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05-12-2008, 02:46 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 39
|  Is this Normal? I have 4 fish in my tank currently, 3 platys (1 male and 2 female) and a Male Betta, My Betta puffs up at any of the platys that get near him or his skull (tank ornament) and chases them, Last night I thought it was Normal for him to be territoral but last night I was watching him and the Male platy didn't run from the Betta and the Betta lunged at him, So what should I do?? I am leaning towards that he will calm down a bit, He has tamed down greatly, Another thing I noticed when the Male platy was chasing the females the Betta jumped right after the Male Platy:O Last edited by Worthless; 05-12-2008 at 02:51 PM. |
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05-12-2008, 02:54 PM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 936
| That happened to my Juju too. All of a sudden he got very aggressive towards my swordtails. So I got him a female betta. Yes, burn me if you'd like. Most people would not recommend doing that.  But he was ok after that. He didn't even attack her as much as he did the swordtails. They lived happily together and even had eggs (without fry though.)Maybe you can get some more plants or something to provide more hiding spaces. Do you have a full tank shot? We'd like to see your tank. 
__________________ 20g 1 Betta - Finfin (m) 3 Swordtails - Starlet (f), Smrt (f), and Neo (m) 4 Peppered Cories - Hobbes (f), Wasabi (m), Mini1+2 (?) 2 Black Neon Tetras - bleh, they're just tetras6.6g 3 Sword Fry - born Apr. 29 to Starlet 1 Sword Fry 1 Unidentified Snail - Snail (?) 5g 1 Dwarf Puffer - Weebo (f) 2 Otos - Gabi (?) and Sonja (?) Mini Habitat Empty  |
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05-12-2008, 04:59 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 936
| Cool, I'd definitely get some more plants and maybe a background.
__________________ 20g 1 Betta - Finfin (m) 3 Swordtails - Starlet (f), Smrt (f), and Neo (m) 4 Peppered Cories - Hobbes (f), Wasabi (m), Mini1+2 (?) 2 Black Neon Tetras - bleh, they're just tetras6.6g 3 Sword Fry - born Apr. 29 to Starlet 1 Sword Fry 1 Unidentified Snail - Snail (?) 5g 1 Dwarf Puffer - Weebo (f) 2 Otos - Gabi (?) and Sonja (?) Mini Habitat Empty |
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05-12-2008, 05:40 PM
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| Large Fish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
Posts: 936
| I believe it's a 10g. It was posted on another thread.
__________________ 20g 1 Betta - Finfin (m) 3 Swordtails - Starlet (f), Smrt (f), and Neo (m) 4 Peppered Cories - Hobbes (f), Wasabi (m), Mini1+2 (?) 2 Black Neon Tetras - bleh, they're just tetras6.6g 3 Sword Fry - born Apr. 29 to Starlet 1 Sword Fry 1 Unidentified Snail - Snail (?) 5g 1 Dwarf Puffer - Weebo (f) 2 Otos - Gabi (?) and Sonja (?) Mini Habitat Empty |
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05-12-2008, 05:50 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Lousiana
Posts: 382
| Looks bigger than a 10G... Get more plants to break up the line of sight. He's being territorial sounds like. With more plants it gives the others places to retreat and hide. BTW, lovely looking betta.
__________________ 46G Bowfront- 1 Dwarf Gourami 1 Golden German Blue Ram 1 Bolivian Ram 3 neon tetra 3 White Skirt Tetra 1 Cherry barb 2 Pepper cories 5 otos 10G- Hospital/Quarintine tank 1 neon tetra- neon tetra disease  |
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05-12-2008, 06:16 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 54
| Yes. Divide up the area a bit with some taller plants/decor would help make the territorial division better, allow for more hiding areas, and define spaces.
__________________ Used to breed Angelfish, Bettas, Apple Snails, now culture corals and FW plants & enjoy the tanks below... 90g S.A. Cichlid Tankbuster types, 46g planted bowfront w/tropicals, 30g long planted w/tropical mix, 28g Bowfront SW Reef w/corals, 12g Nanocube FW Planted w/German Blue Rams, 10g Nano SW Reef w/corals, 5g Planted FW w/diamond tetras & misc shrimps   |
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05-12-2008, 08:39 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: central Michigan USA
Posts: 84
| Even a small clay pot upside down does wonders. i just put three in one of my tanks and it helped mellow everyone out. i agree with kissyboots on the background.
__________________ 10gal....5 corydoras aeneus 55gal....1 columbian shark,1 pseudotropheus acei,2 pundamilia nyererei "ruti island",1 lemon jake peacock,1 synodontis eupterus 110gal...3 yellow labs,2 pseudotropheus acei,1 Labeotropheus fuelleborni (OB mbuna), 2 peacock masoni, 1 frontosa burundi, 2 synodontis petricola 180gal.... empty for now. |
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