Can male and female bettas be kept in the same tank?

Question

Can male and female bettas be kept in the same tank?

Answer 1

No you can't keep male/female or male/male together, unless you want to breed a couple, but even then they need to be conditioned for about 2 weeks and can only be together for the spawning process,after that you would have to take her out right away, because the male will start to protect his bubblenest with the eggs

But what you CAN do, is keeping at least 3 females together in an at least 10 gallon tank, the reason of 3 is because they need to choose their so called peckingorder, it might look like they are fighting with each other on the start, but they are going to be fine with each other after that
But also provide enough live plants for them to be comfortable in there

Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 2

They say you should only leave male and female Betta's in same tank during breeding.. But i had my male and female together. The only time i had any problems was when i added 2 female and the male picked on the one. So i gave my male to my mom.

Answer 3

Femal bettas should only be put in with a male that is "bubbling"...he is making a nest and should mate
without harm coming to the female.
Otherwise, no, because he may kill or injure her.
Bettas twist around each other when breeding.

Answer 4

yes but it is hard if you dont know what your doing.

if you havent seen enough bettas or know their personallities or behaviours, then no.

i am others, have study bettas for years and we can know what a fish will do before it does it.

I have kept 2 males and a few females in a 20 long, but again it isntrecommend unless you know everything about bettas and are a betta expert.


But again... Generally it cant be done by most fishkeepers. And it shouldnt even be tried.

The only time they should be together is for breeding.

Answer 5

I've heard of people doing it with tanks that are A) HUGE and B) DENSELY planted. Otherwise, no.

Male bettas are aggressive toward other bettas, period (basically, any labyrinth fish, including gouramis, will suffer aggression from male bettas, as well as any fish with long, flowing fins like male guppies). If properly conditioned, they will be OK with females long enough to get them to lay eggs. Then they will turn on the female and chase her off, or try to kill her, so that she won't eat the eggs - which will be the male's to raise (and once the fry are old enough, you should get dad away from them as well, as he'll start to be aggressive toward them).

Answer 6

No, the male will kill the female. If you're trying to breed them, place them in separate tanks next to each other. When the male builds a bubble nest, THEN you can put the female in.

~ZTM

Answer 7

Not at first, no. You should get a clear tank seperator and really only put them in together if your going to breed them.

The male kept attacking and trying to mate with the female in my case, and later on when she laid her eggs and they hatched (after he took care of the eggs) she would attack him if he even sorta got close and ended up killing him.

They are violent fish and should be either seperated in some way or monitored.

Answer 8

No, the male will kill the female betta. You WILL end up with a dead fish so dont try it./

~ GG

Answer 9

NO way, the male will attack and kill the female right away.

Answer 10

Yes. But after female has tiny babies, the female needs to be taken out & the male helps the tiny ones survive.