Today was the day my betta got a friend... or six! I went out and bought six albino cory catfish to be in the tank with my Betta. I was going to put Jaws in with them, and he was fine with them, he just seemed curious, but I'm starting to think he could be getting sick, so I had to remove him to the 5.5 gallon to see if he recovers or if I have to do anything else. So to free up the 5.5 gallon I had to remove my betta Moo from the tank, and he was placed in the "Dip 'N Pour" I bought for transfering fish. and he was in the tank with the catfish, but he could not reach them. After a while some of the catfish came up to him and he didn't flare his gils or react at all.

So after about 30minutes in the Dip 'N Pour I tipped it and he swam out to take a look around. This was the first time Moo has been in the 20 gallon tank and the first time with the catfish. It was pretty interesting because he will swim right up to one and look at it but as soon as it turns around to look at him he swims as fast as he can the other direction.

Anyways, a couple hours later all seems to be going well, nobody has nipped fins and nobody has flared their gils!

I'll see if I can add some pictures later.

Mixed emotions

I have yet to actually start putting fish together and for sure decide upon which fish are going into the tank with my betta, but I'm already stressed out about the entire thing. I just really don't want anything to go wrong! I'm sure something will, something has to, but it's waiting to find out what that is that is stressful to me. On the other hand i'm really excited about it. I'm just proud of myself for trying. If all else fails I will get a goldfish to live all alone in my tank. At least it will be used.