Betta Fish Eating Tetras
If your betta or tetras have recently been added to a tank then this chasing may pass once a betta has established his territory.
Betta fish eating tetras. Back to the topic tetras need to be kept with a school of atleast 6 of their own species so unless you can keep around 12 18 tetra you may need to trade 2 or 3 of the fish in that doesn t mean you have to trade tham in because they are only best off with their own breed so you can keep other breeds of tetra together but make sure you have atleast 6 in a tank. Yes tetras and betta are both not picky and don t require any special diet meaning tetras consume betta food graciously. If your water temperature is beginning to dip too low that could be what s causing your betta fish to avoid eating they may also start laying at the bottom of the tank.
However it s important to remember that bettas are often fish that need to be on their own. Betta eating dead tetra mrbettamax. I have the betta of course 2 neon tetras and a white cloud.
Betta pellets are small nutritionally balanced floating pellets that. Tips for keeping tetras with bettas. However i recommend looking at what fish keepers refer to when they speak of betta food separately.
Betta fish living in harmony with my neon tetra duration. White half moon betta eating live black worms duration. You just have to make sure that the tetras you buy are compatible with a betta fish in terms of temperament and territory needs and you have to give all of your fish ample space and food.
Even though betta fish have a reasonable range of water temperatures they can function in they can t deal with everything. What do i do. If your betta is chasing your tetras or starts attacking them then you ll need to remove him or the tetras.
I noticed hitler i named the betta this as he is mean and eats the cute little fish had been chasing the other fish and all the guppies stay away from him. My dad has a shoal of neon tetra s a betta siamese fighting fish and some guppies but recently i have noticed that the betta has had neon tetra tails in its mouth and paul kevin bob and helga neon tetra s have gone.