3 female bettas in a 10 gallon

echoofformless said:
That is very sweet. Female bettas are my favorite fish of all time. They seem to have an intellect and emotional depth.

Personally I feel that people make far too big of a deal about tank sizes. The same wisdom that goes for a large, messy fish or those who require a large school cannot be applied to calm solitary fish. Bettas don't need a lot of space. Some of them might like it a little, but it's not much different than a human. Many of us can live happily in a small apartment while others will feel cramped unless they're in a palace.

For the most part, I keep my bettas in very small vessels and never have I noticed any of them to be the slightest bit unhappy. No less happy than the ones in larger vessels.

If you give them a bed of java moss, they will be especially lazy and cute.
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I've got some Java moss coming in the mail. I'm sure the bettas and my DP (separate tank of course) will absolutly love it. I can't wait.
 
webcricket said:
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:OT: OMFG this is what my LFS sold to me as java moss!!! I spent 10 bucks on a ball of hair algae!? @#$%&*%$&*$@$#$%$@#!@#$%&**$##$%%*!!!
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I am going to hurt myself now. Then go yell at the LFS.
 
Well it is kinda pretty if that's any consolation. Sorry for having a little giggle over that :Angel: .
 
fballguy said:
:OT: OMFG this is what my LFS sold to me as java moss!!! I spent 10 bucks on a ball of hair algae!? @#$%&*%$&*$@$#$%$@#!@#$%&**$##$%%*!!!
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I am going to hurt myself now. Then go yell at the LFS.
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Those are marimo balls. They are very nice to have.

But they usually cost about $5-7 US. So you overpaid a bit...but not by that much. Enjoy them.
 
echoofformless said:
If you give them a bed of java moss, they will be especially lazy and cute.
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can anyone post a pick of java moss i would like to get some for my 2F bettas, (i want to compare it) :)
 
SHK_ATK said:
can anyone post a pick of java moss i would like to get some for my 2F bettas, (i want to compare it) :)
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Here you go - tried to get a shot of my sexy girl being lazy on her java moss and driftwood bed...but the camera's batteries died before I can lower the f-stop. I tried to brighten it a bit...hopefully it's good for now. (Yes she is the little red blur.)

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Oh and here's a quick detail another from a picture I took yesterday. I am letting it get unruly on my driftwood for naturalization purposes. You can cultivate it too...it's very versatile and fun stuff, though can be a bit messy.

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beautiful tank Echo!

Unfortunatly I cut up the marimo ball or whatever you call it because I thought it was java moss and so I tried to make a carpet out of it.(that was 2 months ago) When That didn't work I tied it all to a piece of driftwood. I guess tomorrow I will untie it and see if I can get them to grow as balls again. If all goes well I will have about 20 golfball size algae balls in a couple of months.

Luckily I do have actual java moss now and I am very pleased with it so far.


Oh yea 1 good thing did come from the algae. It somehow spread to my plastic stump and is taking it over.

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dwarfgourami7 said:
3 female bettas in a 10 gal. I dont think that right sure it may seem like it but you want them to be as happy as possible so get a bigger tank. At the moment they havent got much swimming space and they will be to close together all the time. I dont like it.
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More than enough swimming space. Bettas "care" about swimming space, but with female betta groups, it's more about aggression and bioload than it is space requirements. They will establish a pecking order, so as long as your tank is busy enough for them (plants, caves, etc. etc.) they will have no problems. I generally recommend atleast 4 to a group when you buy them, because that allows aggression to spread out evenly and lessens the risk of a fish getting hurt. But 4 is about the limit I'd put on a 10G tank because of bioload issues, especially if you're wanting to run filters at lower settings.

If you've got three, and have had them together for over a week, chances are they have already established the pecking order, and adding a new female to the tank would upset the balance and start the fight all over again, so unless there is a real problem there I'd leave it at three.

As for tank mates, You could certainly throw a couple otto cats in the tank (atleast 2, single ottos die off) without having bioload issues.

As for feeling bored, it'll take them a couple weeks to "warm up" to the new tanks and get really active. You can always throw new plants (real or fake) and such in there, as that will prompt inquisitiveness in the fish.
 
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