Thinking Of Getting A Siamese Fighter

[Royster]

last week i picked up some more harlequins for my tank and while i was waiting to get served i got looking at the siamese fighters in the tanks around me,some red some blue but they had a pink one in and it's taken my fancy in a big way but i don't want to get it if it's going to cause trouble in my tank.

so far in my 60l tank i have ;

12 harlequins
4 albino corys ( i want to bring these up to 6 maybe 8)

but because i only have 60ls to play with im worried i'll have trouble with over crowding or the SF will start nipping at the harlequins , so am i worrying over nothing ?

 

[Carlovel1]

Should be fine. Usually, Harlequins arer great with Bettas

 

[Royster]

excellant...

now here's someother random questions. i've read they'll eat flake and frozen blood worm which is fine as thats what the harlequins and corys are getting (flake 5 times a week and worm 1 day, the other day they go hungry) but other things they'll eat are

Insects
Plant leaves
Vegetables
Fruits
Flies

where the hell do i get flies,insects and what veg and fruit can i put in?

and i have plastic plants in at the minute so will thay do any harm ?

 

[marieukxx]

I just feed mine tropical flake and betta pellets. Betta is the more known name now for a fighter. You can also buy great white worm cultures cheap as chips on ebay. You grow your own constant supply of wroms.

I take it it's a male one. Just make sure there is nothing sharp he can catch and tear his fins on that's all. Plus they like a slower current so you may have to adjust your filter. I had to for mine. You will see them swimming hard against the current if it's too fast.

 

[Royster]

cheers for the great replies.

 

[Royster]

Oh well I just learnt a hard lesson , I rang the shop and asked was the pink one still there and he was gone and they only have blue in ATM, apparently they have only ever had 2 pink ones since the shop opened, oh well you snooze you lose

I rang another shop and was able to get a red one instead, still he looks well in the tank.

So here starts my love affair

 

[clgklg]

Bettas are great! I've had mine in the community tank for about 4 years. He is my 'grumpy old man' he occasionally will chase the others, loves his plastic planted corner, and eats what everyone else eats. Flakes 6 days a week and then on water changing day he gets frozen bloodworms or brine. Oh yea, I did have to adjust the filter - way to hard for him to get any food with a current. Slow showboat swimmer, that follows me around the room like a puppy, I love him

 

[Randi]

Mine won't touch flake food, I think it depends on what the breeder fed them when they were young. However, he goes crazy for bloodworms. Good luck with your new friend!

 

[Royster]

Cheers guys, he looks to be settling in with the harlequins ( or should I refer to them as rasboras??) and the albino cories and I thought he was struggling with the current a touch so I slowed the flow abit but I'm worried will it affect thetank cleaning the water much?

Also my temp seems to to moving from 24 to 26 where as it was a solid 26 before, should I try and get it to level out at 26 again or should I stop moving things for a day or two ?

 

[clgklg]

I'm not sure about the temp drop, but I think 24 might be even better, the Betta should not mind and I know the Corys won't. The lower your temp the less toxic your ammonia traces are if you get a small trace here and there. Good luck!