How Plausible Does This Sound?

[Amanita.m]

I read this on a forum about tankmates for Bettas...I have a very hard time believing this person's advice for a setup. I know some males are less aggressive than others- my male Alpha is extremely laid back and sweet tempered, but no way would I keep him with a bunch of other males!
I have a feeling this guy is trolling and offering bad advice. I wanted to ask if his "right conditions" include constant sedatives added to the tank! has anyone ever heard of a setup with 75 MALES together? In a 125 gallon tank??

"bettas will do very well in community tanks, and you can house multiple males together provided there are no females and you have the right conditions for numerous males. this can get costly, but will be a very beautiful tank. if the tank is large enough, and there are lots of plants you can have large numbers of male bettas together. i have a 125gallon tank, almost two grand worth of live plants and 75 crowntail male bettas in the same tank."

 

[seizethecupcake]

It doesn't sound plausible to me, but I've never been brave enough to try!

 

[MisssMarie]

Well, he never said they were the SAME bettas, did he? He could simply buy new ones every week as they kill each otheR

 

[onidrase]

It sounds plausible. Having a crapload of males will disperse the aggression amongst each other, similar to how african cichlid tanks work, as well as discus tanks, and female betta sororities.

However, this could be stressful for the betta fish, always being at each others throats, but being to distracted with each other to cause much damage. I wouldn't do it myself.

 

[Amanita.m]

It seems there wouldn't be much room to set up territories, doesn't sound like it would be a very happy tank to me...
75 male Bettas seems like a lot, even for a tank that big.

 

[fizzlesticks]

Ask him for photographic proof!

 

[lilacamy931]

hmmm i would want to see this setup too as anyone can spout made up figures...

 

[Amanita.m]

I posted a request of a pic of this person's tank- if they ever post one (why do I suspect they won't?) I will post a link to it for u folks! Am very curious if this person's tank is for real, and if they have to replace injured/dead fish often...

 

[Sly13Cat]

Yes. Maybe if this works someone could try it because it's always interesting to see if you can add males together

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[OldMan47]

I would ban him here for trolling.

 

[lilfishie]

IF they are living together with no aggression they will be brothers therefore more tolerant of each other