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My two betta fish cant be together or theyll fight! Soo I have a glass think that separates them in the tank. When i bought it the employee said You know When its mate season u can put 'em together.. When Is Mate Season - for betta fish -?? Be onest

-Male And female-

They Make Weird Faces when they look at eachother!

w8 no! male aand male

Answer 1

Don't ever put them together. He's full of crap. Two males will instinctually kill each other no matter what season it is. A male and a female can only be kept together briefly for the mating and then again for the fertilizing of the eggs. I've seen many females die during this process. Also, Bettas don't like to be able to see each other. They hate other males.

I don't recommend it. The people I know who have done it, have had bettas for years before they tried. Be patient and do some research. Start with a betta message board. Maybe someone can give you some pointers when you're ready :)

Answer 2

Pretty much unless they were raised together and live in a big tank males will kill each other. Of course they may try and kill each other any way. Females and males can sometimes coexist in large tanks if they were raised together. Generally females should only put together for mating. Of course mating among bettas is rough, and the male will defend his bubble nest against all comers. This includes the female who needs to be removed after mating. Females can live with other females in a large tank. Of course some females are antisocial, and will kill even other females. (And males sometimes.)

In short don't keep bettas with other bettas unless you really know what you are doing. Bettas do tend to get along with other peaceful fish who don't have long flowing fins.

FYI- I don't think females can flare their faces at each other. Mine never have when they got in each others faces, or encountered male bettas.

Answer 3

I hope this helps:

Females can be placed in tanks with males, as long as BOTH are ready for breeding. Research should probably be done, but not much is really necessary as far as placing them together. However, if they are being put together, they are going to breed, because they are only being put together when they are ready, and as far as taking care of the babies, I don't know much about that. Plants for hiding are necessary, and the female should be removed after breeding occurs.

The male must be making good, healthy bubble nests. Those are the white masses of bubbles that accumulate at the top of the water. A few bubbles is not good enough. It should almost look as if it's soapy, and cover maybe 20% of the surface of a small fish bowl.

The female must ALSO be ready. She should be healthy, a good weight, have a little bit of a tummy on her. If you have a frail, thin female, she will be killed as fast as any male added to a tank with another male.


I also read that the female can die during breeding anyway, thoug I'm not sure it they meant by the male attacking, or just complications in general..

More info: http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/bettas/betta_breeding.htm#top2

Answer 4

yeah....male and male will fight to the death...first off the guy that sold you that is a quack...male Betta's have usually long fins and beautiful colors,,,red blue greens of the sort, females are not the colorful. they lacking any thing special. they are mostly Grey with short fins. When ever two male are together they will fight. that is why they are separated and kept in little jars alone....alone....in the fish stores and the females are kept ina single tank because they don't have this behavior problem. when they do decide to mate the male will make air bubbles at the top of what ever you have them in...then he and the female will began mating...it may look like they are fighting but that's just how they do it.... he may have sold you the two males because they are alittle more inexpensive..... i haven;t seen any fish waiting for mating season....my Africans have over populated my tank.......babies every 30/40 days......

Answer 5

Just thought I'd share our experience with male and female betta. I know a lot of people want to put male/female together for companionship, not just for breeding. We've had Bobo (our male) for going on 4 years, he is strong, healthy, very bright red but seemed bored, bored, bored. We got a young female, very pale and small, to cheer him up. He got along well with her, but she started to become aggressive and attacked the poor old guy by fin ripping. It did not happen at first, but after about 24 hours together in the 2 gallon tank she ripped a couple of good pieces off him before we got her out. And she ate the fins, we saw the whole attack happen. How traumatic for our Bobo!
They now live separated by a nice piece of plastic where they can look, but not touch each other. Females and males cannot live together in a tank. When his bubble nest is ready and her abdomen is swollen with eggs (when they are ready to mate) they can be together for a couple of hours or less, but then remove the female, the male will tend to the eggs. Then remove the small fish once they hatch, or he will attack them.
Separate the males and females otherwise, no matter what you read on the internet this is the best for your betta fish. They are solitary and seem to like being alone.
Hope this helps someone avoid our mistake.

Answer 6

Trust me putting two male bettas will not result is mating... Anyway you cannot but two bettas together. Two males will fight to the death. A male and a female will fight to the death. Though I guess you could put females together. Anyway, even on the highly unlikely chance that two bettas will mate, it is still possible for the couple to kill each other. So unless you want to murder a betta do not put two together

Answer 7

There is no mating season for bettas. Is this a male and a female or 2 males? If 2 males, it doesn't matter if it's mating season, they won't mate (duh!). If a male and a female, there's a specific procedure you need to follow and then you can put them together if you'd like to try mating them. Look it up. ;)

By the way, it's not true that you can never ever put two males together. If you have a large enough tank and there's places to hide, you can have 2 males together.

Answer 8

This is easy!!! well when the male builds a bubble nest .. he is ready to get his spawn on! however the female betta must be ripe ( full of eggs) after the spawn she better haul *ss or he being the typical man will love em and leave em. but he can also kill her. so remove her.

Answer 9

by Betta's do you mean Japanese fighting fish ?? if that's what you mean you cant put males with males as there very territorial and will fight to the death.females are OK though

Answer 10

2 males can never be put together, ever. There isn't really a season for them to mate, its when ever you really want them to and have the time and money to breed them.