I want to know how many beta fish I can put in a tank?

Question

Do i need seperate tanks or can 2 betas live together or what type of other fish can live with betas thanks ahead of time please answer soon!

Answer 1

I have not seen one good answer on this page yet... some have very good information until I get to the part that says males can be kept with females... LMAO MALES MUST BE ALONE!

females can be kept with other females, as long at there are more 3 or more. male cna't be kept with any other betta unless breeding. you have to keep them in the same tank but separated until courting is done and they are ready to mate, which means the female gets vertical stripes on her and is showing interest in him and the male has built a bubble nest and is flaring and showing for her. ONE female and ONE male when mating, other wise they will end up dead, he can only mate with one because once he is done he must tend to the nest, and the female must be removed or else he WILL KILL her.

I have a 20gallon tank with 8female bettas an albino corydora and a mystery snail.

my 5 males are house separately, but are soon going to be put in one 15 gallon tank with separators. you can keep as many males as in a tank as it can fit, as long as each male has at least 2 gallons to himself, so a 10gallon tank can house up to 5 bettas. males with separators or 5 females as a community tank.

bettas NEED filtration and heat. around 75-85F is ideal for bettas.

suitable tank mates are corydoras, mollies, platies, tetras, ect... but only if the tank size it right. most tropical fish are schooling fish, so a 10gallon tank with one male betta can fit only 1 type of schooling fish, and only about 4. so like 4 tetras and a betta.

hope that helps!

Answer 2

That depends on the gender. If we're talking about males, only one per tank (unless you have a really long tank!). Any number of females can be kept together, and they will establish something of a pecking order among themselves. If you want to try to breed them you should keep one male and 1-3 females in a tank at least 10 gallons. If one of the females lays eggs, you will need to take all the females out of the tank and set them up somewhere else (the male guards the nest and will fight off any intruders - including the mother!). Bettas can be kept with many other tropical fish, just nothing big enough to eat them. They may have their fins nipped at though. Corydoras and Ottocinclus catfish are often recommended (peaceful, and will help clean algae/excess food). Stay away from loaches, chinese algae eaters, and more aggressive barbs and tetras. Bettas also do best in tanks that aren't very deep (they breathe air from the surface).

Here's a site with links to lots of betta info:
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/5516.asp

Answer 3

You should separate the bettas with a tank divider at first so they can adjust to each other. Then over a couple of months slowly open a small amount of space between the tank's glass and the tank divider to let the fish swim over to the other side. And if the fish can swim together without tearing up each other's fins remove the tank divider and monitor them for a day or two.

Cleaning fish (not ottos they eat them), kuhli loaches, snails, and cory catfish can live with bettas. If you get a larger tank large peaceful fish should be fine with them as well.

Answer 4

That answer depends on the sex of the Betta. Only one male can be kept in an aquarium, as males will fight with one another (hence their common name, Siamese Fighting Fish). Females are a bit more tolerant of each other. As many can be kept together as there is adequate room for in the aquarium.

Betta lovers will often use a 'Betta condo' to allow them to keep multiple males in a single aquarium. The condo is simply a small container that is vented to allow water circulation through it. It hangs inside the aquarium, effectively keeping any fish inside it separated from the rest of the tank.

A certain degree of controversy surrounds the use of Betta condos. Single condos kept in seperate locations within the tank are acceptable. However, when several are kept side by side it can induce males to flare at one another.
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Some owners, including myself, feel that the stress caused by this practice can negatively affect the health of the fish.

Answer 5

1 male beta per a tank. If you want 2, you can buy a tank divider.

Answer 6

Well is your tank atleast 30 liters cuz if it is atleast that big then you could put a male and female together
? if not and they are both males then you can only have one betta for each tank!!cuz they willkill each other!! (unless they are both girls then they wil probably be fine!)
but if it is one male, one female then you could put them together!!
but the male has to be less than about a year old cuz after that is looses its mating privaleges and one of them will end up starting a fight cuz they cant have babies and wont want anything to do with eachother!
Bettas dont do very well with any fish, especially gold fish so I would call my pet store to see if there is any fish that would work!!!
GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 7

it all depends on how aggressive the fish are. some males are more aggressive than others. a male and a female are usualy ok but rember you may end up with babies. on the other hand bettas can live peacfully with other fish i have a chinese algie eater and a betta in a tank with 5 goast shrimp and they are living well

Answer 8

1 male betta fish per tank.
you can add a female also, as long as the tank is big enough (2 gallons or larger)
cory catfish get along well w/bettas.
many of the smaller tetras (rasboras for example - neons are usually okay also, but if the betta is particularily aggressive there could be a short lived problem)
raphael catfish get along w/almost everything (they are armored and spiny)

avoid african cichlids or most any cichlid for that matter, avoid barbs -except cherry barbs (the others tend to nip the fins of bettas)

Answer 9

If you want to have two bettas, make sure that if they are in the same tank they have room to swim. If they start fighting move them into seperate tanks or they may kill each other. Thats why their nickname is 'chinese/japanese fighting fish" lol. Bettas really dont like to be put together but some like to be with other fish.
sometimes two males will get along but not often. kep males away from each other if they start fighting.

Answer 10

never put 2 males together. all bettas are aggressive but ive seen 2 live in one tank though they thrive separately