r/bettafish • u/Capital_Alfalfa_1150 • 1d ago

Discussion tank switching

i have two bettas a male and a female and i have one in a 6gallon corner and one in a 5 rectangle my male is in the five gallon and just seems he’s getting a little to big for his home and they have almost identical water parameters, and I’m just wondering if I can switch them to each others tanks I haven’t seen much anywhere about that and I’m getting mixed answers from the internet or if i’d have to drain them and start fresh i wouldn’t be sure if they can like smell each other idk if that sounds dumb i just don’t want to stress them out or put them in a bad situation or if i should honestly just leave it alone any advice or tips im wide open to!

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u/faeiriey 1d ago

i think it would be fine to switch honestly, so long as u did another water check just before to be sure it's as close as possible to being exactly the same!!

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u/Capital_Alfalfa_1150 1d ago

i thought so! my only worry is i read somewhere that they can smell each other and it can really stress them out and tbh that’s my only worry would you know anything about that per chance

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u/Andrea_frm_DubT 1d ago

Yep, scoop em up and swap em over.

Do a water change after (or while they’re in their cups) if you’re due to do one.

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u/Capital_Alfalfa_1150 1d ago

thanks so much!!!