Does My Betta Look Healthy ?

[fishafishaylol]

https/plus.google....983286126665352                  thats a link to a photo of her (female crowntail) she was weak when i got her and ive been keeping her in a aquarium salt water in a 1 gallon bowl and shes acting better now . can she go in my guppy tank now ? She was there when i noticed she was weak .

 

[attibones]

It's hard to tell with that picture. Does she eat and swim well? Does she lie at the bottom of the tank or lie still at the top? Any rapid gill movement? The last two are indicators of poor health.

However, guppies and betta fish don't mix well. Guppies are rather active and they can be nippy. With female bettas you have less of a worry about the delicate fins being torn, but it does still happen. Besides, the guppy can can really stress the betta just because of their activity levels. Of course, betta fish are not the most social fish and do not frequently like tank mates apart from snails (although this also can end poorly, mostly for the snail). They are sedate fish and slow feeders while guppies are precisely the opposite. Guppies also don't need to be kept at 80 degrees. They are much more suited to 76-78, which doesn't sound like a big difference but really is.

The guppy also prefers hard water at a higher pH, and while the betta is an adaptable species, they really benefit from much softer water.

 

[fishafishaylol]

It's hard to tell with that picture. Does she eat and swim well? Does she lie at the bottom of the tank or lie still at the top? Any rapid gill movement? The last two are indicators of poor health.

However, guppies and betta fish don't mix well. Guppies are rather active and they can be nippy. With female bettas you have less of a worry about the delicate fins being torn, but it does still happen. Besides, the guppy can can really stress the betta just because of their activity levels. Of course, betta fish are not the most social fish and do not frequently like tank mates apart from snails (although this also can end poorly, mostly for the snail). They are sedate fish and slow feeders while guppies are precisely the opposite. Guppies also don't need to be kept at 80 degrees. They are much more suited to 76-78, which doesn't sound like a big difference but really is.

The guppy also prefers hard water at a higher pH, and while the betta is an adaptable species, they really benefit from much softer water.

She eats , swims fine , she goes to sleep sometimes at the top of the tank i dont know if thats a problem .

 

[Goggy]

 

It's hard to tell with that picture. Does she eat and swim well? Does she lie at the bottom of the tank or lie still at the top? Any rapid gill movement? The last two are indicators of poor health.

However, guppies and betta fish don't mix well. Guppies are rather active and they can be nippy. With female bettas you have less of a worry about the delicate fins being torn, but it does still happen. Besides, the guppy can can really stress the betta just because of their activity levels. Of course, betta fish are not the most social fish and do not frequently like tank mates apart from snails (although this also can end poorly, mostly for the snail). They are sedate fish and slow feeders while guppies are precisely the opposite. Guppies also don't need to be kept at 80 degrees. They are much more suited to 76-78, which doesn't sound like a big difference but really is.

The guppy also prefers hard water at a higher pH, and while the betta is an adaptable species, they really benefit from much softer water.

She eats , swims fine , she goes to sleep sometimes at the top of the tank i dont know if thats a problem .
 

Going to sleep at the top is normal behavior but if you keep it in a community guppy tank it will die of stress bettas like there own little space if you could put it in a single 5 gallon aquarium he will do better in it than a community tank
Goggy

 

[GuppyGirl20]

It can be hard work keeping an eye on a betta in a community tank. Also as Atti mentioned guppies are not the best match for a betta when kept in a community tank. If you are confident that you can keep an eye on her then if you wish to put her in the guppy tank my suggestion is to give her a few places to hid/chill in.
Also Goggy's idea of giving her her own take is fine one. I keep my betta in a five gallon tank with just him and a snail in it and my betta is healthy and happy as can be.
 
As long as she is acting normally again then my guess is that she is healthy enough to me moved to which option you choose to do.
 
I wish you the best of luck.