Hi
I have an older male crowntail betta in a 6 gallon planted aquarium, and recently I have seen his activity levels decrease drastically. Even though that is expected of an older fish to be less active, I don't believe that's the cause, as whenever I am close to the tank he goes back to being his usual self of an energetic and playful fish, even after feeding time so that leads me to believe it is due to boredom. I flare him almost daily, although he now does not pay much attention to the mirror. I interact with him as much as possible, and I have taught him a few tricks, but he still looks really bored as he spends most of his time resting and sleeping. I now would like to add that he has two nerite snails in the tank but he doesn't even care to look at them, an he also has two amanos that he doesn't particularly mind, although he has attacked multiple cherry shrimp. So my question is, what tankmates would you recommend for an older betta (that doesn't acknowledge snails and amanos as living beings, but hates cherry shrimp) in a 6 gallon aquarium that has been running for a long time, has two filters on it (one is a working sponge filter and the other is an internal that I keep just for the beneficial bacteria) that is pretty well planted, and I will also be adding even more plants in the very near future?
I have an older male crowntail betta in a 6 gallon planted aquarium, and recently I have seen his activity levels decrease drastically. Even though that is expected of an older fish to be less active, I don't believe that's the cause, as whenever I am close to the tank he goes back to being his usual self of an energetic and playful fish, even after feeding time so that leads me to believe it is due to boredom. I flare him almost daily, although he now does not pay much attention to the mirror. I interact with him as much as possible, and I have taught him a few tricks, but he still looks really bored as he spends most of his time resting and sleeping. I now would like to add that he has two nerite snails in the tank but he doesn't even care to look at them, an he also has two amanos that he doesn't particularly mind, although he has attacked multiple cherry shrimp. So my question is, what tankmates would you recommend for an older betta (that doesn't acknowledge snails and amanos as living beings, but hates cherry shrimp) in a 6 gallon aquarium that has been running for a long time, has two filters on it (one is a working sponge filter and the other is an internal that I keep just for the beneficial bacteria) that is pretty well planted, and I will also be adding even more plants in the very near future?
(not really sure that they'd interest your Betta, though)
