Are females harder to keep?

[Dart]

I was in my LFS the other day and was thinking about buying a female betta, not to breed but so i could make have 2 fish in my one tank. The fish guy was like the females will die unless you have a heater and a filter. I said i had a filter but i didn't have a heater (my desk is right next to the heater vent so my fish are nice and warm usually).

I was just curious if females are harder to keep/

Plus i found it funny that a pet store guy didn't want to sell a fish

 

[Texaswoman]

I haven't heard that one before. I've never even read that anywhere. They seem just as easy to me and have great personalities too. I wouldn't worry about the heater as long as temps stay in the 70s.

 

[newfishies]

i believe that females are aggressive as well and if you want to keep more than one you need to have at least 4 to spread out the aggression!

i have 2 in a divided tank and they are no more trouble than the boys

 

[Dart]

i was just going to get one from the pet store, i bought a 5 gallon for this girl for $10 CAN so i can't complain lol. And i was gonna put her in it but he was you need this and this and this and they're a lot harder to keep than males etc.

Well at least i know if i go back to the pet store (i'm not fond of the you don't want those females they're harder to keep, get another male etc)

 

[fourplayfishy]

i have five and they are all totally different... even sisters can be different

 

[AlexsDaddy]

Females arent' any harder to keep than males are. The same water parameters, temps, and feeding apply to both. The advantage with females is that you can keep 4 or more in 1 tank vs. males = 1/tank or a couple in a divided tank. Just make sure if you are going to keep more then one female in 1 tank that it is at least 4 or more. Many on this forum (including myself) have found at least four to be the best number, but I think 6 to a 10 gal is a little better. More room for the agression to be spread around.......

 

[Synirr]

I think females are actually easier to keep, since I've never had a female get finrot
But nah, I've never heard of them being harder to keep... they're more likely to successfully jump out of their tanks than long-finned males, though, I'll tell you that much.

 

[ral]

There are several females with my GF and her sister, 5 to be exact (and one small plakat we thougth was a female... well that is what the lfs said).

No harder to keep than males, but they can be pretty aggressive. Tried keeping 3 in a 15 gallon tank and one kept bullying one of the smaller ones, so if you keep them in the same tank, might be good to keep a close watch for a few days.

They can be though. Tried to spawn a pair. After mating them for a week all seemed okay... but the male crown took a bit of the female crown and she did not like it much and after that they had a tussel. Not sure who came out of it better. Well they both had thorn fins but they both seem more alive after that, though they did not spawn.

The though little girl is Kichi the Snail Killer. Gave her one snale as a pet and she stalked it and suck its insides out Another one she ate, shell and all

None of our males can do that.

Will try to spawn the male with a different female. Kichi may be a too much of a Betta for him

 

[Joby]

No harder to keep, but just as agressive in some cases as the males

I had 5 in a 96 litre and just had to separate them as there was all out war between 3 of them. Two of them however are in a tank together now and are getting on great and there's no agression.

Us females are always unpredictable