Can I Introduce More Female Bettas At Different Times?

[xcharmanderx421]

i have 2 in there right now. can i add more?

3 of my old ones died after the cover of the filter fell off for some reason, and they swam up or sucked up and got cut up!

 

[AmberLynn]

2 is not a good number chances are 1 will be dominante and constantly beat up the other, the minimum recommended stocking of females is 5 or more. How big is you tank? When you add new girls first take out the ones that are in there and rearrange the tank then let them all in together new and old. This way no one will have any established territory and they're all be on equal ground when released into the tank

 

[x0x.love.you.x0x]

yes definately get at least 3 more. more would be better depending on the size of the tank. and removing the other two and changing the decorations is the best idea

 

[xcharmanderx421]

i have another problem now

The bettas at the store are really really small compared to my two surviving bettas...

is this going to be okay?

 

[x0x.love.you.x0x]

it will depend on your current females i had 5 huge big females and bought 1 tiny little girl and they were all fine together

 

[tibby25731]

yeah, how territorial are your remaining bettas? if they are quite placid then you will probably be OK. Just make sure you remove them from the tank and bag them up, then introduce them all together, and rearrange the decor some as well. Do you have a breeding net or something just in case it all goes wrong, so you can separate them if they go wild?

 

[xcharmanderx421]

yeah, how territorial are your remaining bettas? if they are quite placid then you will probably be OK. Just make sure you remove them from the tank and bag them up, then introduce them all together, and rearrange the decor some as well. Do you have a breeding net or something just in case it all goes wrong, so you can separate them if they go wild?

oddly my two rest over bettas are best of buds...

they're not even fighting or anything, they even hide in the coconut shell together

 

[Syphoniera]

Hi, xcharmanderx421,
hope it went well, if the new ones are already in.
If they aren't, I'd suggest first adding more live plants, if possible, (which would both provide more 'privacy' in reducing tensions/providing hiding spots and help maintain water quality, especially important with an increased bioload, as bacteria rapidly starves off after a loss as you've suffered and needs to propagate to the new 'food supply' levels) as well as rearranging the decorations prior to putting the smallest ones back in first and the established and larger females second.