I recently (couple weeks ago) bought a gorgeous blue betta female, who is so pretty I decided I might give a shot to breeding her. I have two male CTs, so I picked my favorite as the one to try to breed her two. I have him in a 10gal tank, so I bought a clear plastic divider and portioned off part of the tank for Isis (the female), and put part of a styrafoam cup on his side for him to build his nest in. I added her a day and a half ago, and all seemed okay except that they didn't seem to pay much attention to each other. Then this morning, I woke up and went to check on them, to see that Isis had managed to get over the divider onto the male's side, and after searching for him, I found him cowering, the absolute SNOT beaten out of him. He looks absolutely horrid! His fins are shredded and barely there, and I honestly didn't think he would survive. I immediately pulled Isis out and put her back into her tank, and added melafix to his tank, expecting to come back after work and have to flush him. The good news is, I think he's going to survive. I checked on him just now, and he's cruising around his tank again, begging for food, and eating eagerly when I gave him some. So I think he'll make it. But, I'm wondering how well I can expect his fins to heal? They weren't damaged into the flesh, just shredded very short. His pectoral fins (ventrails?) seem to have taken the worst beating - I can't see anything left of them. What do you think? Is he going to be ugly for life? And why on earth would she have beaten him so badly? I would have expected her to be the one in jeopardy.
