How many Bettas can I put in a 10 Gallon Tank?

Question

I just bought a 10 gallon tank for my Bettas like people told me to do; so now, I'm wondering if I could put all my 4 Bettas in the tank with dividers?

Here's the deal with my Bettas. I have 3 males and 1 female. I put the female with the guys before since I wanted them to breed. So here's what happened: the female attacked one male then another male attacked the female. And nobody picked on the third male. So what I am hearing is I should put the 3 males together with dividers and put the female in a different smaller tank?

Answer 1

Males should be kept singly so that they cannot see each other so using solid dividers would be ok. If you want to breed put one female with each male and when they have mated and the eggs are in the bubble nest the females can all be kept together away from the males.
I have bred all sorts of fish and now own a pet store

Answer 2

Hi Carlito,

Yes, if you have the right kind of dividers, you can put them in a tank, although I would only put 3 in there...4 would make it a little too crowded; there wouldn't be enough room for them to really swim around after you divided out the tank. I have a 12 gallon tank with 3 bettas in it, happily.

BUT when you divide the tank, get a piece of plastic needlepoint material (in the hobby section of wal-mart, Hobby Lobby, etc.) and lay a piece across the dividers so that the bettas can not jump into someone else's space!!! I had a very aggressive betta that jumped over and killed my other one. Don't think they won't do it!

I would also recommend you join the forum at Aquamaniacs.net. There is a special board just for bettas and they would love to answer your questions.

By the way, you canNOT put males and females together...he will pursue her endlessly and she will die from stress/being attacked. Even breeding them is stressful on them, and they will get 'nippy'.

Good luck

amanda

Answer 3

Keep them all divided because the males will attack the other males and females. If you want to breed them then follow these instructions. Heavily feed them and once you notice that a male betta makes bubbles at the surface then you can put the female in there. Then everything will take care of itself. Once all the eggs are laid then you can take out the female but not the male. The male will want to protect the eggs. Once the eggs hatch feed with infusoria and after you think theyre big enough you can put them in their own bowls.

Answer 4

Yup, with dividers, you can definitely put all 4 in together. Make sure to put some sort of plant (fake or real) in each section to block their sight lines so they won't always be looking at the other males.

Also, someone said you could put one male and two females together - please do NOT do this. I mean you could with a dividers, but males and females can't go together in the same tank without dividers. He will injure her. Males will tolerature females during spawning only, and even then, many females are injured.

Answer 5

Sure you can. I have my 5 females in a 2 gal. my 4 males are in 2 divided 1 gal tanks and my 100+ 5 week old fry are currently in a 5 gal. tank. So 4 fish in a 10 gal is fine. My males and females can always see and interact with each other and they are fine. But study up of breeding them you have to get prepared with fry food etc. www.bettatalk.com. Good Luck!! *<;)><>:

Answer 6

Depends upon if they are male or female. A good rule to go by is 1 inch of fish for every gallon of water. You cannot put more than 1 male in a tank without them fighting. So, in short, my answer is 1 male and 2 females. Make sure not to overfeed as this will cause the amonia to spike and for such a small tank, cleaning every other day at the least.

Answer 7

1 male max, otherwise they drive each other crazy, even with a divider. females are about the same size as mollies, but ask a pet store employee.

Answer 8

ur gonna have a brawl.... i tried the one male to a tank with 3 females in a 15 gal. and he messed them all up

Answer 9

you can put them all in one tank with dividers. but the female needs to be divided also. you shouldn't attempt breeding without studying up on it, it's very complicated and when done right very expensive. you need everything to be prescice. but as long as she is divided from the males she can be in the same tank with them.

just make sure the water can circulate well and it is well filtered and heated to 70-80 degrees.

Answer 10

if you have enough tank seperaters you can put all of them in the same tank just make sure that they cant get into the other's side if the tank the males will kill eachother if they are toghter without a seperator