not a monster but it thinks it is
- Thread starter missyme06
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i think females also flare their gills to, the best way to tell if their anal fin,(i think its their anal fin). similar way to sex gouramis but instead of dorsal, its their anal fin thats more pointed is the male.
My wife used to keep & breed Bettas (B. splendens), she loved her 10gal with her 'Girls' more than all but the finest show quality males.
Females can be every bit as aggressive as any male, they can do fine for a time and then WHAM!, two of'em decide they hate each other...
All par for the course, these are a decidely belligerent species.
We found that 5-7 females in a well planted 10gal was ideal so as to spread out aggression, more or less just seemed to be asking excessive trouble in a 10gal.
Regardless, sooner or later there is trouble, no ifs ands or buts about it. :Evil:
You just have to expect it and deal with it.
Females flair at each other, at males and at anything they have a aggressive reaction to.
Some females are just psychotic and need to kept in solitary, not even suitable in a semi-aggressive community with fish of similar size
If your getting any wild anabantoids, e.g. plakats or etc, mixed in with run of the mill/mass bred Betta splendens something is very funky.
You may find some males culled as females due to lack of finnage, trouble can brew very quickly if these get put with either male/female companions.
Wilds (B. splendens) females bear little resembelance beyond basic body shape and finnage to our commonly marketed female Bettas.
Females can be every bit as aggressive as any male, they can do fine for a time and then WHAM!, two of'em decide they hate each other...
All par for the course, these are a decidely belligerent species.
We found that 5-7 females in a well planted 10gal was ideal so as to spread out aggression, more or less just seemed to be asking excessive trouble in a 10gal.
Regardless, sooner or later there is trouble, no ifs ands or buts about it. :Evil:
You just have to expect it and deal with it.
Females flair at each other, at males and at anything they have a aggressive reaction to.
Some females are just psychotic and need to kept in solitary, not even suitable in a semi-aggressive community with fish of similar size
If your getting any wild anabantoids, e.g. plakats or etc, mixed in with run of the mill/mass bred Betta splendens something is very funky.
You may find some males culled as females due to lack of finnage, trouble can brew very quickly if these get put with either male/female companions.
Wilds (B. splendens) females bear little resembelance beyond basic body shape and finnage to our commonly marketed female Bettas.
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The best way to tell short fin males from females, is when you look underneath the fish, females will have a white spot indicating eggs, males don't have this. Females also have shorter and fatter pelvic fins (the first 2 fins on the bottom of the fish). Females will fight if there is just two of them. It may not be as brutal as battling males, but they will fight. The best solution in my experience is to get more than 2. They can spread out the aggression. It also depends on the tank size as well. A 2.5g tank will definitely have some casualties while a 10g or a 20g will have little to no damage.
i'm far from an expert when it comes to bettas (just not my interest). but i work at petsmart and we keep female bettas together all the time with no problems. although it may have to do with the fact that we keep like 6 or 8 together and the only time we have 2 together is when we sell the rest and by that time they may have had time to get used to each other or something like that. sorry if this isn't much help but i thought i'd put my 2 cents worth in.
you think its possible to keep 2 males in a 55?
or how big does a tank have to be for them to live together?
or how big does a tank have to be for them to live together?
-Asianguy-;761945; said:
Depends on other tankmates and if there's plants that reach the surface to break up their line of sight I would assume. However, two males would inevitably run into each other regardless of how big the tank and there lies the potential for it to be disastrous much like any fish combination.
