet again another idiot on the forum

 

[Esfa]

fish keeping is about personal experience, not quoting other websites, if they ever had a fight then i would seperate them but after a year in a tank together and no probs, whats the issue.

not to be a party pooper - but i dont consider the picture cute, the fish look stressed out, and exhausted; probably from chasing each other round the tank. and to be so close to the surface of the water is generally a sign that they are struggling as they will want to breath as easily as possible - and being surface breathers wedging themselves up high is handy.

I think you found your issue.

 

[jayjay]

If the OP says the fish are fine and you can see no positive proof they are fighting/have injuries then you're all jumping to conclusions. There are exceptions to every "rule" in fish keeping. Do you know this person does not keep these two bettas in 180g tank, no?

The fish could easily rest on the floating wood for breathing, as they seem to be doing, not struggling to reach the surface, you can't see the rest of the tank, don't immediately think there are no other places for them to rest i.e. plants.

They look stressed? He's just turned on the lights, often fish will be washed out when the lights are first turned on, they've been in near darkness normally and aren't fully coloured up.

Piranha can also be kept with small fish. So maybe I would try them with a guppy, it wouldn't see it as worth the effort to chase and kill to eat.

Yet more idiots on the forum jumping to conclusions and telling people they are wrong again without fully knowing the circumstances.....