Betta Females together in a ten gallon?

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VampireCrabs

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I know you can do betta sorority's, but what is the minimum tank size? I keep hearing twenty as well as ten gallons. I don't know which to believe!
 

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20g long is the absolute minimum for a sorority of at least 5 female bettas. But its soooo hard to get the right balance. Bigger is better. Many times, it fails. It takes a lot of trial and error and all depends on the temperament of each betta girl... and then theres the issue of if the alpha female dies, chaos ends up happening.
 

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20g long is the absolute minimum for a sorority of at least 5 female bettas. But its soooo hard to get the right balance. Bigger is better. Many times, it fails. It takes a lot of trial and error and all depends on the temperament of each betta girl... and then theres the issue of if the alpha female dies, chaos ends up happening.
Okay. Is there any way to tell who the alpha female is?
 

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I would assume the one others stay further away from, probably the one first to the food.

I dont keep sororities, its complicated.
 

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I've seen 10g sororities done, there were several on another board I used to be one. Had a group of dwarf crays too.

Can it be done? Yes. But this person also was very experienced.
Something I would recommend? No.
 
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