We have two beta fish, 1 male, 1 female. My daughter knocked over the females tank, and I couldn't find her for a while, when I finally found her I threw her into the males tank and she beat the crap out of him. She was pulling at his fins, etc. Now she is fine, back in her tank, and he won't come out of hiding, or eat. Is there anything I can do for him?
2007-02-15 13:49:36 · 5 answers · asked by crct2004 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
time usually heals all wounds. if his fins are badly shredded you might want to use some aquarium salt or melafix or both and maybe even some antibiotics in with him to make sure he doesn't get infections that would make it worse. you can get aquarium salt and melafix at walmart.
2007-02-15 13:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with my betas.The female beta was fighting with male.
Warriors by nature
The Betta Splendens (splendid warrior), is, as his name indicates, a warrior. Basically, he is a fish with a bad attitude problem :))). The thing is bettas are only pissed off at other bettas, while quite gentle with other specie, which makes them good community tank prospects. They do get picked on a lot by other fish, so avoid putting a betta in a tank with fish that are aggressive, especially fin nippers such as tiger barbs, etc…
Flaring and displaying
When a male betta (and sometimes a female) sees another male, his first reaction is one of intimidation. The betta will immediately stretch out his fins as much as he can and open his gills as wide as he can, displaying his membrane, and suddenly looking twice a big as he really is :). This is called FLARING or DISPLAYING. He’s doing the macho thing, sorta like “I am bigger than you , watch out, He will repeatedly do this and if the other betta has the same bad attitude, they will soon start attacking each other. (so never put two bettas together!) Their color intensifies and they look just gorgeous. .
this site may help you
http://www.bettatalk.com/betta_behavior.htm
2007-02-15 23:22:06 · answer #2 · answered by ashley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u have to be careful cause ur male fish might die depending on the damage and turn off light around the fish cause maybe he doesnt like the light and just keep feeding him......i recommand the dry worms for the betta fish u can get them at like petco and stuff....its one of the betta fish favorite food
2007-02-17 16:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by Cat H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G said exactly what I would have recommended. Your fish just needs time to heal. Give it some meds and aquarium salt (not table salt!!) to help it heal. Good luck!
2007-02-15 22:02:10 · answer #4 · answered by Ooohlala 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just keep putting some food out for him. He'll either 1) die - and that's hard, and I'm sorry, or 2) eat.
2007-02-15 21:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋