Do boy betta fish get along with a girl betta fish?

Answer 1

Males and females should only be kept together in a tank the day they are bred

Females can sometimes be kept together if the tank is big enough. A 5 gallon tank with 4 or 5 females and lots of hiding places is suitable. Never keep females together if you have less than 4, as one will bully the others.

The ability to add tankmates often depends on the disposition of your betta. If he's docile, you may be able to add some white clouds. It's very rare to find such a betta.

Bettas live in low oxygen water and will, in the wild, aggressively drive away all other fish that are using up their air, especially other male bettas (competition) with which they will fight to the death. In the wild, males will only allow females near them when mating. If a female who is not ready to mate encounters a male, she will simply leave. To stay indicates interest in mating, and if she is not ready and rejects his advances the confused male may kill her. If they do spawn successfully, the male will immediately drive her away, seeing her as a danger to the eggs. If glass walls prevent her from getting out of his way, she will probably be fatally injured. If you want to breed bettas, keep her in a small tank next to your male betta tank so he can see her and she can fill up with eggs first. When introducing the female to his tank, keep her inside a glass jar so he cannot get to her until the bubble nest is built and she is ready to spawn with him. As soon as they have finished spawning the female must be removed immediately.

When not breeding, keeping both male and female bettas in the same tank is absolutely impossible. Males do not see females as anything except potential opportunities to breed or else potential dangers to any eggs they are guarding, the food supply and the oxygen supply.

Answer 2

I asked that same question years ago and was told never to put 2 males or two females together or they would try to kill each other. A male & female are fine (how would we get baby betta fish), you do have to separate the babies from the adults or they will eat them.

Answer 3

Listen, Betta fish aren't complicated at all. In fact, they can live up to ten seconds out of water, don't try that, but they can. But one thing they cant do, is live with another fish. Any fish at all. That is because they are carnivorious and they can't live in a tank with another fish because it will eat and/or kill it. Understand? ^This answer is only partially true.^ For the most part, Bettas cannot live with other fish. The ultimate rule is that two males is a no no. Generally, you shouldn't keep a male and a female together unless you are willing to take on the arduous task of breeding, and even then, you have to remove the female shortly after. Betta CAN live with other fish, but the more 'exotic' the fish looks, or if it has flowing fins like the Betta does, then the Betta will attack it. Plain fish are the way to go with Betta, but even then there is a chance they will fight. Betta are complicated in the sense that each one has its own preferences.

Answer 4

No. A male Betta will either spawn the female, and then kill her if she is not removed, or if she will/can not breed with him for some reason, he will kill her anyway. The rule for Bettas is a male can not be kept permanently with any other Betta. They are OK with all other species of fish.

Answer 5

No. If you were to house a male and female betta together it would result in fighting, if not death. The only exception is when breeding the fish, which requires a few weeks of conditioning beforehand. Even then, the fish are still at risk for injury.

Answer 6

No, a male Betta fish cannot be with a female betta fish because the female and male will fight if they are in the same tank.

One thing you could do though is buy the kind of tank that you buy when your fish have babies but you are afraid that the parents might eat the babies.

Buy that and you can have the male on one side and the female on the other.

I have two Betta fish and I bought a separator so they will not fight.

I found mine at Petsmart in the fish section.

Good Luck!!!

ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE:

I've had a different experience with Betta fish together. I started with three females and one male wintering in a heated aquarium. I've added three more females and all are doing well, very well. There was some fin nipping the first week or two, but none after that. When I put my hand in the aquarium with the frozen bloodworms, then all swarm my hand, pulling at the worms. Absolutely no problem being together, in fact quite happy. In a few weeks they will all go into a shallow, well planted backyard pond. I plan to add some more females and males then, because there will be ample room for the males to stay out of each other's way.

Answer 7

Maybe, but don't try it. You certainly don't want baby bettas on your hands- trust me.

Most times it is not good for them to be together because the male might try to mate with the female. If she rejects him or is not ready, he may well end up killing her. The mating itself is very strenuous on the female and she would normally need a place to hide or to be removed from the male so she can recover. Generally the only times they are together in a tank is strictly for mating, and then you could very well end up with 500 babies, all of which will need their own individual tanks or cups because even at a very young age the males cannot be together.

Answer 8

Not smart at all to have a boy with a girl betta fish in the same keeper.