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[Haych]

if he cant be kept with the females, why was i told i could keep a male with females if its not true?? (I have been told by a shop too - 1 male to 2 female). I started a thread on here asking about seperating a tank and was told 1 male and females could be kept together, and was not informed of any issues

 

[GuppyGoddess]

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Hi still researching, and absorbing all the new info that im learning on bettas, the one thing that was worrying me was the pair that I have with stripes, as I thought they havent disappeared and does that mean that they are unhappy or permanently stressed.
Every indication that I have found, mean that the stripes are ok as long as they are facing the right way, the stripes that my bettas have are vertical so think they are fine [/quote]

In the first photo, the stripes appear to be horizontal (sideways). Am I looking at the wrong photo?

 

[Rezatii]

if he cant be kept with the females, why was i told i could keep a male with females if its not true?? (I have been told by a shop too - 1 male to 2 female). I started a thread on here asking about seperating a tank and was told 1 male and females could be kept together, and was not informed of any issues

Haych; The majority of LFS's will say anything to get you buying, unfortunately. While you may be able to keep wild bettas in male / female groups, betta splendens, the most common variety, known as siamese fighting fish can not. Boys can be kept on their own. never with other boys, never with another girl unless mating. Girls can be kept on their own or with 5 or more other girls. There are very few suitable tankmates for bettas, some recomended are oto's, small corys, and snails.

 

[snowflake311]

I was a crazy betta lady for 10 years I have had my fair share of them. You could keep males together if you have a huge tank no problem. In a small tank bettas should not be kept together. I'm going to be a downer here and someone is going to tell me I'm wrong.

But I had a 36 gal tank with 8 females the tank was set up for about a year and was nothing but drama. My girls were always stressing eachother out. The alphy female would be the only one not stressed the rest would hide all the time only the brave came out.

I ended up losing all my female to stress. They had weakens immune systems and some got sick. It was awful. I keep all bettas by them self. But that's just me I hope you have better luck then me.

But yes lines going from the head to the tail mean the fish is stressed.

 

[Haych]

if he cant be kept with the females, why was i told i could keep a male with females if its not true?? (I have been told by a shop too - 1 male to 2 female). I started a thread on here asking about seperating a tank and was told 1 male and females could be kept together, and was not informed of any issues

Haych; The majority of LFS's will say anything to get you buying, unfortunately. While you may be able to keep wild bettas in male / female groups, betta splendens, the most common variety, known as siamese fighting fish can not. Boys can be kept on their own. never with other boys, never with another girl unless mating. Girls can be kept on their own or with 5 or more other girls. There are very few suitable tankmates for bettas, some recomended are oto's, small corys, and snails.

of course

the only thing is i thought they were a good shop - got it very wrong then

what about a group of females in a community tank? and whats the difference between your betta/siamese fighter and wild betta?

 

[aly_starh]

if he cant be kept with the females, why was i told i could keep a male with females if its not true?? (I have been told by a shop too - 1 male to 2 female). I started a thread on here asking about seperating a tank and was told 1 male and females could be kept together, and was not informed of any issues

On your thread, people said yes with dividers

I personally said stick to getting either the males or the females, not both

 

[Haych]

i have already apologised for the misunderstanding on that

 

[aly_starh]

yes i know, i was just re-clarifying so people don't mix the males with the female bettas.

 

[Rezatii]

of course wacko.gif

the only thing is i thought they were a good shop - got it very wrong then sad.gif

what about a group of females in a community tank? and whats the difference between your betta/siamese fighter and wild betta?

I'm most definitly not an expert on wild betta, In fact, I've never even seen one apart from a few pictures, I'm sure there are some threads about it but... *shrugs* I'm not sure, I think Pip has a pair so maybe she can help out on this?

-Rezz

 

[Haych]

thanks rezz