Better than being picked on or get killed by other bettas. There is a reason why they're kept in jars singly.
why do people think that you can not keep male bettas together?
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So correct me if I am wrong, but People do not usually overstock American cichlids to keep them from fighting. This is done with African cichlids. Also, American Cichlid usually don't jusy pound each other to death like bettas do. Ya, they get aggressive and can kill, but putting them in a tank together obviously works better than putting two male betas in the tank together. Plus, considering the fact that betas evolved in puddles, I doubt they like it in huge tanks. I mean ya, you can put two male betas in a 75gal If you want to, but at the end of the day, as a fishkeeper in the hobby, you have to decide if that is what is best for your fish, and most people would say no that is not the best thing for that fish. Most people would decide that maybe two 5gals would be better. Most people would say that two males in the same tank is a bad idea because they will kill each other given the chance, and more often then not they do kill each other.
Besides that, experienced hobbiest may be able to keep two males together, but betas are a starter fish. They are most often kept by people either just getting into the hobby, or by people that aren't in the hobby, but keep a beta or a small tank. These people are usually not experienced enough to do something that has proved near impossible for even experienced keepers, and so people just say don't do it. It is one of those things that you just don't do because the chance of success is slim to none. Similar to breading convicts in a community 55. Some people probably have done so, but for most they just end up with a tank full of dead fish
If you want to keep many males together you can. Just replicate there natural habitat setup a shallow muddy bottom murky water. In there natural habitat the water is so murky they never see each other except when they happen run into each other face to face for a second then they disappear from each other in cloudy murky water. There eye sight is not that good either so they don't see far only close. So they could literally be next to each other and not see each other.
In short words, make the tank water looks so muddy enough that you can't see the fishes, tho its unlikely that a puddle will hold many fishes.
it can be done its common sense. you have to gear the setup to replicate the habitat whether it makes for optimal viewing or not. anyways cant believe I had a "hit thread" lol I don't post much and been here a few years. btw my two male bettas that were living together are now at a friends house living separately. they were fine but both went into two different 29 gallons. I realized they were clearing way too many of the guppy/platy fry I'm trying to breed for my baby dragon
