How many betta's can I put in a 1 gallon tank?

Question

I have one male betta right now in a 1 gallon tank...and I want to get 3-4 females( which are 1 inch long max.) to put with it. Will I have to get a bigger tank?

The ppl that work at pet cetra said that we could put 3 females together with 1 male and that i'd be able to put as many females together as I want. Should I buy a bigger tank?

and I don't want to breed my bettas!!!!!!!

I am scared that he is lonely!!! He just swims around slowly and sits places for like 10 seconds. Why does he do that?

Answer 1

you're not even to put 1 betta in a 1 gallon tank, not even talk about 4

for your male betta you should get at least a 2.5 gallon tank with heater and filter

If you want to keep females, you will need to get a 10 gallon tank, whereas you can keep up to 5 females together with lots of live plants in there
you can also put 2-3 cory cats in the 10 gallon as well

And never ever put female/male or male/male together

You can only put female/male together for spawning, but only then when they have been well conditioned for at least 2 weeks




Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 2

A male and female betta can be put together for breeding purposes only. You'll have to watch carefully to make sure they get along and don't fight. As soon as the male has collected the eggs and put them in the bubble nest, remove the female.
A one gallon tank is too small for more than one betta under any conditions. The rule with most fish is one inch of fish per gallon of water, but bettas are the exception. Females can sometimes get along in a community tank, but males must never be kept together, they will fight to the death.
Since you don't seem to know very much about them, I suggest you buy a Betta book available at any book or pet store, or at least borrow one from the library. It will tell you all you need to know about successfully caring for your pets.
Unless you have certified "show quality" Bettas, don't bother trying to breed them. It will be more work and expense than it's worth. Where would you put all those babies when they have to be separated? Good luck!

Answer 3

Yes, you will need to get a bigger tank. While a 1g seems large enough to house the inactive betta, in reality it is not. The amount of waste a betta will produce will be too much for such a small space, especially with inadequate filtration. It can be done, however, if you really keep on top of water changes. This is not ideal. I keep my male betta in a Marineland Eclipse System 3 which has biological filtration and also give him enough room to stretch his fins.

On the other hand, you cannot keep female bettas with a male bettas permanently. The male betta will become extremely territorial and will attack the females. Even when breeding a male and a female, the female must be removed from the tank after spawning, because the male will not tolerate her.

Good luck.

Answer 4

None. One gallon is barely enough for one betta to survive in, let alone four. You could keep 3-4 females together, with no males, but you would need a ten gallon tank for this.

You cannot put male bettas with any other bettas, male OR female. They are aggressive to both kinds. Even when breeding, if not conditioned for at least two weeks, they may kill each other without spawning. Male bettas must not be with ANY other bettas, ever.

The reason why your betta is bored is because bettas are naturally curious explorers. A one gallon tank is not enough for him to occupy himself with. He would be much happier in a 2.5 gallon tank with lots of plants and ornaments to swim around and play with. Bettas get bored very easily and very often they need "toys" to play with like ping pong balls or places to explore.

You can get him tankmates that are not bettas, but you must upgrade to a tank of about 5 gallons. In a 5 gallon tank, you could give him an African Dwarf Frog as a companion, or a very small shoal of schooling fish. In a 10 gallon tank, your options would be much more varied and you could keep various types of tetras, mollies, platys, otos, corys, rasboras and minnows. You could also keep him with shrimps or snails.

Answer 5

Don't do that. That is too many fish for a 1 gallon tank. Males can be aggressive to females and females can be aggressive to each other too. You put them all in there and you will only have one left eventually.
Research before you attempt breeding.

Answer 6

NOOO. YOU CANNOT PUT MALES AND FEMALES IN THE SAME TANK IF YOU ARE NOT BREEDING THEM AND DON'T KNOW HOW!! They will fight!!!!!! And besides, you can only keep one betta in a gallon tank! If you want another tank for just females buy like a 5 gal. tank too and put 3 females in it. Put the tank NEXT TO the males tank. They can flare at eachother and still be happy.

Answer 7

ONE betta in a one-gallon tank. Or two gallon tank. Bettas are NOT sociable fish. Visit bettatalk.com for some good info on betta care.

Do NOT house male and females together, or groups of females together. That store clerk didn't know what he/she was saying. The ONLY way that MIGHT work is if the fish were from the same spawn and ALWAYS housed together. Even then, it's risky.

Don't worry about your male betta seeming to be bored. They are not very active fish. As long as he is swimming around and not gasping or looking pale, he is fine. If you think he needs variety, buy fish decorations and alternate them (I've done that, and my betta loves it. My betta is extremely spoiled, though).

Again, I highly recommend bettatalk.com for anyone looking for betta information. This site saved my last betta from my stupid mistakes, and he wound up living nearly four years.

Answer 8

You shouldnt mix betas at all. My friend put in a female with her male beta and he bullied her for a while and became overly protective of her, and then slowly we noticed the fins of the male betta started to disapear, she ate all his fins. Bettas are one fish to a tank or they will kill each other, even if you have a ten gallon tank, the tank size doesnt matter bettas dont get along. But if you wanted to put them together for mating purposes id stick to just putting one female in and seeing how they get along. Bettas are very picky on who they want to mate with, if the female doesnt like him she will let him know. So id keep the other females separate and try putting one at a time in the tank.

Answer 9

I would leave the betta by himself. They do not like company. They are loner fish. They prefer to be the only fish.
A one gallon tank is suitable for one fish only.

Answer 10

males and females cannot be kept together, they will fight. You need at least a 5 gallon tank for that many fish anyways.