Cheart99
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Post by Cheart99 on Oct 16, 2004 10:53:03 GMT -5
I hope someone can anser me on this one. I have a male betta in a 3.3 gallon tank, no heater but light keeps the temp at 76, Not filtered or has an air stone in it. I was wanting to know, can i put a female betta in with him permentaly without them fighting or killing each other? Also somone told me that since my tank is only 3.3 gallon that they would not mate. I like to have a tank mate for him to keep him company but i dont want to have them mating or having to take care of eggs.. He has a very small bubble nest going on. If i cant does anyone know if there is somthing else that can go in there. I seen these african frogs at my perstore but i dont know if they need filters or sir in the water. I was told by the clerk that they go up to the surface to breath like a betta.  |
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Post by twoluvcats on Oct 16, 2004 11:01:19 GMT -5
no, mae and female bettas cannot reside permanently with each other. You could put 1 dwarf frog in with your betta, but there is a chance that your betta could kill it. Aside from that they are pretty messy to feed and hard to catch so having them in an uncycled tank can be problematical. Without having your tank cycled, I wouldn't reccomend adding any other inhabitants. Besides, bettas rarley need or want company. If you want to stave off "boredom" get him a mirror and have flaring sessions.  |
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Post by dyingagain1 on Oct 19, 2004 7:14:52 GMT -5
i dont think females and males could live together becuase they would....well you know way too muhc...youd have betta babies comin outa your ears
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Post by amanichen on Oct 19, 2004 8:38:05 GMT -5
i dont think females and males could live together becuase they would....well you know way too muhc...youd have betta babies comin outa your ears Actually, they'd most likely fight till one of them died. Bettas just don't breed when you stick them together. There's a long courtship process that has to happen, and in captivity, that happens in the same tank, but with the male and female separated by a divider. |
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Post by dyingagain1 on Oct 20, 2004 16:43:55 GMT -5
 if amyI was still alive i bet ten bucks she could live w/ gus...(they loved eachother they had bowls next to eachother they were good friends) i could kick myself for not puttin them together they both are (were for AmyI) swwet natured and seroiusly my male gus wouldent hurt a fly....or anything hes just a old teddy bear ....
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Post by abm on Oct 20, 2004 16:57:30 GMT -5
No, they really couldn't live together - honest. But I know they did enjoy being next-door neighbors  |
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Post by amanichen on Oct 20, 2004 17:23:14 GMT -5
Males and females cannot live together on a long term basis. In the wild, there aren't artificial constraints on their swimming room so the females can swim away if need be. The problem is, if a male doesn't know how, or won't want to breed, he'll chase the female away. Anything that's not a female betta ready to breed, gets chased away -- it's just their nature to be territorial.
The longest any of them live together is for breeding, and that usually lasts only a couple days.
In rare cases, you can keep a single male and multiple females together, but even females can be aggressive towards each other.
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if amyI was still alive i bet ten bucks she could live w/ gus...(they loved eachother they had bowls next to eachother they were good friends) i could kick myself for not puttin them together they both are (were for AmyI) swwet natured and seroiusly my male gus wouldent hurt a fly....or anything hes just a old teddy bear ....
