FishEnthusiast
Fish Herder
I know that here on this forum it is common practice to keep male bettas separated from pretty much every fish. I was on another forum a couple of days ago, browsing around. I searched the term betta, and post after post came up about people not only keeping their bettas in a community tank, but also with female bettas. With success I should add.
They recommend keeping at least 2 females to a male. They say that having 2 cuts down on the aggression, kind of like what you would do with guppies.
Personally I would never do this, but has anyone else heard of this? Have any of you tried it? For clarification, I am only talking about betta splendens. The forum I was visiting did not specialize in bettas, nor were there people there half as knowledgable about bettas as you find here. Most of the posters called them fighting fish as opposed to betta. I have noticed that the people with the most experience with them call them bettas.
They recommend keeping at least 2 females to a male. They say that having 2 cuts down on the aggression, kind of like what you would do with guppies.
Personally I would never do this, but has anyone else heard of this? Have any of you tried it? For clarification, I am only talking about betta splendens. The forum I was visiting did not specialize in bettas, nor were there people there half as knowledgable about bettas as you find here. Most of the posters called them fighting fish as opposed to betta. I have noticed that the people with the most experience with them call them bettas.