so I recently made a post on what kind of fish to have in a 10 gal with a Betta and a snail and was in the process of cycling said tank. Unfortunately, my boyfriend’s grandma’s Betta fish was in need of something better than a bowl, literally so close to dying that I needed to get him into my Betta fish’s 2gal tank and get my Betta fish into the 10 gal. I did this and now thankfully, grandma’s fish seems to be getting better and will hopefully be able to pull through! Unfortunately, after adding Clifford (my Betta) into the 10gal, I selfishly decided to add four neon tetras and a snail before allowing the tank to finish cycling. The fish and snail all seem to be doing amazingly well and Clifford never flared at anyone. Be did peck at the snail a couple times but has left him alone ever since (it’s been two days). As for the neons, they look a lot better than they did when I first added them, a lot brighter and a lot calmer as well. Clifford likes to chase them every once in a while but it’s nothing violent, only curiosity is shown. However, if I try to feed the neons, Clifford will guard their food and not let them near it. This is after I have already fed him. He doesn’t eat their food, just didn’t let them near it. I tried to keep him netted while still in the tank but the neons won’t go near it. Does anyone know why this might be happening and/or how to fix it? I have noticed that he doesn’t do it as much with flakes than with the one algae wafer I put in. The neons were actually able to eat the flakes.
