Can A Male And A Female Cohabit?

[bananasdoom]

I have a 36L tank with other fish and a large amount of weed and so I am thinking that you can keep aggressive fish with community fish as long as you break the tank up a bit with some thick plants for the moment I have chosen Brazilian Water weed (Egeria densa), so can you do the same with Betta's?

 

[-FighterFishh]

I have a 36L tank with other fish and a large amount of weed and so I am thinking that you can keep aggressive fish with community fish as long as you break the tank up a bit with some thick plants for the moment I have chosen Brazilian Water weed (Egeria densa), so can you do the same with Betta's?

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

 

[lilfishie]

depending on your current stocking you may have room for a male or female

as said you cannot keep them together on a longterm basis (only a day or so for breeding)

 

[bananasdoom]

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

 

[Better is Betta]

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

Hi just wondering if you have room for any more fish- may be a bit overcrowded if you want to add another betta. If you think you have room for one more you can try a female. I have a 70 ltr tank with 5 guppies, 8 platties, 2 bronze catfish and a male and female VT betta. If you have the patients to observe you will know for sure if the male will get along with a female. Some males are just downright nasty and some like mine are very gentle natured and doesn't bother the female at all. But its a lot of observation and if you think you have the room you could try putting 2 females and a male together but you have to consider the other fish again observation to make sure your bettas don't upset and stress out your other fish and making sure your male isn't a nasty #29### where eviction in inevitable.

 

[lilfishie]

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

You have all that in a 36 Litre! you shouldn't be getting more, you should be getting rid of some you have, sorry to be the bearer of bad news
the pleco needs a minimum of a 4ftx2ftx2ft tank as they grow to 18"+
Clown loaches are the same and prefer to be in large groups
the neons guppies and hatchets are active fish so personally i'd say 2ft long minimum
Java loach again a very active fish and ideally needs large groups of 6+

Personally out of all your stock the only thing suitable for your 36l tank is the betta

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

Hi just wondering if you have room for any more fish- may be a bit overcrowded if you want to add another betta. If you think you have room for one more you can try a female. I have a 70 ltr tank with 5 guppies, 8 platties, 2 bronze catfish and a male and female VT betta. If you have the patients to observe you will know for sure if the male will get along with a female. Some males are just downright nasty and some like mine are very gentle natured and doesn't bother the female at all. But its a lot of observation and if you think you have the room you could try putting 2 females and a male together but you have to consider the other fish again observation to make sure your bettas don't upset and stress out your other fish and making sure your male isn't a nasty #29### where eviction in inevitable.

Do NOT add a female, they can only be kept together when breeding, and this is for a short time, it can SOMETIMES be done with siblings (brothers/sisters) but eventually they do require seperating

If you want a group of Bettas take back ALL your fish and get a group of 5 females


Please take this advice bananasdoom i know from experience that it doesn't work and will do anything to stop others making the same mistake

 

[-FighterFishh]

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

You have all that in a 36 Litre! you shouldn't be getting more, you should be getting rid of some you have, sorry to be the bearer of bad news
the pleco needs a minimum of a 4ftx2ftx2ft tank as they grow to 18"+
Clown loaches are the same and prefer to be in large groups
the neons guppies and hatchets are active fish so personally i'd say 2ft long minimum
Java loach again a very active fish and ideally needs large groups of 6+

Personally out of all your stock the only thing suitable for your 36l tank is the betta

No, one male and one female should not be kept together.
Chances are they'll kill each other.
What is your current stocking in there? If they're compatible you may be able to put one male in

I have a Betta with my fish at the moment ad there have been no problems yet so should they be compatible or do I just have a wimpy fighter
I curently have; 3xJava loach (Pangio oblonga) 6xNeon tetra(Paracheirodon innesi) 3xClown Loach (Chromobotia macracanthus) 4xgGuppy (Poecilia reticulata) 3xMarbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) 1xMale Siamese fighting fish(Betta splendens)1xCommon Pleco

Hi just wondering if you have room for any more fish- may be a bit overcrowded if you want to add another betta. If you think you have room for one more you can try a female. I have a 70 ltr tank with 5 guppies, 8 platties, 2 bronze catfish and a male and female VT betta. If you have the patients to observe you will know for sure if the male will get along with a female. Some males are just downright nasty and some like mine are very gentle natured and doesn't bother the female at all. But its a lot of observation and if you think you have the room you could try putting 2 females and a male together but you have to consider the other fish again observation to make sure your bettas don't upset and stress out your other fish and making sure your male isn't a nasty #29### where eviction in inevitable.

Do NOT add a female, they can only be kept together when breeding, and this is for a short time, it can SOMETIMES be done with siblings (brothers/sisters) but eventually they do require seperating

If you want a group of Bettas take back ALL your fish and get a group of 5 females


Please take this advice bananasdoom i know from experience that it doesn't work and will do anything to stop others making the same mistake

+1
I'm afraid to say that all this is in the best interests of the welfare of your fish

 

[tulipa]

I've posted this on another topic: I had a Betta boy wich was killed by the female he lived with. I thought he would hurt her but I noticed he was very peaceful, so I was relaxed. Untill I observed she was the aggressive one. I could see that on his fins, wich almost disappeared. I moved her away, but he got sick and died in about 2 weeks. So, my advice is not to keep a boy and a girl together and if you do (for 1 day or 2), keep on looking at them.
I'm sorry if I repeat myself with this happening on the forum, but I've made this mistake, my dearest friend is dead now, I can't do anything else but telling everyone about this, so that no fish must die anymore.