Betta question

"Tynk" wrote in message
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Köi-Lö wrote:
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Unless it's a male and a female, you cannot keep them in the same tank.
They will fight until one of them is dead.
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This is not a good idea. I know this from experience. Unless the female
is
ready to breed the male may constantly attack and harass her until she
dies - that is unless the tank is quite large and she can avoid him.
Bettas do very well in 1g tanks or jars.
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I'm guessing you don't have much experience housing a male inwith
females.

I'm guessing you are quite WRONG. Perhaps your males were not as aggressive
as mine were.

Rarely have I ever had a male go after a female until he killed her.

He doesn't KILL her - the stress and infections from torn fins kill her.

Of course in something small, such as a 1g or 2g or even a 3g
sure...there will be problems.

There will even be problems in a 10g tank. A planted 30Long would be much
better for the female as she can get away from his harassment. Unless your
males are not very aggressive.

However, it's not always the male doing it. It's not always about a
breeding thing either.

No one said it was ALWAYS about a breeding thing now did they? :-)

It's about territory and aggression in each individual Betta.

Exactly!

As usual, each Betta is different. As long as you have a large enough
tank (and we're not talking that it must be enormous, just no smaller
than a 10g with like 3 females to one male, but a larger tank is always
better) and their indifivual personalites allow it, they can be
perfectly fine.

This has all been said here before I believe.

I've been keeping Bettas for 28 yrs and housing a male with females is
common place.

Of course it is *IF* the tank is large enough and the females can avoid the
males harassment.

I also bred them for 19 of those yrs and I've only had 4 (one recently)
that couldn't be housed with females.

9 out of 10 of those I had couldn't be trusted with females in anything less
than a 30L planted tank. You seem to have unusually unaggressive males.

I will say I have had more females not allow a male in the tank. I
currently have a batch of females with 2 of them that shred up any male
they see.

I can't comment since I never put a male in the tanks that housed my
females.

One of those ladies would kill if she had the chance. She's that
aggressive with males but peachy with the other females, as long as
they know their place in their hierarchy.
To say the do "well in jars"....not really. They simply survive.
They should be kept in heated tanks and let thrive.

I agree, if someone has the money and space for all those tanks... they
should go for it. The rest of us will continue to use bowls and large
jars. This too has been discussed here before.

Unless you have a heated fish room, a room temp bowl isn't going to be
at 78-80*f (their proper temp).
Flucuating temps (unheated bowls or tanks) is hard on any fish. When it
comes to Bettas they are more prone to fin infections because of this.
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KL....
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