My betta, who I've had for almost four months, is in a little 5 gallon by himself... I noticed today that his head is noticably lighter than it was yesterday... he didn't seem as happy either... he has a bubble nest, but he didn't greet me this morning and he followed my finger reluctantly and hesitated before eating his food. Is something wrong?
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hmmm... i dunno... Well it turned out the little guy had fungus. He got it twice. I think he finally kicked it. Now he's has a veeery mild case of hexamita and is healing well. Yup, I had my betta with a platy in a 5 gallon for two months. They were fine for a while, but the betta randomly started chasing the platy and nipped it a bit. After one nip, I treated the tank with Melafix, and had to take out the filter cartridge. That caused bad water quality and the platy got dropsy and died. I haven't tried another tank mate since. I was thinking about an otto until I had to clean the tank out and boil all the rocks and stuff... all the algae went away. I was thinking about some tetras maybe, but I will wait a looooong time to be sure my betta is well.
you would also need to make fairly certain the betta wouldn't harm the other fish. My blue gourami and male betta didn't like each other 
and in my wife's tank, at first anyhow, her poor betta was being picked on by the cherry barbs....but that at least ended and all is going well. The blue gourami in her tank has decided its "his" tank and makes sure everyone knows it...but it at least doesn't harm the others....just something to consider
and in my wife's tank, at first anyhow, her poor betta was being picked on by the cherry barbs....but that at least ended and all is going well. The blue gourami in her tank has decided its "his" tank and makes sure everyone knows it...but it at least doesn't harm the others....just something to consider