My New Lovely Bettas

[owl]

few days ago i went to petstore , and i saw these two beautifful lovely bettas the saleman kept in a small 150ml CUP together !!!:angryfire:
and i just couldn t resist to leave this beautiful couple like this ...
so i bought them , and now here they are happy and always hungry .. i don think the saleman even feed them once ...
here they are my new beautifull betta and his wife !:






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they r so young ! and thiny !
i m abit worry about the female one , the first day she ate good , but from yesterday noon , she eat good , but after a few secs she spits out evrything she just ate i feed her 2 times since yesterday noon , and it happens evry two times .. is it something serious ?

 

[Hooked Newbie]

Nice bettas! Are they being kept together? What are they being housed in?

 

[Davy]

bettas the saleman kept in a small 150ml CUP together !!!:angryfire:

rediculous

 

[jpappy789]

lovely bettas!

 

[Coler]

very nice - good luck with them !

 

[Mr. Convict]

Nice bettas! The colors and patterns on the male look great!

What are you keeping them in now?

What were you feeding her?

 

[khombre]

Nice acquisitions. Are they being kept in a bowl of some sort?

 

[Cory Keeper]

Salesman probably fed them, its impossible to tell how well a betta has been fed by how much they eat, Bettas are known pigs, and will eat as much as possible.

 

[owl]

hi , i keep them in my old betta 's 2gls bowl , but i separated them now cuz of the female one eating behavior and i think sometimes the male one did bother her ... i m feeding them frozen bloodworms ...

 

[Eupterus]

They can't live together in a bowl because of betta behavior. The male cannot afford to have a non ready to breed female in his territory because she may chase off ready to breed females. So if he finds a female who doesn't want to spawn in his breeding territory, he chases her off. If the space is too small, she can't leave his breeding territory. Then they either spawn or he tries to chase her out and then kills her for being "unwilling" to leave or spawn.

With that in mind, if you want a male betta living with a/ female bettas (s). you must have room for the female(s) to flee the male's territory. Smallest tank this has worked out for me has been a 30 gal and it depended on the male. It seemed greater success happens when they are raised together from fry.
My last male I tried didn't work out so I'm housing him separately.

Good luck with your pair, hopefully your female was just overstressed from being housed together in small quarters.