Hi all,

After a week of consideration, I decided to get a female betta who I named Pearl Shes currently in my 2.5 gallon tank. I know female bettas can be kept together. How many other females can I put into her tank? She looks really lonely Also, what it your opinion on putting her with a goldfish?

Thanks!

Errrrm, not an expert but I wouldnt wanna put many more females in just a 2.5 gallon, thats a pretty small tank. I wouldnt have any more than one fish in there.

And definitly not a goldfish. not only do goldfish require much more than 2.5 gallons, I'm talking more than 10x more space, they are coldwater fish, bettas are tropical, so they need different temperatures....

You need 4-5 females bettas together, you could not have them in that size tank, itd need to be at least 4x bigger i think.

What about in a 5 gallon tank? I have a 5 gallon that I could set up for 4 betta girls. I thought I didnt have one as I was trying to decide on the 2.5 or 5 gal but to my susprise I found one in my basement!

please dont put a goldfish in with a betta, to put it politely they wee too much (goldfish) that is and pollute the water

I honestly think even 5 gallons would be 2 small for 4 fish, but other people will know better.

I think that is a good set up - if it's well planted and well filtered I think 4 girls in a 5 gallon is really fine.

Awesome! I have it set up and Im going sometime with week for acouple more girlies!

Bettas are so addictive! I cant wait for tomorrow to go get more girlies. I feel like I got bit by the betta bug again... This happened three years ago and I feel it coming on again... May have to get a male too..