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I know there are lots of post asking about tank mates for male bettas. Well I have a specific fish in mind, female bettas.

My 46gal communtity tank already holds 5 female bettas, and I am thinking of trying to add a male. Is there any problems or benefits I can expect from this?

I've often given the advice, "it depends on the betta" but thought there might be specific issues for this. Like the make will chase to females to death, or the females will become friendlier. Anything like that.

thanks,
-Dennis

i do have a male and females together, but it is around 1 of 1000, b/c yes it does depend on the betta, but other factors. most people think that the male will always be aggressive to the females, but this isn'talways true. sometimes female bettas will attack a male, or the common case, the male will attack the females. i wouldn't try it, unless u have spent thousands of hours with bettas and know what they will do before they will do it.

update: there are other ways of keeping males in with females. you can get large cups with drilled holes(or soda bottles) and add the male in there. there are containers that hang on the side of the tank. but really there are no good things about keeping males with females(trust me i know).

Last edited by BettaChris at 25-Jul-2005 17:48

in my 29 i have a male and 2 females, they all get along great, the male paired up with one of my females, and the other female just acts like there isnt anyother betta in there, the larger female will chase the little girl everyonce in a while, but no niped fins, no scales missing in a bigger tank, i would add another female or 2, and have pulled off 2 males before, but ti is trickey to get their temprements mached just right

Ok, I probably will not try. BUT if I do, I will watch them all closely, and make sure that the store is willing to take the male back if there are troubles.

thanks,

-Dennis

i think theres a point where the females will eat his fins, and just leave him alone, and the same with the male.