I was just wondering if anyone had experimented with multiple bettas if in a LARGE tank or a small pond. I was wondering how big of a tank you would need in order to keep more than one. I just think it would be interesting to have multiple bettas in a tank.
More than 1 betta
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250 gallon pond heavily heavily planted they were cool then they found each other one day and had a huge fight. then i had 2 that i kept separated in a two gallon these were fighters from thailand. i separated them and they hung out together for weeks until one day one just got it handed to him.
Sure, you can keep'em togther in a pond......
Until the day they meet up, then its a fight to the end.
You cannot put two male Betta splendens together under any circumstances, however females can be kept together most of the time. But there will be fights amongst the females too, just not usually as violent... Usually...
Some males/females can be psycho-sociopaths :mad2 and will attack "anything" with fins.
Until the day they meet up, then its a fight to the end.
You cannot put two male Betta splendens together under any circumstances, however females can be kept together most of the time. But there will be fights amongst the females too, just not usually as violent... Usually...
Some males/females can be psycho-sociopaths :mad2 and will attack "anything" with fins.
Yeah, it's a shame these fish can't seem to get along with each other, because they are such a lovely fish...it would be very cool to have a tank full of them all different varieties...unfortunately, not possible to do and keep them all healthy and alive.
The best I have been able to manage is a 10 gallon divided setup. I have 4 males in a 10 gallon with plastic canvas dividers. It's a pretty tank and I love to watch them. They don't constantly war with each other through the divider either. They occasionally make faces at one another, but not excessively.
I have a mini penguin bio-wheel, airstone and heater in this tank...with some plastic canvas in front of the filter outlet to slow the current down for the betta in that section. I also have a piece of the plastic canvas at the top of the airstone, for the same reason. The bubbles collect under the plastic and don't stir up the water as much.
I also have a 10 gallon with 4 female bettas in it. They get along very well though occasionally I'll see fin damage from a tussle from time to time. I did have 5 in there but had to take one little girl out because she wouldn't defend herself in the initial "lets see if we can all get along" introduction. She has a place in my newt tank which she seems to enjoy. So, females can get along, but will occasionally do damage to each other. I have a very pretty yellow female which I keep by herself because I don't want her to get chewed up at all...she's a beauty and I'd like to keep her that way..lol.
So...the short of it is....yes, you can keep female bettas together, though they will suffer occasional damage and you do have to watch them at first to see who does well and who doesn't...and take the ones who don't ..out..
Males you can NOT have together unless there is something between them to keep them from eating each other alive...and even then you have to be sure it isn't something they can't jump over and get at each other. They are fantastic jumpers ! If you have an overly aggressive male you may not even be able to keep him next to another male or he will tear his own fins up just flashing around trying to get at the other guy.
Whew...long post, time to stop...lol....I could talk about these fish all day long...
The best I have been able to manage is a 10 gallon divided setup. I have 4 males in a 10 gallon with plastic canvas dividers. It's a pretty tank and I love to watch them. They don't constantly war with each other through the divider either. They occasionally make faces at one another, but not excessively.
I have a mini penguin bio-wheel, airstone and heater in this tank...with some plastic canvas in front of the filter outlet to slow the current down for the betta in that section. I also have a piece of the plastic canvas at the top of the airstone, for the same reason. The bubbles collect under the plastic and don't stir up the water as much.
I also have a 10 gallon with 4 female bettas in it. They get along very well though occasionally I'll see fin damage from a tussle from time to time. I did have 5 in there but had to take one little girl out because she wouldn't defend herself in the initial "lets see if we can all get along" introduction. She has a place in my newt tank which she seems to enjoy. So, females can get along, but will occasionally do damage to each other. I have a very pretty yellow female which I keep by herself because I don't want her to get chewed up at all...she's a beauty and I'd like to keep her that way..lol.
So...the short of it is....yes, you can keep female bettas together, though they will suffer occasional damage and you do have to watch them at first to see who does well and who doesn't...and take the ones who don't ..out..
Males you can NOT have together unless there is something between them to keep them from eating each other alive...and even then you have to be sure it isn't something they can't jump over and get at each other. They are fantastic jumpers ! If you have an overly aggressive male you may not even be able to keep him next to another male or he will tear his own fins up just flashing around trying to get at the other guy.
Whew...long post, time to stop...lol....I could talk about these fish all day long...
It doesn't matter how much "Territory" you give them. Once they find each other it's a fight to the death. Unless you are just looking to kill a fish, there is no aquarium big enough for them to have their own territories. They move around and explore and again, once they spot one another, it's all over. Someone already gave their own experience from a heavily planted 250 gallon pond.tamccain said:
There is never enough territory. The second one finds the other (and they will) one will die. You cannot under any circumstances responsibly keep male bettas together.
About a year ago, I purchased 2 "female" bettas from my LFS. They were still pretty young, they even had what looked like egg spots.
As a couple of months passed, I realized that one of them was actually a male.
They were kept in a 50 G with another male betta and a couple more female bettas.
It was fine until I started noticing that it was infact a male.
The larger, older male that was previously in there would flare but with me believing this was a female, I thought nothing of it.
As the young one began getting older, he began getting aggressive toward the females and especially the other male, and as soon as I realized it was a male, he was taken out of that tank.
It was heavily planted, and it was long, they still managed to fight.
My point: it's not a good idea to ever place males together, even if the tank was 1000 Gallons. They will find eachother, and fight.
As a couple of months passed, I realized that one of them was actually a male.
They were kept in a 50 G with another male betta and a couple more female bettas.
It was fine until I started noticing that it was infact a male.
The larger, older male that was previously in there would flare but with me believing this was a female, I thought nothing of it.
As the young one began getting older, he began getting aggressive toward the females and especially the other male, and as soon as I realized it was a male, he was taken out of that tank.
It was heavily planted, and it was long, they still managed to fight.
My point: it's not a good idea to ever place males together, even if the tank was 1000 Gallons. They will find eachother, and fight.