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RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 5:45 PM
Just saved a male betta today could I add a few females to the 10g tank with him.
DoN_WoN
05-19-2009, 5:48 PM
hm..good question but IMO i wouldn't
RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 5:57 PM
Yeh I was thinking that maybe get a pair but I do not know how betta's work. Just felt terrible for this guy. Figured could get him 2 females and see what happened but did not want anyone to get attacked.
E's_Crab_Shack
05-19-2009, 5:57 PM
I think 10g would be too small. Mine get along OK in my 30
VivaLaVics
05-19-2009, 6:01 PM
I would keep him in the 10 by himself. He will LOVE life just having that much space. :D I want pics of the rescue! ;)
DoN_WoN
05-19-2009, 6:03 PM
I would keep him in the 10 by himself. He will LOVE life just having that much space. :D I want pics of the rescue! ;)
pics are a must ASAP!!
RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 6:07 PM
Sorry I had them in another thread but here you go
DoN_WoN
05-19-2009, 6:09 PM
Sorry I had them in another thread but here you go
woahh that is crazy nice betta, what other thread did have em in?
RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 6:17 PM
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194786
RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 6:19 PM
Ima do some reading up on betta breeding. Might see if I can find a blue or white female to cross these red and greens with. Would not house thw two together all the time. Just for breeding purposes.
FastFly67
05-19-2009, 6:19 PM
Nope. Not until they're ready to mate and after that, you'd have to pull her out.
RajunCajun06
05-19-2009, 6:28 PM
yeh thats what everything I have been reading is saying. Well maybe when I bring him back to College I'll get him a sorority girl.
xoparis
05-19-2009, 9:07 PM
Please, please dont put females in with males. Its basically asking the fish gods to give you a few dead female bettas.
VivaLaVics
05-19-2009, 10:15 PM
Oh My Goodness that is one WONDERFUL BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Great save!
Wait until he makes his little bubble patch and then throw a female in there... but I'd do it in a larger tank... this way she can run away. I'd put a couple in there so the aggression isnt taken out on just one... if the female isnt ready to mate but he is he'll harasser her until shes a goner... that's what you have to watch for.
WONDERFUL FISH!
RajunCajun06
05-20-2009, 3:12 PM
I read somthing that said to use a tank divider and watch the behavior if she looks receptive then you take the divider out. Im not planing on keeping the females in there all the time after what I have read.
DarrylR
05-20-2009, 3:16 PM
Gonna need a lot of containers to house every male, though the female fry can live in the same tank.