Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee

Posted by he is in the tank! on 9/28/07

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Thanks for your message. You seem to be an expert on bettas.
Have you had them for long?

I believe I got my betta safely in the tank. I still have some
mosquitofish too. He tried to eat some of the tiny mosquitofish
babies (might have succeeded too), but that didn't really worry
me. Now, after a week in the tank, I have noticed that the betta
eats some of the food I put there (flakes and pellets), but
spits them always out. What is that about? Otherwise he seems to
swim normally, rests under plants and comes up to the surface
when I start feeding them.

Thanks.


On 9/24/07, Aimee wrote:
> I had a betta in a 10 gallon tank, solo. It was great for
him. Give him plenty of
> tall, soft plants to "rest" on. While doing the transfer, I
would place his cup (if
> he's still in it) into the tank for a while, then let some
water from the tank into
> the cup and slowly (really slowly) submerge the cup fully.
The bag method
> (baggie) is also good, but any transfer is stressful. He may
be affected, or
> maybe not. You'll notice him swimming erratically (as if
itching), for several
> days if he has stressed enough to break down his slime coat
and become
> exposed to invisible parasites in the water.
> It's tricky. The slower the better.
> Hope that helps (or that you already made a successful transfer).
> aimee
>
>
> On 9/20/07, don't know anything about fish wrote:
>> Ok, the tank isn't that big, a 10 gallon aquarium. I got
>> from a friend some mosquitofish, but they look very boring
>> in my classroom aquarium. So, today I went and bought a
>> betta. How do I transfer the betta in the tank with as
>> little stress as possible?
>>
>> What else should I think of?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Betta into a big water tank, 9/20/07, by don't know anything about fish.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank, 9/24/07, by Aimee.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee, 9/28/07, by he is in the tank!.
• Re: Betta into a big water tank - to aimee, 10/01/07, by Aimee.