I was just wondering. If not, would they kill eachother? Or would it be fine and peaceful? Yes? No? Details? PLEEEEEAAAASE!!! Thanks!!!
2007-01-22 10:32:02 · 13 answers · asked by embia13 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
If so how long would you wait till u can put them together?
2007-01-22 10:58:11 · update #1
No, not a good idea unless you are experienced wih breeding, and even then they can only be together during the breeding and need to be removed afterwards. The female will kill the male or injure it severely.
Here is a good site with betta info: http://www.bettatalk.com/
And info on breeding: http://www.flippersandfins.net/bettabreedingarticle.htm
2007-01-22 10:42:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jen626 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
As a general rule, it's not a good idea. Even during mating, the male is very rough with the female. Afterwards, he has no use for her and will attack her to protect the eggs (the females sometimes eat them), which is why in captivity, you remove the female immediately after breeding.
In a situation where they are not conditioned for breeding, depending on the individual personality of the male, he is likely to still beat up on the female, and sometimes the female can get nippy and bite his tail also.
Some people have successfully integrated them into large tanks with enough room to establish territory and provide a lot of hiding places, but as a general rule, keep them separate.
2007-01-22 11:42:48 · answer #2 · answered by bettalover 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
woman Betta's would properly be housed interior of a similar tank if: a million)The tank is sufficiently massive and a pair of)There are adequate woman Betta's that the aggression is disbursed flippantly by ability of out the gang (also, it relies upon on the guy personality of the fish)
2016-10-15 23:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really don't want to. It puts a lot of stress on the female. The males rip at the females fins. Female Betta's can not see in the dark so the males find them useless after mating and kill them.
2007-01-22 10:38:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I have done it. I had a 20 gallon tank with one male with three females. I kept him in a separator for two weeks and then but him in with the girls. He was a mellow male, but they all seemed to get along great. If anything, the females were the mean ones.
2007-01-22 10:52:08 · answer #5 · answered by Katie K 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO!!!! the female will tear him to pieces. in nature the female lays the eggs, and the mail come by later to fertilize them. Betta's naturally live in the cups of lily pads in the wild, so they are pretty much solitary animals. A FEMALE WILL TEAR OFF HIS FINS!! i had this happen to me once, the mail died, but the female lived for a long time after that. I loved her. : )
2007-01-22 12:45:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
dont put them together unless you want to loose your female betta...
make sure you do some serious reading on how and when to put them together during mating season
2007-01-23 11:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by short fat white girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, sorry..he will kill her.
If you want to breed betas, there is a couple of huge websites with all the info on how to do it and not get your female betta killed.
good luck
2007-01-22 10:38:04 · answer #8 · answered by spottedmyappy 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Not unless the female is ready to mate. The male can be very territorial and aggressive if she is not ready.
2007-01-22 10:39:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes, you can put a male and a female together in the same tank but you cannot put two males together cause they will kill each other
2007-01-22 10:37:21 · answer #10 · answered by jjp #11 2 · 1⤊ 7⤋