Hi all,
I live in a house share and we have a house fishtank. We have a molly, couple of guppies and a female betta.
Yesterday, to welcome a new housemate, we went and bought some new fish. We bought a corydoras and a second female betta. I asked the shop assistant a few times whether the two female betta would be okay together and she confirmed that female betta are not aggressive towards each other.
This, combined with the fact that there were several female betta in the tank living quite happily together in the shop, we went ahead and purchased the second betta.
Big mistake. The resident betta went crazy. She started flaring her gills and her colours went very dark. After floating the bag, we decided to try putting the new one in to see if it was just a matter of the resident putting the newcomer in her place and then things would settle.
I took the newcomer out about 20 minutes later because there was just too much stress on all involved. The resident betta was getting so angry that she was going for pretty much everyone.
I went back to the shop and of course they can't take her back so now I have a female betta in a bag and the one in the tank has calmed down considerably. I have no idea what to do though.
I'd appreciate any advice or help offered. If anyone could give the betta a good home, that would be great. I'm located in Camden.
Attached, is a photo of the new betta during the 20 miserable minutes she spent in the tank.
Please don't attack me for buying the second betta. I realise now that it was a bad idea.
I live in a house share and we have a house fishtank. We have a molly, couple of guppies and a female betta.
Yesterday, to welcome a new housemate, we went and bought some new fish. We bought a corydoras and a second female betta. I asked the shop assistant a few times whether the two female betta would be okay together and she confirmed that female betta are not aggressive towards each other.
This, combined with the fact that there were several female betta in the tank living quite happily together in the shop, we went ahead and purchased the second betta.
Big mistake. The resident betta went crazy. She started flaring her gills and her colours went very dark. After floating the bag, we decided to try putting the new one in to see if it was just a matter of the resident putting the newcomer in her place and then things would settle.
I took the newcomer out about 20 minutes later because there was just too much stress on all involved. The resident betta was getting so angry that she was going for pretty much everyone.
I went back to the shop and of course they can't take her back so now I have a female betta in a bag and the one in the tank has calmed down considerably. I have no idea what to do though.
I'd appreciate any advice or help offered. If anyone could give the betta a good home, that would be great. I'm located in Camden.
Attached, is a photo of the new betta during the 20 miserable minutes she spent in the tank.
Please don't attack me for buying the second betta. I realise now that it was a bad idea.