Quick Betta Housing Question

[robertherrington]

Ok, its been awhile since ive had an aquarium, but if I have a male betta in a small 1.5 gallon tank, could I add a female. The thing is, I intend to move both of them to a 10 gallon within 3 Weeks. Basically I could do 4 25% water changes per weej. Would this be temporarily acceptable?

Thanks

 

[OldMan47]

Do not add a female to any tank with a male in it unless you have conditioned both fish for breeding and you have a tank ready for that female 10 hours after she goes into the breeding tank with the male. Betta splendens cannot be kept together ever beyond the time it takes for a single breeding. After that the male will treat the female as a threat, an intruder if you will, and will either drive her away, impossible in your tiny tank, or will kill her. If you don't want a dead betta, don't try to house a male with a female.

 

[danele]

Male's are better on there own
Do you have the male already? If not wait till the 10 gallon is sorted first

 

[robertherrington]

Thank you for the save. Id just like to add a small compativle fish. More than likely ill be getting the 10 gallon sooner than 3 Weeks just a worst case scenario. Any suggestions or should I wait it out?

Thanks, didnt see your reply until I had already posted

Also I do have the male. He was in detestable conditions, so I had to purchase a small tank due to lack of funds until payday

 

[OldMan47]

There is nothing wrong with a small tank for a single fish as long as you do the necessary water changes, as indicated by your test results.

 

[danele]

Wait till you get the bigger tank, then you can get a small school of fish, there is a list of compatible fish with bettas on this forum
Get the fish in the big tank before the betta goes in, as the betta wont be territorial

 

[danele]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/382234-betta-fish-compatibility/page__pid__3206884#entry3206884
This should help