My female betta thinks that the entire 2.5 gallon tank is her territory, and so all the food in there is hers. I normally feed my ADF with tweezers, until he doesn't want anymore. He gets freeze dried bloodworms and sinking froggy balls. The betta discovered that I'm feeding the frog, and she's learned that tweezers=food. She'll steal food from the frog, and she nips at the frog if he's trying to eat. She ignores him the rest of the time. She doesn't seem to pick food off the gravel, but I don't know if the frog finds food on the bottom, and I don't want it to rot in the water. I've never seen him searching along the bottom for things.
I've found that if I feed her flakes instead of betta balls it takes her longer to find them, so I have more time to feed the frog while she eats. But she always either gets done first or decides that the frog's food looks better. She's not afraid of my hands. I can physically push her away from the tweezers, but she is stubborn and quick.
Is there any way to get her to leave the frog alone during feeding? Or does anyone know a quick way to seperate them for a few minutes while I feed the frog? I could net her, but that doesn't seem real nice. And I don't want a divider in the tank.
I've found that if I feed her flakes instead of betta balls it takes her longer to find them, so I have more time to feed the frog while she eats. But she always either gets done first or decides that the frog's food looks better. She's not afraid of my hands. I can physically push her away from the tweezers, but she is stubborn and quick.
Is there any way to get her to leave the frog alone during feeding? Or does anyone know a quick way to seperate them for a few minutes while I feed the frog? I could net her, but that doesn't seem real nice. And I don't want a divider in the tank.