Betta with tetra (that rhymes)

kbjunior8 · 11-03-2007, 08:21 PM

i may sound like a noob lol but i have a betta who is always at the top on my 10 gallon and my tetras are at the bottom how do i feed them they never come up to eat. The food i have is tetra min for tropical fish but i make them a little smaller but not small enough for their mouths. Maybe they can eat parts of it? Any suggestions on how to feed them

kbjunior8 · 11-04-2007, 07:19 AM

any answers???

ikermalli · 11-04-2007, 09:15 AM

my tetras used to wait for the food to sink and eat the food off the bottom

shade2dope · 11-04-2007, 11:35 AM

I am not sure but maybe some small sinking pellets

ikermalli · 11-04-2007, 04:25 PM

Here is the care section of a tetra forum: http://www.tetra-fish.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2

**Scuba Kid** · 11-04-2007, 04:59 PM

Crush the flakes in the water....it will sink for the tetras.

ikermalli · 11-04-2007, 07:48 PM

kb told me when the food sinks they are too scared to go for it.

kbjunior8 · 11-05-2007, 05:40 AM

or sometimes they just dont notice it.

kbjunior8 · 11-05-2007, 03:19 PM

well none of that matters now cause one of my tetras went up my filter and died:'( im soo sad another one got its tail eaten by my betta i thought it would regrow but he died. My last one is temporarily in a 1 g planning to give him away but tetras are schooling fish so will he be depressed because he is the only one left

ikermalli · 11-05-2007, 03:51 PM

that really sucks

maybe your betta is too agressive, you might want to try an african dwarf frog or white clouds (about 6 of them) or even a cory cat

kbjunior8 · 11-05-2007, 04:05 PM

maybe an african dwarf frog otherwise its me my betta and i

ikermalli · 11-05-2007, 04:22 PM

why not cory catfish? Oh yeah and btw you might want to put your tetra with other tetras soon cuz I hear they can die from derpression

oliesminis · 11-05-2007, 04:28 PM

they can also disappear for over a week like mine did but he turned up

but seriously i would get him with others ad for compatible tank mates i have danios and bronze corydoras with my betta and they are fairly relaxed around each other as long as they dont go in his ship lol i also have a dwarf gourami with him but i wouldnt get one of them, to give you a clue my dwarf gouramis name is killer lol hope you find what you want

kbjunior8 · 11-05-2007, 05:22 PM

im giving it away it looks so sad right now

ikermalli · 11-05-2007, 05:25 PM

who r u giving it to? You can just return him...

kbjunior8 · 11-05-2007, 05:29 PM

mehdiya but im gonna get more and a bigger tank or i might return them not sureyet

ikermalli · 11-05-2007, 05:31 PM

will mehdiya b able to take care of them? Are you going to give her all the supplies? And is it going to be at mumtaz's(stolen) house?

Dr_House · 11-05-2007, 09:02 PM

I'm sorry to hear about your losses, kbjunior8. I would test your water, just to make sure everything checks out. If water parameters are good, you may want to try some pencilfish, harlequin rasboras or lemon tetras. These fish I've noticed tend to keep to themselves and shouldn't bother the betta.

kbjunior8 · 11-06-2007, 05:32 AM

no i know they didnt die cause of the water its because my betta ate oneof its tail and the other got stuck in my filter...

ikermalli · 11-06-2007, 01:54 PM

but your tank isnt cycled yet... Also Dr_house i have seen his betta and he is very aggressive like mine and will chase other fish, so I don't think he should put anything but an ADF in there but I don't think he can damage the cory cat because they have hard outer shells

11-03-2007, 08:21 PM	#1
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	Betta with tetra (that rhymes) i may sound like a noob lol but i have a betta who is always at the top on my 10 gallon and my tetras are at the bottom how do i feed them they never come up to eat. The food i have is tetra min for tropical fish but i make them a little smaller but not small enough for their mouths. Maybe they can eat parts of it? Any suggestions on how to feed them __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-04-2007, 07:19 AM	#2
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	any answers??? __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-04-2007, 09:15 AM	#3
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	my tetras used to wait for the food to sink and eat the food off the bottom __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-04-2007, 11:35 AM	#4
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371	I am not sure but maybe some small sinking pellets __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

11-04-2007, 04:25 PM	#5
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	Here is the care section of a tetra forum: http://www.tetra-fish.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=2 __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

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11-04-2007, 04:59 PM	#6
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,224	Crush the flakes in the water....it will sink for the tetras. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

11-04-2007, 07:48 PM	#7
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	kb told me when the food sinks they are too scared to go for it. __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-05-2007, 05:40 AM	#8
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	or sometimes they just dont notice it. __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-05-2007, 03:19 PM	#9
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	well none of that matters now cause one of my tetras went up my filter and died:'( im soo sad another one got its tail eaten by my betta i thought it would regrow but he died. My last one is temporarily in a 1 g planning to give him away but tetras are schooling fish so will he be depressed because he is the only one left __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-05-2007, 03:51 PM	#10
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	that really sucks maybe your betta is too agressive, you might want to try an african dwarf frog or white clouds (about 6 of them) or even a cory cat __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-05-2007, 04:05 PM	#11
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	maybe an african dwarf frog otherwise its me my betta and i __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-05-2007, 04:22 PM	#12
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	why not cory catfish? Oh yeah and btw you might want to put your tetra with other tetras soon cuz I hear they can die from derpression __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-05-2007, 04:28 PM	#13
oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 15 Posts: 497	they can also disappear for over a week like mine did but he turned up but seriously i would get him with others ad for compatible tank mates i have danios and bronze corydoras with my betta and they are fairly relaxed around each other as long as they dont go in his ship lol i also have a dwarf gourami with him but i wouldnt get one of them, to give you a clue my dwarf gouramis name is killer lol hope you find what you want __________________ OllieCoxPhotography

11-05-2007, 05:22 PM	#14
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	im giving it away it looks so sad right now __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-05-2007, 05:25 PM	#15
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	who r u giving it to? You can just return him... __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-05-2007, 05:29 PM	#16
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	mehdiya but im gonna get more and a bigger tank or i might return them not sureyet __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-05-2007, 05:31 PM	#17
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	will mehdiya b able to take care of them? Are you going to give her all the supplies? And is it going to be at mumtaz's(stolen) house? __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

11-05-2007, 09:02 PM	#18
Dr_House Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 346	I'm sorry to hear about your losses, kbjunior8. I would test your water, just to make sure everything checks out. If water parameters are good, you may want to try some pencilfish, harlequin rasboras or lemon tetras. These fish I've noticed tend to keep to themselves and shouldn't bother the betta.

11-06-2007, 05:32 AM	#19
kbjunior8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 172	no i know they didnt die cause of the water its because my betta ate oneof its tail and the other got stuck in my filter... __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 1 male vieltail betta (red) name: Zuljana

11-06-2007, 01:54 PM	#20
ikermalli Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 708	but your tank isnt cycled yet... Also Dr_house i have seen his betta and he is very aggressive like mine and will chase other fish, so I don't think he should put anything but an ADF in there but I don't think he can damage the cory cat because they have hard outer shells __________________ Take a look at my site http://aquariumexpertise.freeforums.org/

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