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Post by Cyberguppy on Sept 30, 2005 13:49:25 GMT 10
There is a lot of debate about how well bettas and guppies go together. The truth is, it is completley a matter of luck and the personality of each individual betta!. There are bettas who will live peacefully with delta and flagtail guppies and wont even take a second glance at the lovely 'wormlike' extensions on the tail of a double sword. While another male from the same brood will take the Hannibal lectar approch and leave you with a pile of guppy heads to clean out in the morning  |
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Post by Bumblebee on Sept 30, 2005 16:46:30 GMT 10
I have one living happily in a 10 gal, the other 2 I wouldnt trust with gups for a second. It definitley has a lot to do with personality.
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Post by tidus97 on Jun 28, 2006 21:55:11 GMT 10
hmmm. if you ask me bettas do have there own personalities. they are also very smart. i have an eye drop thing that i use to get live foods into the tank. when i open the hood my betta looks up and if he sees my hand he continues to swim because he knows im gana give flakes(which he wont eat, but if he sees the eye droper he will instanly com up for food! and the personalaty thing: i heard some bettas are not will ing to fight and will happly live with other male bettas that dont want to fight eather. while others go crazy at the sight of there selves in a mirror. some will eat flakes . others wont. etc
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Post by Bumblebee on Jun 29, 2006 9:57:07 GMT 10
There is an interesting article on www.bettysplendens.com where they did a lot of 'social' experements with betta, raising them from fry under different conditions from 'natural' dad-raised fry to fish that had been isolated from birth. They found the more isolated a fish was raised, the more agressive or even 'hyperagressive' it would become. This is much like the farm bred fish we get from lps that are jarred when small. The more social contact with other betta the young fish had, the more docile it would be when it grew up. I raise all my betta in a large 60 gal community when they are large enough not to get gobbled. only the breeding age males get isolated, but there is always one left in the large tank with the juveniles and females. They dont attack any fish, even the 20 odd gups are safe with all the adult and juvenile bettas in the tank. For a fish they are very intelligent. Some of mine know how to jump into my guppy fry tanks for a snack, then escape again through the cover of the tank  |
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