ok so our first male crown tail betta died of natural causes and we had a crow tail female (da boss) and another plain female. the three above got along well in our community so when he just up and died we decided to get another. so we got another male about the same size and put him in. at first it seemed like da boss was just testing so we went to bed. bad mistake. when i woke up he was on the bottom of the 55 with no gills no hood no fins no mouth and barly any scales.. what happened??
2007-03-31 03:21:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
That's one of the reasons every creditable source I know says not to keep male bettas together or not to mix males and females together long term. usually it's the other way around and the male kills the female, but keeping them together will eventually lead to bad results in almost every case. You don't mention the colors involved, but could da boss be a short finned or plakat male? They are usually dark colored fish, but some light colored one's are available in shops now. They are very easily confused with a female crowntail unless you look very closely.
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2007-03-31 03:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes you can keep siblings of mixed sex together because they grow up and establish their dominance chain early on. Plakats are the easiest to mix with longer finned males and females hardly ever mixing well.
Are you 100% sure your female is a female? Have you seen her fat with eggs and vertical bars? It is possible you were sold a male plakat. Pet stores don't know jack about betta fish and usually sell the plakats as females.
Im sorry to say that you just wont be able to keep a long finned betta like a Crown tail or Veil tail with your females. They will attack the intruder - and that is what he is. He is coming into their territory and the natural instinct is to eliminate the threat to their food and space.
You could try a divider? That way you could keep him in the tank but safely seperated.
Im sorry you lost your fish. It is good that you asked so now you know not to repeat the mistake again.
2007-03-31 18:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by Dark Angel Rogue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is really serious are you sure that female isn't actually a male? I've also heard that females will some times challenge the male to see if he's strong or not but they usually just do a little RnR. Your female could be super aggressive. I had a male Betta that attacked every thing that looked like a fish for example I had a plastic shark in his tank and he bit the fins off and left the body in shreds. some fish are just like that they all have different characteristics
2007-03-31 10:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. dope 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
betta fish are made for fighting.
note their nickname ''fighting fish''.
its not a good idea to put a male in with the female cause the female will be the most aggressive in the tank.
i have tried to breed betta fish and it is very hard you have to get it down to the perfect time or the female will hurt the male
2007-03-31 18:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should check if they are really male and female. Females HATE other fish in their tank! When you put two fish in one tank the fish fight for the territory. Also males and females do not get along, after they mate the female attachs the male.
2007-03-31 10:39:19 · answer #5 · answered by Emily Answers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beta fish fight each other sometimes. in japan they actually have beta figghts with the fish.
2007-03-31 10:28:38 · answer #6 · answered by domc327 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋