Dieing Female Betta - Need Advice

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mr.bigglesworth

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By SF, Farther Inland, NorCal
Hi so 1 of my female bettas decided to go psycho after being together for almost 2 years. She has murdered 2 of her siblings and 1 is now barely hanging in their. I was thinking id move the injured female to another setup but I need help deciding which tank she would do best in.

Option#1: a 20g high tank very, very heavily planted cant see anything inside the tank no algae on the glass, cuz too many plants. Has tetras, cory cats, peacock gudgeons, a bumblebee catfish, etc BUT it has a big male betta veiltail

Injured female betta is 5x smaller than the male betta but would have so many places to hide he'd never find her. This would be best option just asking if its ok you think if i go fetch her right now and put her in here

Option#2: another 20g high with a breeding pair of convicts she would probably be killed in this tank but just putting it out there. Tank does have some plants mostly just floating watersprite. A crap ton of it, whole surface is covered in it. Roots go all the way down to the substrate from the top of the tank and are anchored in it. The watersprite looks vibrant green and has some red and appears to be thriving and is actually growing out of the tank and over the back side of the tank, emersed, trailing down the back of the tank like a rope still attached to the big mother watersprite which is over a full foot in diameter, a full circle. No brown on these babies. Both tanks have pothos.
Whattaya think? Option #1? :thumbup::thumbdown: ?
 
Only time I've seen aggression between male and female Bettas is when the male is trying to mate so honestly the heavily planted tank would probably be your best bet since like you said she has plenty of places to hide and the convicts will probably kill her


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move aggressive female and be ready to partition her off from male, even with heavy plants.
 
Do you have a fry box? A mesh net type that hangs off the edge of the tank would work in this situation.
 
Thanks guys unfortunately i cannot move the agressive female, she is a centerpiece fish and looks better than most of the show male bettas out there. So im going to see if the injured 1 is still alive when i get home and if so move her to option 1.
 
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