Beta fish why can they not be more than one in a container?

Question

If betas can only be in a bowl alone who do they breed??????? if the males eat the bab boys how does any one breed em... I am now at this Beta fish thing

Answer 1

Males will fight so must be kept separate but females can be in the same tank. As to the issue of breeding: Breeding Bettas is a difficult and challenging endeavor. Also an expensive one. You will need a brooding tank that is no smaller than 10 gallons, a 40 to 50 gallon growing tank for the fry to grow up in, and upwards of 500 individual jars to put the new Bettas in once they are large enough. You will need a salt brine culture to feed the new-born, then a daphnia culture to feed them on once they are large enough. You will need a large room dedicated just to breeding and raising your Bettas.

Unless you have lots of time, lots on money, and lots of space it is best to buy your Bettas from your local pet store.


Breeding Betas
Check out this article. It does a pretty good job of summing up the process.

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/kick_beta-breeding.html

Happy breeding!

Answer 2

I just recently learned how to mate Bettas on Yahoo Answers. I also found out Male Bettas can be together as long as they were breed together. IF or when they are taken from the breeding tank just once, they cannot be returned or the males will fight. Females can be kept together w/no problems, they w/not fight. Males w/fight until the stronger one kills the other. IF you do want to put them (males) in the same container, I just did it. I have a very large round glass bowl 5" by 10" round. I took a thick piece of plexiglass & put it in the center of the bowl. I have a few plants on each side along w/a small fancy glass orniment also on each side. Actually, it really looks nice. At times, one of the males does get a bit "feathered" up, I'll call it, but he is getting use to it. The other male is a bit smaller & it not bothered at all by it. It is easy to clean as I use a cooking baster to extract the water & clean the bottom. When the water level is "comfortable" for them to still swim around, I have a container all ready to fill it up again. (The container has sat out for a day, so the water temp. is the same as the water I took out) At one time I did start to breed them putting a female in w/the male after he'd made his bubble nest, but the container was too small & I didn't have the proper things I've now found out I need to breed hundreds of babies at a time!!! One excellant site is www.bettatalk.com This w/tell you the best info & also pictures of some of the most beautiful Bettas you could want to see. It will answer any & all your questions on Bettas.

Answer 3

First off, a betta should be in a filtered, heated tank of at least three gallons. The temp should be at about 80 degrees f.

They have to be kept alone because they will fight to the death. They can however live in a ten gallon tank with cory cats or ottos. They usually leave these fish alone (though some won't)

In the wild, the fish are very different from what they've been bred into . Also in the wild, they are not confined to tiny bowls, when they fight, one fish (the looser fish) swims away. In a small tank, they cannot swim away and will contiune to fight until one of them dies.

Males will even fight females when they are put in the same bowl. Breeding them takes a lot of experience and even then, sometimes one of the fish gets hurt. In the wild, the male wouldn't eat all the babies... once again, there is more room and other live food sources. Fish kept in tanks don't behave in the same way as they do in the wild, though we try to make it as close as possible.

Hope that answered your questions!

Answer 4

The Male will fight with other males or any other fish that looks like a male betta. They are extremely territorial. The Male and female breed ONLY when they are put together for that specific reason and in that specific time. The female lays the eggs in the bubble nest, and the male fertilizes them. But you MUST take the female out once they are done, othrewize the male will kill her. And you must put the eggs in a seperate breeding net or something of that sort. Preferably a second tank entirely. But if you DO put them in a seperate tank, you had better breed them in that tank, first! Then take both bettas out and put them in seperate bowls. That way the male won't eat the eggs and niether will th efemale.

Females, however can be kept in groups in the same tank without doing any harm.

Hope this helps!!

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Cassie

Answer 5

I had 2 female Betta's and 1 male i finely put my male in by himself he was mean to both my females. And i do know that more than 1 male do fight. But I believe if i would of only had the 1 female and 1 male they might of been just fine.

Answer 6

definitely DO NOT put 2 males in the same container. you can try 2 females or 1 male & 1 female but they may fight to the death. most beta are very territorial.

Answer 7

Betta fish are fiercely territorial. They naturally live in the puddles of the rice fields, so they only come together during the wet season for mating and then it's back to their small isolated puddles. So you want to put the male and female together only for a little while for breeding, and then separate them again...see the link for more info.

Answer 8

No, they'll kill one yet another. they could desire to be heavily conditioned to mate. If the female isn't conditioned to mate, the male will kill her to make room for greater women human beings who're conditioned to mate. If the male isn't conditioned to mate, the two can kill one yet another. it is likewise area of the mating ritual that the male seems after the eggs in a while. the female will consume them if given of project, so the boys interior the wild will the two ward off or kill the female to dodge this as quickly because of the fact the mating is over. With nowhere to run to, the only decision left interior the male's eyes is to kill the female to guard the eggs. Which he will eagerly do. so as that's slightly the reason on why they don't die out. in short, NO, it does not be risk-free to maintain them mutually.

Answer 9

Because they will kill each other. There's no other way to put it. I've never bred them but I have had them kill each other. It's not pretty. There are a lot of books about Betas out there, they are actually fun to own.

Answer 10

because they will kill eachothe and ther breed by butting two males and one feml=ale in a tank and the males will kill eachother and the one that lives has babyies and one of the fish will kill eachother!

yep amanda is tottally right