I have in a ten gallon tank. 1 male betta, 1 female betta, 3 cory catfish, 5 neon tetras and 15 ghost shrimp at any given time. I have about 13 live plants, a large piece of coral, and small drift wood. The fish are never crowded, shrimp keep the place clean. catfish eat what the others miss. and my plants balance nitrogen fairly well.. I have read all these posts that you can not put a male and a felmale together. MIne never seem to fight. swim in close proximitry to one another. Mate, (although the eggs never seem hatch just disapear) they swim togethor.
With all this talk to males beign so aggresive. The only thing aggresive he seems to do is knock the snails off of the plants. (buts thats just ammusing)
2006-10-05 06:55:37 · 10 answers · asked by t 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
All fish are different, each has their own personality I guess. I've had combinations that weren't supposed to work and they did. For the most part, male bettas are aggressive towards other bettas, just a rule of thumb. Always the exception to the rule, like yours lol. Generally that's not the case though.
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2006-10-05 07:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some males are very mellow. You can't know until you put them together. You got very lucky, or they were raised together. The reason you don't have baby betta is the female betta, and the neon are likely eating the eggs. Those that hatch get eaten by everything in your tank. Also the male is likely losing eggs in the gravel when they fall.
2006-10-05 16:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to breed them, you have to isolate them, and put several females in with one male.
There is also the possiblity that the betta is young, and not reached sexual maturity. The female may still be laying eggs that do not hatch (they probably get eaten), because the male is too young to mate. That would also explain his timid nature. Most agessive fish do not get so mean until they have reached sexual maturity.
2006-10-05 14:52:12 · answer #3 · answered by Olive Green Eyes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Male bettas are aggressive throuwards other male better not againts other fish, i am guessing your catfish are eating the eggs at night while the tank is sleep.
2006-10-05 14:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by General G 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thats pretty good if they don't fight. Everytime I tried to put 2 together they always fought. Now I have them in two separate tanks and if I even put the tanks next to eachother their gulls puff out like crazy. I'm surprised that people are able to breed them! I wonder why they hate their own kind so much? Weird!
2006-10-05 14:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by lexi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a rule, if you want the pair to mate, you will need to put them together in a smaller container. The precaution is that you DON'T want to put the female in until the male shows definite signs of building a bubble nest.
2006-10-05 14:00:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Males are aggressive - towards other males. He's not going to bother any of the other fish. Your eggs are disappearing because everything in the tank is eating them.
2006-10-05 19:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has everyone gone mad? Not to be rude, but it is common knowledge amongst Betta owners (I used to have 4, Ore, Ida, Spud, and Tot, R.I.P.) That the only time you need to worry about 2 Betta's in the same bowl/aquarium/cup etc. Is if they are two MALE Betta's. Female and Male Betta's do not fight with one another.
2006-10-05 18:17:17 · answer #8 · answered by Tracey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I AGREE
I have a male/female pair in a 5.5 gallon, and a pair of males in a thirty gallon.
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2006-10-05 19:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by iceni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this a QUESTION????
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......you have coral in a freshwater tank?????? Thought they lived in saltwater!
2006-10-05 14:00:28 · answer #10 · answered by enyates2002 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋