Tank Dividers

[tom130691]

best place to get them and do you just cut them to the size you need?
i want to get 1 more male betta and some females
what would be the best bet

at i have one 1 male in 64L comunity tank and i have a spare 25ish liter hex tank that i would split in to the two tanks

both males in the split hex? and the 2 females in the 64
or 2 female one side of the hex and male other side

 

[aly_starh]

Hmmm... 25L divided into 2 will only give you 12L each. Not really enough for a betta tbh.
The 64L can be divided into 4 section and can house 4 male bettas.
Or... Divide the 65L into 2 sections. One side 5G and the other 10G. In the 5G side have a male bettas and in the 10G you could have a sorority of 6 females.

In the 25L hex (as it is) you could keep a male with shrimps and snails

As far as the dividers go. Its cross-stitching grids and paper binders. The grids just get cut into the size the you need. Or to make them bigger just sew 2 together, then cut as needed. Both of which easily availabe from ebay

 

[tom130691]

its just under a 5 gallon tank

it just i saw 2 realys nice females (one with red fins one with blue)today and i have a nice red betta
and they had a nice blue betta aswell and i was eventualy planning to breed the blue male and f and then bread red ones as well
maybe just get the red female then would it be ok to try them in the same tank first as the male doest seem that aggressive

 

[aly_starh]

No way!! I garuntee you 99.9% that he will kill her! He might not *seem* aggressive atm, as he has nothing to be angry about. Unless you want a dead betta or 2 i would advise you of ditching that idea.

And if you want to keep females together they have to be kept in a group of atleast 6 (in 10G), ig you have less females keep them seperatly.

 

[tom130691]

No way!! I garuntee you 99.9% that he will kill her! He might not *seem* aggressive atm, as he has nothing to be angry about. Unless you want a dead betta or 2 i would advise you of ditching that idea.

And if you want to keep females together they have to be kept in a group of atleast 6 (in 10G), ig you have less females keep them seperatly.

aparaently they will live together fine in some cases depends on the individuals
so my only option really is move male to the small tank then get a group of females in the community tank

 

[aly_starh]

Yep! That sounds great!
Yeh, some combinations of males and females do work. 0.1%. As i said 99.9% of the time they will kill each other.

 

[GAB99]

well woudnt they breed? or are you talking about long term housing?

 

[tom130691]

well woudnt they breed? or are you talking about long term housing?

yes mate long term

 

[GAB99]

what about a shoal of the worlds smallest fish? Paedocypris 7.9mm

yeah then that wouldnt be a good idea, if you want to try it you can introduce the female first, then the male after a weekor so so the female owns the place, or get 6 females first, then get 1 male?

dont do that till someone credible wit bettas says i might work.

 

[aly_starh]

Nope, if you wanted any 'a' betta to own the territory then it would be the male not the female.

Outwith breeding, if you want to keep betta splendens;
6+ females (a sorority)
1 male

Thats the only that you could do, without deaths.

 

[tom130691]

Nope, if you wanted any 'a' betta to own the territory then it would be the male not the female.

Outwith breeding, if you want to keep betta splendens;
6+ females (a sorority)
1 male

Thats the only that you could do, without deaths.

hmmm i think this would over stock the big tank if i were to get 6
i could get about 4 from the shop i wanted to put them in smaller tank untill i get 2 more(as the local didn't have many when i was last in)

then again im down to 4 rainbows as of this morning

 

[OohFeeshy]

Nope, if you wanted any 'a' betta to own the territory then it would be the male not the female.

Outwith breeding, if you want to keep betta splendens;
6+ females (a sorority)
1 male

Thats the only that you could do, without deaths.

Or, of course, 1 female.

 

[aly_starh]

Nope, if you wanted any 'a' betta to own the territory then it would be the male not the female.

Outwith breeding, if you want to keep betta splendens;
6+ females (a sorority)
1 male

Thats the only that you could do, without deaths.

Or, of course, 1 female.

yep

 

[OldMan47]

If the betta you are talking about is Betta splendens, then the advice you have been receiving is spot on. You cannot leave a female in a tank with a male for more than a few hours even if they do breed. When the breeding is done, the female will not be tolerated in the tank any more. If you are talking about some of the other species of betta such as Betta imbellis, it is an entirely different thing. Those fish can be housed in pairs or even in groups if you have the room for them. Far too often, we all assume someone is talking about Betta splendens when there are so many other members of the Betta group that are not at all like splendens.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Well, perhaps, but the probability of somebody having a non-splendens is fairly low anyway, and the probability of them not specifying even lower.