2006-12-13 06:10:35 · 6 answers · asked by dolphin_lover87 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Females are quite placid, and can go with any peaceful, community fish, including SA or CA chiclids (peaceful), tetras, danios, gouramis, angelfish, etc, if the tank is big enough.
You can not keep them with male bettas - male bettas only tolerate females during spawning - and even then, many females are injured.
You can keep females together, though.
Female bettas tend to be shy, so just keep an eye on her to make sure she is eating enough, and give her lots of plants.
2006-12-13 06:17:57 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Im my experience, female bettas can be just as aggressive as male bettas. I have owned lots of both, and I once had a betta sorority going.
[As an aside- I do not recommend a betta sorority to anyone but an already experienced betta owner. By experienced, I mean you have owned several and seen some ups and downs and variances of behavior. A sorority is not for the faint of heart, as the girls WILL battle for heirarchy. A sorority should not be attempted in a tank less than 10 gallons and one also needs to be prepared to house all the girls separately.]
I would give the same advice in regards to a female betta as I would a male. Count on nothing, and they tend to be very much individuals. You could get a mild, even rather friendly one, or you could get an aggressive one or you could get one that's aggressive with some types of tank mates and not with others. Be prepared to house the betta separately. Do not try to keep a betta with any long-finned fish, as any betta is likely to view such as a male betta, and is likely to be aggressive towards it. Females are no exception.
I recommend friendly, slowish moving fish, as opposed to zoomers like danios, if you want open water fish. More likely to work would be bottom feeders like cories or kuhlis. Algea eaters usually do fine with bettas.
Someone said female bettas are shy.
I have never seen a shy betta. It simply isn't in their nature. They are carnivores. If a betta is acting "shy", it is unduly stressed by it's environment and should be housed differently.
2006-12-13 17:38:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A female betta can share a tank with others, as long as that they are one an a half times bigger then the betta. As one that has had mixed tanks. gouramis are good boy not angles unless you have a dossal betta., but you need a tank over 8gal and remember 1inch per gal rule.
2014-09-27 23:54:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Female Bettas are not aggressive, so they can go in with anything docile. Male Betta's are aggressive, but mainly against other male betta's or other fish with big fins or tails like guppies
2006-12-13 14:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by TLJaguar 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe the females are not mean, however, a male you cannot put with any other than a female and only at the time when they are to mate...as he will kill her. I believe that you can put any kind of other fish so long as they are not mean fish...
2006-12-13 14:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by alwayslate 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
MOST females are not mean and can be put with any other nice fish. Some can be mean.....try it out but it you notice her chasing or nipping fins then put her in a new tank.
Guppies are my fav.
2006-12-13 14:19:53 · answer #6 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋