Hiding Betta

Gouramis and bettas hate each other. Not to mention an opaline in a 10g tank...

I'm afraid you'll need to remove the betta or the gourami. (Not sure about bettas with balloon mollies, though. If they have lots of finnage, the betta might go after them once he's settled in.) Do you have a tank you can use for the betta that has peaceful, short-finned fish in it?

I don't think the mollies would be much issue, bettas are pretty durn slow fish compared to a molly, and even long fin ones like lyretails still aren't flowing fins. Then again, my betta only attacks food like a maniac, and never bothers other fish. The killi's, a ram, and an occasional 'time out' platy(I do have 3 males after all ) have spent time with him with no issues. My dwarf gourami pretty much has his way as far as being a bit grumpy at times(although every other fish in the 26 can run circles around him), I wouldn't dare put him up there with the betta.

If you are only stuck with this oscar for a very short time, you could always sequester the betta in a breed-n-show inside the 10g tank. Although it would stink to be him for a few days after being in a 10g as the 'feature fish', he'll at least be safe. Personally, if its going to be more then a week for the 'oscar tank', I would re-home the durn thing in a LFS and be done with it.

:iagree: definitely need to separate the betta & gourami.

This is a great excuse for a new tank!

ya betas and grouramis are both from that air breathing fish family
and they both hate each others guts
if its gona be a short time before the oscar is gone like 1 week or so all you need to do is trap the gourami or betta under a decent sized fish net at the bottom of the tank
if its gonna be a while before the betta gets his 10 back than you have a problem
do you have any friends with fish tanks?

MYname said:

ya betas and grouramis are both from that air breathing fish family
all you need to do is trap the gourami or betta under a decent sized fish net at the bottom of the tank

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Okay - I have a problem with this contradictory statement. Yes, betta and gourami both are labyrinth fish. This means they breathe air. So ... why would you trap your fish under the water so it drowns??

Um, you trap them at the TOP: