Betta Fish Help!?

Question

Yesterday I bought a male clown (clowntail something like that)betta fish and my friend told me that it was ok to mix with my 1 kissing fish, but to let it float in the bowl for a little bit to get use to the other fish. So I did, and the betta fish didn't bother the kissing fish all day/night. When I came home 2day the betta was chasing the kissing fish and bitting it. So I took it out, and my mom brought me home another betta (female) its pretty little. I 1st put it with the male betta in the little bowl to make sure they would get along and I let it float in my tank. They got a long great. I then put the 2 bettas in with my kissing fish and the male betta tried to eat the female. He was chasing her with his mouth open, like he was going 2 eat her, and never bothered the kissing fish. So I had 2 take him out and put him back into the bowl alone. This doesn't make sense to me. If you know what I should do or have any suggestions plz let me know.
~!~Amanda~!~

Answer 1

You have gotten some good info and some not so good info so far.

Bettas like your new crowntail betta, are generally quite peaceful fish that don't really bother other fish in the tank except other bettas. It's really unusual for one to pick on a fish like a kissing gourami. The reason he was chasing the female betta was not to be mean, but to try to chase her away long enough to prepare his territory and his bubble nest to mate. For these reasons male bettas are best kept alone. Don't put the male back in your tank, it will just turn ugly no matter what you do.

He can live ok in a fair sized bowl all to himself as long as you are careful not to over feed him and clean the bowl every 2-3 days. Only give him as much food as he can eat up in 3-4 minutes and get any extra out right after that. That will really help keep his water clean. If you need any more info about your bettas feel free to email me.

The female betta and the kissing gourami should be ok together in your tank.

Hope that helps

MM

Answer 2

Sounds like my Betta when I first got him. Male bettas are very jealous of each other. Even when I separated my two bettas, they could still see each other through the bowls. I had to put them at separate ends of the room since they would slam up against the walls to attack each other. You were very lucky when you caught your male chasing your other fish. The male could've killed both of them. The other name for bettas are "Fighting Fish". The site that I have posted tells you how to house your betta fish.


Hope everything works out well!

Answer 3

you dont would desire to purchase yet another tank only bypass to walmart or petsmart and purchase a gold fish bowl and she or he may well be chuffed that way she will consume and don't issue approximately gettin attacked! If a woman that wasn’t ripe, or waiting for spawning, might have entered a adult males tank, it’s achieveable that she might’ve been attacked, as non-ripe women at the instant are not tolerated in the location of the nest. via not fleeing, a woman exhibits her readiness to spawn. sure, some cases while you at the instant are not careful whilst attempting too breed bettas, the male will attack the female and he can injure the female, the girls are lots smaller than the adult males. A Male and a woman: in the wild, women shop far flung from adult males, different than throughout mating. whilst cohabiting in tanks, adult males would kill women, and are often stored aside till (a) they are juvenile siblings, (b) they are breeding, (c) there's a partition, or (d) the tank is sufficiently large for the female to flee attack. oftentimes, earlier breeding, breeders use one in all those field to permit woman show devoid of risking injury via the male. 2 or extra women: Bettas at the instant are not education fish, yet in a extensive tank with many hiding areas, woman bettas can cohabit. whilst 2 women proportion a tank, one usually bullies the different, notwithstanding, 4 or extra women will set up a hierarchy permitting non violent co-existence, although, women residing in community could be monitored for aggressive women.

Answer 4

seperate them all
Male bettas love to be alone, and thats exactly what you need to do, the male can and will attack the female, its another betta so it can kill her.

Im not sure what a kissing fish is, but the betta obviously doesnt like it, just seperate them all and let them live alone, thats how they will be the most happy.

Answer 5

I would suggest keeping your male betta by itself. For some reason, I believe that male bettas do not go along with other fish/aquatic pets, since I tried my male with my african dwarf frog and he just kept picking on the poor little frog. So I took the male out and put my female in with the frog and things work out fine. I think females bettas are better with other tank mates while I personaly believe that males should be kept with themselves...(not even with snails...after I saw my male ate one of my snails...)

Answer 6

Taht is not a good idea the betta can kill the kissing fish so you should take it out emmeditely e-mail me at [e-mail] if u need more help ok

Answer 7

A beta, is Chinese Fighting fish, they are EXTREMELY aggressive (thats why you see 1 per bowl) and not close enough to 'see each other' you cannot absoutley CANNOT put anything with the beta cause he/she will kill whatever is with the beta....hth