I had to rescue a Betta yesterday. He was used as a table centre piece at a wedding and a buddy bought him home to stick in his Goldfish tank. I managed to scream NO at him before it was subjected to freezing temperatures and died. He gave it to me as he has no heater or spare tank to home him and probably woulda flushed him down the loo if I had said no. The only working tank I have is my semi-cycled 50L.(I know, I'm an evil person doing a fish-in cycle. That's what happens when you impulse buy before you have any knowledge of fish).
Its inhabitants include 1x Sunset Platy, 1x Platy and 3x pregnant or obese Guppies. He has been OK with them. They all move out of each others way. I noticed yesterday that the Betta, who I now call Midnight, made the little fake hollow log his home. When it came to sleep time last night, Midnight moved out of the way and let all the other fish sleep there. I was under the impression that Betta's were defensive when it came to their home. I watched him try and find a place to rest last night but he took so Darn long I ended up falling asleep before he did. Today, I grabbed my old internal filter and used its detached media housing as a hiding place for the little guy. I know its not the sort of thing to do but its Sunday and I live in the middle of nowhere and have no car. I do have a spare tank I can put him in but have no heater for it. I plan on getting one on Tuesday from my local pet store if they have one, along with some substrate etc.
Now... If he seems OK in the tank with the Guppies, I don't need to stick him in his own tank do I? 2 feeding times have gone past and he hasn't eaten a thing. I dropped a few flakes in for the other fish and he didn't care. I then thought maybe he was a fussy eater and got the frozen bloodworms out but he still didn't eat. Is this normal for a Betta? Could it just be all the moving about has stressed him out a bit? I'll attach a photo of him posing so you can have a look. He loves to watch me or my girlfriend. To me, he looks healthy. But I have only kept fish for about a month now and don't have the extensive knowledge you guys have.
Its inhabitants include 1x Sunset Platy, 1x Platy and 3x pregnant or obese Guppies. He has been OK with them. They all move out of each others way. I noticed yesterday that the Betta, who I now call Midnight, made the little fake hollow log his home. When it came to sleep time last night, Midnight moved out of the way and let all the other fish sleep there. I was under the impression that Betta's were defensive when it came to their home. I watched him try and find a place to rest last night but he took so Darn long I ended up falling asleep before he did. Today, I grabbed my old internal filter and used its detached media housing as a hiding place for the little guy. I know its not the sort of thing to do but its Sunday and I live in the middle of nowhere and have no car. I do have a spare tank I can put him in but have no heater for it. I plan on getting one on Tuesday from my local pet store if they have one, along with some substrate etc.
Now... If he seems OK in the tank with the Guppies, I don't need to stick him in his own tank do I? 2 feeding times have gone past and he hasn't eaten a thing. I dropped a few flakes in for the other fish and he didn't care. I then thought maybe he was a fussy eater and got the frozen bloodworms out but he still didn't eat. Is this normal for a Betta? Could it just be all the moving about has stressed him out a bit? I'll attach a photo of him posing so you can have a look. He loves to watch me or my girlfriend. To me, he looks healthy. But I have only kept fish for about a month now and don't have the extensive knowledge you guys have.
