About Jack Expertise I can answer questions on Livebearers, Labyrinth fish( bettas gouramis e.t.c ), Cories, tank set up, fish compatibility, Characins, cherry barbs and plants :) I cannot answer questions on Cichlids (execept rams) or brackish setups or Goldfish or Bettas! Thanks
Experience I have four tanks currently set up. One five gallon with a male paradise fish in. A 10 gallon with three albino cory cats and two rejected neons that weren't excepted in my old shoal but out lived them!. A 20 gallon with 8 leopard danios and one male paradise fish. And finally my pride and joy, a 25 gallon planted, with 6 glowlights, 7 harlequins, 6 cories ( 3 peppered, 3 panda cories ), 14 neons 2 guppies, 1 oto and 1 SAE!.
Education/Credentials I rely on my common knowledge and experiences to help answer your questions :)
Question I would like to know if its ok to put a beta in a bowl with an plain ivy? i ask this because I didn't know wether the roots of the ivy should be cut or not so that the beta doesn't get caught in them. The bowl is fairly big I am just concerned about the beta's safety.
Answer Hey Ashli
It depends on what kind of Ivy you are thinking of. The poisonous
one will be leaking toxins into the water all day! But there are other types of Ivy that will not hurt them like
the really long ones that you can find along the river bank or by a pond or lake but I would wash it first leave it to dry then put in the water.
I have not kept ivy with Bettas before, I just researched your question. If the Betta starts to change take the ivy out.
