I know you cant put two male beta together or a male and a female together, but what about putting two female together? Will they try to kill each other, too?
2006-07-24 11:48:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
They will at least try, and beat each othe up for a while. Some females are more aggressive than some males. (One of my females beat up one of my males, and bullied a 4 inch sailfin molly.) You need to make sure that you have a lot of hiding places for bettas. I wouldn't try them in anythig thing under 5 gallons preferably 10. (Personally I stick to 1 per 10 gallons, but I'm more careful than most.) Honestly you might have more luck with a non fancy guppy, or platty.
If you want to try you should try like this:
0)Move all females to jars. (You don't want a betta think the tk bowl is her turf.)
1)Place betta where they cab all see each other.
2)Wait a week , and throw them in all at once. (Be sure that the temp in the jars, and tank are the same.)
2006-07-24 16:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people say no, do not put two females together. I have seen three females together in a larger tank (I belive it was 20 or 26 gallons). This tank was very well planted and they appeared to be co-existing just fine. Personally, I wouldn't put two females together in anything less than a 15 gallon MAYBE a 10 gallon tank, both of which should be well planted with plenty of hiding. Groups of females, three or more, will establish a pecking order (which is a hierarchy) and generally the lowest female in that pecking order gets battered by the other two fish. The female at the bottom will be highly stressed and more than likely will die sooner than the other two. So keep that in mind. If you only have two females, generally one is dominant and the submissive is extremely stressed and will not last very long. I don't know how big your "Betta" tank is and how it's setup, but I would heed to the 10 gallon rule. Also, if you're adding a female Betta to a tank that already has a female Betta, the established female could kill or fight the female. It is advisable to introduce both of them in a temporary "neutral" tank where they can get used to each other and then add them together to the established tank.
2016-03-27 05:31:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can keep female bettas together. It's wise to have a larger group rather than say just two or three. A larger group usually cause them to have one dominant and the rest kind of go along with it. Two females may fight a bit to try to establish dominance. Someone said you can keep a male and female together. No...wrong. People may get away with that now and then but a male will kill a female if she is not ready to breed and will also, once they spawn, kill the female to protect his bubble nest and eggs.
2006-07-24 15:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ginger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. If the 2 female have been living in a common tank right from the start, then there is no problem. Once they got separated and you will like to put them back together, then you are asking for injured bettas. The females are pretty nasty too.
2006-07-26 02:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by noname 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can put a male and female together. As far as females, it is best to have a least a minimum of three. I had two at one time but one female has a "bully" behavior and the other female has a "wimp" behavior. To keep this from happening, get at least three.
2006-07-26 04:45:06 · answer #5 · answered by NCConfederate13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can put 2 female beta together.
2006-07-24 12:14:23 · answer #6 · answered by UNKNOWN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The females will get along just fine, and a male and a female can be put together, just with caution. It's just two males that can't be together, because they would fight until one of them dies.
2006-07-24 12:31:52 · answer #7 · answered by band_geek_til_2007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 females in a five gallon. Give them plenty of plants to get away from each other. Mine were a little aggressive when first introduced- they simply needed to establish a heirarchy. Now the only time they are aggresive is during feeding, and it is normally directed at me.
2006-07-24 15:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by Lynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can put two or more female bettas together.it is best to introduce all the fish( you want to keep together) at the same time however.this keeps any one fish from becomming too dominantand aggressive in the tank.
2006-07-25 05:24:40 · answer #9 · answered by retrac_enyaw03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes-you can have several female bettas in a tank together, they get along well.
2006-07-24 11:51:33 · answer #10 · answered by ~-~-~-~-~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋