this is my very first post here or anywhere!
hello everyone,
this past summer i got my three year old daughter a 10 gallon starter tank and put in two goldfish (one is fan tail). they did mostly fine but after a few months, and learning more about taking care of tanks i realized that they needed much more room (they are about three inches each).
two weeks ago, we got a beautiful new 20 gallon tank and they've adapted wonderfully.
i promised my daughter (lily, of course) that we could get another fish. today, i took her to a petsmart in manhattan, where we live, and she fell in love with a small male betta. i told her she couldn't put that in the tank, when i was corrected by the salesperson and then seconded by another. in fact, i could put the small beta (2 inches, now named ariel) with old dorothy and flounder.
my tank has always been a bit warmer because our apartment is warm, and i understood i'd have to feel different food, so we brought home the little guy and put it in the tank. so far he's pretty much hiding behind the filter and staying near the top of the tank, but certainly venturing out. as for the goldfish, a little bit of curiosity and a few half-hearted nips is all i've seen.
however, i went to the internet and read that i'd made a terrible mistake -- that someone is likely to kill someone. i really do not want that to happen -- for the fish and for my little girl who is jumping for joy. if that is the case then i feel like the fish store really steered me wrong.
so my question is: do i need to take this betta out of the tank? can a smaller male betta coexist with two goldfish?
thanks for any help!
hello everyone,
this past summer i got my three year old daughter a 10 gallon starter tank and put in two goldfish (one is fan tail). they did mostly fine but after a few months, and learning more about taking care of tanks i realized that they needed much more room (they are about three inches each).
two weeks ago, we got a beautiful new 20 gallon tank and they've adapted wonderfully.
i promised my daughter (lily, of course) that we could get another fish. today, i took her to a petsmart in manhattan, where we live, and she fell in love with a small male betta. i told her she couldn't put that in the tank, when i was corrected by the salesperson and then seconded by another. in fact, i could put the small beta (2 inches, now named ariel) with old dorothy and flounder.
my tank has always been a bit warmer because our apartment is warm, and i understood i'd have to feel different food, so we brought home the little guy and put it in the tank. so far he's pretty much hiding behind the filter and staying near the top of the tank, but certainly venturing out. as for the goldfish, a little bit of curiosity and a few half-hearted nips is all i've seen.
however, i went to the internet and read that i'd made a terrible mistake -- that someone is likely to kill someone. i really do not want that to happen -- for the fish and for my little girl who is jumping for joy. if that is the case then i feel like the fish store really steered me wrong.
so my question is: do i need to take this betta out of the tank? can a smaller male betta coexist with two goldfish?
thanks for any help!
