Poor betas!!

evelyn80

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well 2 of my lovely betas bothj nearly met death 2day:eek: my CT male beta mr.stringey fish(my fave fish and i love him 2 bits) was attacked in hsi 10 gallon by i dont know whom. 1 sword tail and a blue ram in the 10 g were his tank mates. i went feed him and his beautiful tail was gone.... just plain and simple gone! i instantly just freaked and got him out and in a hospital tank though its unheated.. next my female beta decided to take a leap 2day and landed, my some act of god on the wet net i used to get my male out of the tank and lived. she was out of water for about 4 hours. she is recovering now i threw her in the tank instantly and she just floated on her side for abit but shes swimming properly again and looks to be alright. Both i expect will fully heal and be healthy again. My male though will probly take time. ive decided also to get him his own 2.5 tank and heater and filter with some live plants. wow what a day and man did they get lucky! poor mr.s tringey fish why oh why did he go in that death trap :cry:
 
Hello evelyn,

Keeping his water pristine clean should be enough to heal the fins.

Is it possible to add a heater to the tank?

I am unfamilair with the two other fish you keep, if the crowntail is stressed it is possible he may have chomped on his fins himself.

WFF
 
Your in canada,winter,so i would recommend a heater because betta are tropical fish not coldwater as goldfish.Always and especially when it comes to fish recovering.
 
My guppies did the same thing to one of my crowntail bettas. I think they thought the strings on his fins looked like little worms or something good to eat.
 
im going to the lfs 2day to buy him his own 2.5gal with a heater. the female beta has completely recovered shes been back to her regular activeity all day and looks fine. the ct beta though hassome what mentally recovered hes is going all over his 1.5 hex and swimming without a problem. im not sur eif it was the sword tail though he lived in my 35 for weeks with another male swordtail with out a problem...
 
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