Fight Club

The experts all say that if you put two male beta's in the same tank they'll fight to the death. I've never actually seen it happen so I honestly don't know if it's true, but I believe them. Two of our tanks are divided in half by a plastic wall that separates the two fish, they flare up and spook each other out but they can't hurt each other. That is until one of them learned to jump. The other night I was doing dishes and my wife shouted, I looked over and two of our Beta's - Blue Steel and Yao were in the same side of the tank and trouble was brewing. I quickly grabbed the tank and brought it over to the sink where I attempted to fish either of them out. In my haste I caught Yao in a spoon but he fell off into the sink. So he was saved from Blue Steel but not from me. We put him in a tank by himself and for a few days he just kind of floated there. We honestly thought his time had come. But, one day he was swimming around and now I'm happy to report he is healthy and back in good shape. For now though, he's still enjoying a tank to himself.