Male Betta

[Dorkhedeos]

i put my male betta in my female community tank hoping it would flare up and i would get some nice pictures, but for some reason it ran away i left it in there for 3 hours, and it still hasnt flared once, or chased a female once. its really weird. i thought if i left it in there for a while, it would get used to the tank and start flaring, but it still hasnt flared once i think i have a sissy male im still going to watch out for it though

 

[t.ropical_m.istx3]

probably not a good idea. at all. both females and males can be agressive and if you turn your back on your tank, the females could turn on the male or vise versa and you could end up with a dead betta.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

yeah, ive been checking every hour to see if they are fine still. im going to take the male out before i go to sleep just incase

 

[OohFeeshy]

The very fact he's lethargic suggests the situation is stressing him out- if he was comfortable in there he'd certainly be out and about, flaring and chasing.

 

[Dagu]

Male bettas are certainly odd creatures

My male betta lived perfectly happily with my 2 females for months hardy fighing at all, But it was obvious that the females ruled the roost!! But despite this they even breed sucsessfully together

 

[Htw]

I'd personally be more concerned that the females will turn on him rather than the other way round. Us girls are very unpredictable!

 

[Wisperian]

Its topics like these that make me want to throw up sometimes. Like seriously people, if you want fancy fish that can co-exist with the other gender, KEEP GUPPIES. How is it a good thing if they bred together? You wind up with like up to 100s of babies you might not even be able to take care of. Fighting is obviously going to break out and like Feeshy said, he's lethargic from stress. People state everywhere that males and females cannot be kept together from experience and if you choose to ignore that, that's pretty much silly.

 

[liz2]

I will just echo what Wispy has said...

 

[pica_nuttalli]

chill, Wispy! Dork just wanted some good flaring pics and already said that he was going to pull out the male before bedtime. i agree that longterm gender mixing is a no-no with bettas, but i don't think that's what this topic is about

 

[Dorkhedeos]

the male is out already. the male didnt really seem stressed though, it still had all its normal colors. it usually turns a lighter color if its stressed. i noticed something really weird a couple of hours before i took it out though, it seemed like it was part of the pecking order i think it wasnt flaring and chasing like it shouldve because my big female was around. i separated her in one of those breeding net things and my male started to chase the others around. i took him out after i realized my camera had no power