Betta Help ~please~

[Papi D]

I have a community (5g) tank with guppies, female bettas. I keep my
male bettas separate. I've been trying to breed them and I put a male
betta in the tank.

Now I never thought this would happen, but the females started to bite
on his fins and the guppies too.

I took him out immediately and added melafix to his bowl.

I tried it then with another male and they also tried attacking him.

This is weird. I thought the males are suppose to be the aggressive
ones.

Any input, comments, suggestions on this would be great!


Thanks!

[Donald Kerns]

Papi D wrote:

> I have a community (5g) tank with guppies, female bettas. I keep my
> male bettas separate. I've been trying to breed them and I put a male
> betta in the tank.
>
> Now I never thought this would happen, but the females started to bite
> on his fins and the guppies too.
>
> I took him out immediately and added melafix to his bowl.
>
> I tried it then with another male and they also tried attacking him.
>
> This is weird. I thought the males are suppose to be the aggressive
> ones.
>
> Any input, comments, suggestions on this would be great!

Every betta is different, but the females can also be aggressive (as
you've experimentally determined.)

Go with a larger tank for the male, then move the female into the male's
tank.

Alternatively, completely remodel the female's tank (move stuff and
plants around) to break up the existing terriroriality.

Breeding bettas isn't something you can do on a lark. If nothing else
you need special foodstuffs for the fry.

Read all about it on www.bettatalk.com

-Donald
--
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving
that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the
proof." -Galbraith's Law

[Papi D]

Thanks!!