France the Betta

This is my 10.5 Gallon Tank with my betta we named France, with 2 harlequinn rasboras and 4 corydoras. I made the right side of the tank thick with plants both live and artificial ones hoping that France would occasionally sneak around in them and take shelter in there.
However all she does is swim up and down all the pressing her nose against the glass on all the other sides of the tank. At night she'll sleep(or rest?) on top or beside my internal filter.
Is there something I did wrong or something I can do? because she looks kinda stressed out sometimes.

 

Bettas should not be kept with other fish(unless it's divided tank with another Betta) in anything smaller than a 20g. She could be stressed from the other fish and this is why she's doing it. My Betta did the same thing when I added shrimp and when I removed them he stopped. Few questions
1. Is it cycled
2. What are the parameters
3. How long has this been going on
4. How long have you had all the fish
5. Do you have a liquid test kit
6. What's the temp
7. Any other odd behaviour by anyone
8. Do you have a heater
9. How often and how do you preform waterchanges
10. Do you add dechlorinator

 

Bettas should not be kept with other fish(unless it's divided tank with another Betta) in anything smaller than a 20g. She could be stressed from the other fish and this is why she's doing it. My Betta did the same thing when I added shrimp and when I removed them he stopped. Few questions
1. Is it cycled
2. What are the parameters
3. How long has this been going on
4. How long have you had all the fish
5. Do you have a liquid test kit
6. What's the temp
7. Any other odd behaviour by anyone
8. Do you have a heater
9. How often and how do you preform waterchanges
10. Do you add dechlorinator

The LFS in my area don't carry any ammonia testing kits or but ive had this tank since July. I do have a pH tester and its constantly at a 7 or sometimes slightly lower.
I had my cories since July, and got the rasboras and betta at the same time mid august but introduced the betta a week after the rasboras. The fishes don't bother each other at all.
I perform 50% water changes every week or 1.5 weeks.
Yes I do use dechlorinator.

 

I suggest buying a master test kir(API) as soon as you can. He may be stressed from the water quality(if it's bad). To have a community Betta tank it really needs to be heavily planted, which could be another stressor, not enough hiding places. The harlequins and cories don't belong in a 10g. They both need a minimum of a 20g. Is there anything going on outside the tank that could be loud or stressful?

 

I suggest buying a master test kir(API) as soon as you can. He may be stressed from the water quality(if it's bad). To have a community Betta tank it really needs to be heavily planted, which could be another stressor, not enough hiding places. The harlequins and cories don't belong in a 10g. They both need a minimum of a 20g. Is there anything going on outside the tank that could be loud or stressful?

alright I'll do that! I was planning to buy a piece of wood and more plants 2 weeks from now because I'm swamped with school exams now.
Theres not much activity in the room and I keep the shades to my window down all day to prevent too much light for my plants and fish. I think I'll get the master test kit and see what to do from there.
I think I'll be keeping the cories and rasboras though, have had them for quite awhile and they seem to be doing fine.

 

I highly suggest you rehome the rasboras and corys. They're schooling/shoaling fish that thrive in numbers of at least 6 of their own species. Keeping them in such small numbers will not make them happy and you don't have room to add more fish. You'd also see much more natural behavior from them if kept in a larger group. If you're unable to upgrade, it's best to rehome them so they can find homes with more of their own.

 

Ok, keep us updated, glad your getting more plants and some driftwood along with the master kit! Do be careful of the fake plants though, I've had fish get harmed from them and Bettas fins can tear easily on them.

 

update: So I got France a nice piece of driftwood and she hasnt been swimming up and down the side of the tank since! So all I needed was more hiding places for her HAHA