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If it's just flaring, leave them be. Unless they start getting violent, I'd let them settle in.

You're going to have SOME sort of fighting going on, at least for a while. Give it at least a week I'd say, unless you see someone getting nasty.

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I found a great divider for a tank.
They are called plastic needle work grids.
i got them at a local hobby store, theyre are the easily cutable, they come in many colors, and since they have holes in them the allow water movement. and they only cost 40 to 50 cents (rather than $6 for a "real"divider).

MONKEYS ARE COOL, BUT SEA-MONKEYS ARE BETTER.

Sponge filters don't create a lot of current. In my 2.5g I have a whisper filter with the current set to its lowest setting. The current it creates doesn't bother my crowntail Gofish any.

I was thinking that since the new ones contrast my older one so much to put another divider in and have it split 3 ways. that way it would have the dark blue girl in the middle and the others on the outside.

And any thoughts on what kind of filtration unit i could use, i know something with not a lot of current, so what do youi guys and gals think?

Thanks so much for all the replies!

MONKEYS ARE COOL, BUT SEA-MONKEYS ARE BETTER.

If it doesn't work out, I'd return the bettas. I think most stores give you 5 days or something.

You could always keep the divider and have two in half the tank and leave the older gal with the other half

Alright, right now i have an impromptu divider so that they cant get each other. The new ones dont attack each other, like some of you said, which is good. Any suggestions on what i should do if this doesnt work out?

MONKEYS ARE COOL, BUT SEA-MONKEYS ARE BETTER.

In my personal experience I have never been able to keep more than one female betta together. I've seen it done, I've heard about it being done, but not even 10 minutes ago we just had to seperate our two new females because once they got comfortable in their new surroundings they started dueling. So best of luck with that, I'd like to hear of any suggestions to make this work other than to let one get killed and add another one until we find compatible tankmates.

It would probably be best to separate them at this time as your older betta seems to be not happy with having any company.

If you have a tank divider try placing that in the tank and give them some additional time to adjust to seeing each other. After a week of so remove the divider and see if the aggression is still there.

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Ok its the next Day and Taco has eaten some of the other twos fins, and is still flaring and chasing them around. Should i start worrying yet?

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I just got a 5.5 gallon tank for my female beta (Taco) and i was wondering if there was any small tank mates that would possibly get along with her. there is no heater, but i have a glass cover. thanks for any replies.

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Ok today i got 2 more female bettas to go in my tank and they are fine with each other but they and my older female betta are flaring at each other. How long before they stop? I know that if they dont i will split them up, how long should i wait? I figure a day or two at most because my older Betta (Taco) just got her fins back from being nipped at in my other tank thats why i got this tank. Any ideas would be welcome.

Well any way my new ones are named Burrito and Churro. Taco is Very Dark Blue so i got lighter ones to contrast her. Burrito has a light pink body and red fins, and Churro is almost pure white with a blue and purple tint.

MONKEYS ARE COOL, BUT SEA-MONKEYS ARE BETTER.

thanks for the replies, may be i will try another female beta.

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Well, first off, without a heater, your choices are limited. As your best idea, I'd say ghost shrimp. You COULD put another betta girl in there, but you don't know how the two will get along. With the addition of a 25 watt heater (they're about 15 bucks here), you can expand your choices quite a bit.

Let me pull out my Small Tank Stocking article so you can peruse it. It's the rather large post (white on black) about halfway down the page.

Last edited by Kitten at 09-Jun-2005 09:52

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Ghost shrimp, maybe an ADF, pair of cherry barbs. Another female betta is chancy...you could try as long as you have another tank in case things go bad.

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Nah, I wouldn't do that. Most Corydoras species should be kept in groups of at least six, and almost all will get too large for that size tank.

The danios will get too large and active for a five and a half gallon as well, so they should not be included in my opinion.

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You could go with maybe 3 cories and another female betta or 6 zebra danios.

cause o no heater ya should keep him in a warm room

I dunno... Another female betta coukld be kind of risky. You never know if they get along or not unill after they are together. If you do try it, keep a divider on hand.

another female betta would be good!

Alex

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