Mixing Male & Female Bettas

[lawrie]

the other day i was in my old LFS and noticed they were selling male and female juvi bettas. i was tempted to buy a female untill i noticed there was 3 females and 7 males! the poor things were fighting like crazy! i think the female had stress stripes, the shop assistant said that its ok to keep male and female juvies together, is he right?

 

[DarkEntity]

No.

 

[girl4God81]

It's ok to keep them together when they are babies, up until they become aggressive. They are VERY wrong!

 

[WILDER]

If there fighting they should seperate them, poor things.

 

[kribensis12]

What were they thinking?

 

[fishlette]

its like the lady who came into my shop saying her male had kiled her female betta. after talking a while, the shop where she went had sold her a 15L tank with some gravel and one plastic plant. they said they would be fine living together as long as she provided a place to hide if he got agressive tis sad more places dont know what theyre talking about

 

[boxerbeth]

When we bought our male betta (rip) the guy in the shop said to us "would you like a couple of girlfriend's to live with him?" so me not knowing had two females. After 3 days the male had died, poor guy. This wasn't even from a normal pet shop it was from a specific fish/aquatic shop.

 

[TribeOfShroom]

I went into my LFS over the weekend to look at their new female bettas, and unfortunately for them there was a young male in the batch. When I informed them, they got him out into his own tank straight away . Some aquatic stores only care about sales, others will care for the fish. It's just finding the right places to get your fish.