Siamese fighter

[lambrettali1753]

I Know you cant put 2 males in the same tank but can you put 1 male and 1 or 2 females in together?

 

[Erised]

It's not recommended though some people manage to pull it off. The chances are the females and the male will fight till death. *shrug* ... there's a chance it will work, there's a chance it wont work.

You might be better of asking this in the betta section of the forum

 

[Opcn]

Deffinitly ask in the betta section, but dont do it unless you have a heavly planted tank of atleast 100 or so gallons

 

[xXMrBonesXx]

i've seen it pulled of in a 10 gallon tank but i wouldn't suggest it, you'd have to have 3 very layed back bettas

 

[littlefishie]

You'd need quite the harem for that male to spread the agression around for the females. Like.. 4 or 6 girls, preferably 6.

If you really want to try it, do so when you have several hours to keep tabs on what's going on in the tank. Also, be prepared to separate all of the bettas from each other. While females can live peacefully in a species/gender tank [meaning just a tank of female bettas], they will still fight. They're not as vicious as the males. They may fight amongst themselves, fight the male, or end up having a giant war for attention.

Basically, if you try it, spend hours watching them and get ready to separate if they fight.

 

[Yenko]

I think anything over 40 gallons is sufficient to keep males and females together.


When bettas mate, the male chases the female away after spawning is complete and guards the bubble nest for 2-3 days and leaves once the fry are free-swimming. The males and females will get along well when spawning is not taking place. You also have to consider that females do not have the large fins of a fancy betta; they will be much faster and more agile than one, so stress is a possibility in a tank with too little cover but actual injury is unlikely.

 

[SMSBrunetteGirl]

I wouldn`t reccomend you putting any # of Betta`s together except mayber a few girls together.

 

[ral]

What SMSBrunetteGirl said. I puircahsed a bunch of females and oen of them turned out to be a male. Kept them in a community tank overnight and the male keep attacking/harrasing the female. She died two day later.

 

[Sorrell]

I think anything over 40 gallons is sufficient to keep males and females together.


When bettas mate, the male chases the female away after spawning is complete and guards the bubble nest for 2-3 days and leaves once the fry are free-swimming. The males and females will get along well when spawning is not taking place. You also have to consider that females do not have the large fins of a fancy betta; they will be much faster and more agile than one, so stress is a possibility in a tank with too little cover but actual injury is unlikely.

You have to remember that male to female aggression isn't all we're worried about when it comes to bettas. The girls will kill the males just as often and if she decides to do so he won't have a chance with his heavy fins.

Best just to never keep them together, even if it works for a while eventually someone will get hurt or stress will lead to other problems, diseases, and death.

 

[GSD]

I wouldnt if i was you,my frends male lost hes beautiful crowntai to a female

 

[Gill]

You could Try Imbellis Bettas, Longer and Slender but just as Colorful.

3 in a Large Goldie Bowl Works Fine.