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agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	Two weeks ago i separated my male betta from my community tank, because he started being aggressive. Now i think that one of my gold gouramis has been attacked/is sick, and i want to have him live alone for a while. Can i take my betta out of his bowl and put him back in my community tank and house the gourami in his bowl for a couple of days? Did my male betta loose all of his "territorial claims"?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
~ Sin ~ Mega Fish Posts: 1252 Votes: 28 Registered: 24-Mar-2003	I'd be less concerned about lost terratory & more concerned about confining a gourami in a betta bowl How big's the bowl? If it's too small it'll just stress him out, making whatever ailment he has even worse
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
agent_alice Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Jul-2004	well, i just tried. so that i wouldnt stress out the sick gourami too much, i put the betta into the large tank first and observed for 20 min. Well he was chasing everyone around and being aggressive, i've never kept him with other fish before, because i haven't had more than a betta in almost a year. my old one was peacefull toward my mollies. So i put him back in his bowl and hope that the other fish leave the injured one alone (and i think they do, they come close to it and just stare)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	That's probably best for the gourami. Some male bettas just aren't suited for community living. None of mine can ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:49


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