Fish Thread

[Ilovemychicks08]

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New tank?

 

[Patiocoturnix]

New tank?

Nope

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Nope

Escaped the old tank got a testing kit got a water changing thing got something to clean the glass and some fish I’ll show the finished product in a bit it was 1000% worth it

 

[fluffycrow]

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OK that's a bit much...



What did you get ?

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Ok before any fish

 

[Patiocoturnix]

Sooo 2 of my betta are filled with eggs to bad I don’t have a male or I could have babies

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I'm back A certain someone I shall not name has made me think about my tank again

 

[Barnette]

Hey everyone! A few days ago I got some minnows, snails, and water beetles and set up their tank. But today a few of the fish show signs of Ich, with white specks on their scales. I have the medication for the fish but I need to make sure it's safe for my water beetles and snails too. The brand is "Imagitarium" parasite remedy. If anyone could tell me if this is safe for my other critters, that would be great! Thanks!

 

[AinaWGSD]

There is a lot of debate on whether or not you can cohabitate females Betta splendens (normal domestic bettas), with some people swearing 'sororities' work and others saying no.

I'm in the 'no' camp. I have never seen splendens cohabitated successfully in my opinion, that is, without at least one of the bettas showing signs of stress (staying in one small area of the tank, having nipped fins, the other one constantly patrolling for them, etc). No matter how big the tank. We just don't know enough about keeping multiple members of a species that was purposely bred to be hyper-aggressive in the same tank for it to be safe and humane for the fish.

Now, you CAN split a tank with a screen and make two smaller side-by-side habitats. If you're going to do that, I would not go any smaller than the 5.5-gallon for 2 bettas.
(Just be aware that bettas can jump, and some loooove jumping to get into the other side...)

And the females may be smaller than males, but because they don't have the large fins to slow them down, they can be truly dangerous when they decide to fight. Just, imho, not worth the risk of injury and death to try to keep multiple splendens together.

/soapbox

IMO it's not worth it. To me, it seems that most of the people with betta sororities who say it's fine are in denial about how stressed their fish are. They may be okay short term, but I think betta splendens are too territorial for it to work long term.

 

[Logar]

IMO it's not worth it. To me, it seems that most of the people with betta sororities who say it's fine are in denial about how stressed their fish are. They may be okay short term, but I think betta splendens are too territorial for it to work long term.

I half way agree with this. I do think that most of the time it really isn’t a good idea but I do think it can be done well. For me I feel like unless you have a minimum of 40 gallons, at least 6 fish (a larger tank for more) to spread out any aggression, lots of visual barriers and hiding spots, and you have a plan to separate all of them if needed, then it shouldn’t be done.