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Well thats my question i have a 3 gallon with one male and i want to add a tank mate, so i was thinking a female but i think there something wrong with that right.


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Last edited by xlinkinparkx at 30-Jun-2005 07:38

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

You really don't want to put a male and a female together unless you are breeding. Especially not in such small quarters! It is possible, in larger and more elaborate setups, to house unusual combinations such as multiple males or mixed sexes. But not in what you have. If you put a divider in your tank it would be ok. Just remember that you need double the water maintenance, though. Plus be sure that neither fish gets exhausted from running back and fourth across the glass admiring each other.

yeah, that just wouldnt work, as you would be one fish down more than likely. They dont want nothing to do with eachother unless it means making babies!]

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Good idea, but no like the others have said they would end up killing each other...just think of two people who hate each other being locked in a small room with no way outSomeone would have to die

Thanks for asking, better to ask and be told no than to try it and lose them both...

heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Well i knew it but i just never understood why, also i(if possible) want to put 2 females in a 3gallon or 1male with 3 white clouds.

Should i take the chance with two females?

I really dont mind doing frequent waterchanges. Whats Your Opinoin.


10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

it wouldn't work. the females will get beat, up if the male is agressive, or if the male is mild, the females may attack his fin. there is a way to do it, that i have found to work. float the male in a cup. its small, but that is the only way. but if you dont want to do it that way, then you shouldn't do it at all.

update: also male bettas aren't really one of the best "community tank" fish, b/c f there fins. if it is a long finned male(which i am guessing it is) like guppies, there tails don't help them swim in a current. if a short tail male, then it should be fine. the females will be o.k depending on there personality. there may be fighting at first, but it shouldn't get to extreme.

Last edited by bettachris at 30-Jun-2005 18:16

well i realy wouldent recomend it

i just got lucky with the bettas in my 29 gallon, i had a bunch of females and 1 male, the male pared off with one female, and all the others but another female were kept in there, but, even though i had secuess with it in a semi larger tank() it doesnt mean every body will, i knew them as individuals, and had the male floating for...like a week or 2 before i released him, him and his mate also tried to breed once but the other fiswere getting beat up, so i moved them to a 5 gallon for a week before re-adding them to the 29

Remember, bettas are territorial fish. It's not just males. Multiple should be provided with plenty of room and hiding places. 3 gallons is really just too small to try a multi-betta setup. (Unless you use a divider as previously suggested).

The White Cloud needs open swimming space, though a large tank is not needed. But note that they do like to school so don't get less than the 3 you mentioned. They will be unhappy when not grouped, and we all know that an unhappy fish is a stressed fish = a fish e to get sick and die easily!

If you could get (at Least) a 5 gallon for this setup you'd be a bit better off.


Last edited by mer_maiden at 01-Jul-2005 10:02

YEs you can lol... i actually know someone who did this. its in a 20g tank. the male doesnt even notice her. when i put her bag in my other male betta tanks, they go crazy.

now this tank is also heavily planted and lots of hiding places.

so yes a pair can get along, 2 with a male? i dont know about that. i do have 2 females in my 55g community tank and their fine.

but in a 3g? no thats way to small

Last edited by monkeyboy at 01-Jul-2005 10:05

Fish tanks are an expensive addiction

I meant 2 femals alone and i dicided to just keep him alone till i gaty a 5gallon.

If you have a suggestion please give it.\

Also in a 5gallon i can have 3-6 minnows with a betta? what would be my max of minnows (no plants so i'm gussing 3-6?

Last edited by xlinkinparkx at 01-Jul-2005 12:23

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

listen, if possible keep the betta alone. the white clouds are ness. with the females, they can be kept together, but there will be some fighting.(usually).