"Tynk" wrote in message
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Koi Lo wrote:


See above. It's not misinformation where really aggressive bettas are
concerned and smaller tanks with few or no hiding places. Don't assume
everyone has a 30L or larger planted tank.
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Being that this has been explained over and over and over....
That the tank needs to be large enough, well planted and that each
individual personality allows it, no one is talking about a small, bare
tank.
No one needs to assume it it has to be the size tank YOU used either.
Seems to me you're getting overly aggressive males.
If you have had a large enough tank and this many probs, I'd look into
finding new stock.
You also said in one of your posts about the male building his
nests....
If a male is in a filtered, heated tank and with 3 or more females
(proper size and dechor of course) there shouldn't be any spawning
behavior going on anyway.
You also run into trouble trying to house only one female and one male
per tank.
They have to form a hierarchy which can't be done properly with only a
pair.
Occasionly you will find a couple of placid Bettas and they're fine.
But to say the male will always shred a female, stress her, or kill
her, whatever it is you're saying today (this does change per post) and
that they shouldn't ever be housed together is simply wrong. It just
is.
I bet the entire problem you have experienced is not enough females and
a tank that was too small.
Besides....if you had overly aggressive males (rare with Splendens) you
should have never tried to house them together.



I have huge amounts of problems with males killing females or females
turning on males!!
Usually I have to watch and watch and try and try to get harmony!!
sometimes females need to be kept on, well pretty crap food.... while I
build up me male so he doesn't get smashed by her!!!
anyway after a while you sorta get to learn the stripes and body language.
Still tho, I watch any new meetings very carefully.
I still remember the first time I dropped an awesome delta male in with 15
females. I turned me back for a minute or so and when I looked back the
girls all had a mouthfull and were almost trying to pull him to itty bitty
pieces!!!
So yea from then on I watched closely and use dividers!!!
Oh the ease of breeding the mouthbrooders!!! may not have the sheer good
looks but wow hey! can keep a school together.
betta's
they are a lot more complicated than I ever imagined at first.
I used to think if one took up more than 10min of me time per week I was
doing something wrong.
Now I spend at least an hour mucking around with him.
thats the difference between having 100 and 1 tho, can afford to spoil the
*******!
Sure makes me sack of indian almond leaves last a lot longer!
mmmmmm mmmmmmm
voo-doo
www.plakatthai.com is the **** by the way! until they let the good Doctor
Axel rod outta jail I'm boycotting TFH
heh heh
anyone got an email for him?