Learned a lesson after years of betta keeping and wanted to share.
I’ve had a 20 gallon long established for about five years. Perfect parameters, tons of plans and places to hide. I had a school of neon tetras in there with a friend’s betta that she could no longer take care of. They lived in harmony in the tank for a while until the betta passed of old age. That betta was incredibly happy.
I was left with four neon tetras from the original batch. Got some new ones to increase the size of the school, waited for a month for things in the school to settle, then bought a beautiful betta with long fins thinking he would love a highly established, heavily planted 20 gallon long with some tetras schooling in there. Especially since these tetras lived with a betta before and were fine. Nope!
Turns out Walter is extra angry. He attacked the neons, they attacked back, he was left with a couple bites in his fins (nothing major and already healing, but they wouldn’t stop). Had to bring the poor neons to a LFS after years of having them. I feel so bad, but this fish just decided to be extra angry, I guess.
Lesson learned/TLDR: not all bettas are built the same. Some are angrier than others and are not okay with tankmates even in perfect circumstances.
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Posted by ConsistentProfile995
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Thought ghost shrimp would either be nice tank mates or a good snack…week later the damn shrimp corned the fish in his house and started eating the poor thing…shrimp ended up dying from I think a mite infestation…
Mine made my amano shrimps turn into ghost shrimps overnight and goes to town on my baby ramshorns but doesn’t mind the ember tetras and mystery snail.