betta holiday

Hi,

Sometime ago I asked advice on my lethargic male betta.

The heating broke, and my room (normally excessively warm) got
rather cold. So as an emergency measure I took the male out
and popped him in a breeding net in my 4ft tank, which has
similar pH etc but was (by the time I realised) 11 degrees C
warmer... I left him alone overnight and in the morning he
was much happier, his finrot (which had worried me but been
stable for months) is disappearing fast and he is no longer
lethargic.

I did the same with my female betta, who was a little less
cold, thinking she would also appreciate it. She seems really
unhappy, not swimming around as she did and staying still in
the (another) breeding net. I think she misses being able to
see people etc.

So, we shall see how things go.

If the male seems much happier there then I will consider keeping
him in the big tank permanently (rather than his 2-UK-g tank)
- but what fish can a betta get along with? Would I have to keep
him separated all the time or might he be happy in a community
tank?

Advice is welcome!

If the female stays as static as she is, not swimming just
sitting still, I'll give her her own tank back when the
heating is fixed... funny how one and not the other is
seeming to be a lot better, and I'd expected it to be the
other way round. That said I have had them from different
LFS and the male loved the 30C weather over summer.. the
lady didn't so much. Are the temperatures they appreciate
sex related? or perhaps related to what they were brought
up in? or some other factor?

It was all going so well until we had no heating... here I am
typing this wrapped in a quilt!

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