Can they live together

[greengirly21]

Hello. I was wondering if I can keep my female and male betta together without having any problems?

 

[dethjam316]

simple answer: you must keep them separate, or the male will try to breed with the female and possibly kill it...or it won't want to breed with her and will kill it.

 

[ecotank]

No

 

[ashleigh]

absolutely not. Sorry to sound unfriendly- but it's important that you don't. Welcome to the tank, by the way.

 

[utman66]

yeah i asked the same question just the other day. haha. But you ya have to take one of them out. The only time they can be togeahter is when they are breeding. Unless you have a really big tank. Some people have said that in a big tank theres enough space for the both of them. But i don't know if you want to risk it.

 

[AquaticGem]

Nope. Sure can't.

 

[Iggy]

Hi greengirly21 and welcome to the Tank!

I am really glad you asked. Some store owners would say yes but it is a definate no.

Males and females don't mix. In the wild, a male will court a female for a few days, mate with her, then chase her away.

In the confines of a tank, he will hunt her down and kill her, not to mention she will live in constant fear till he does.

You can get a seperate tank or a divided tank and they can live side by side, but they need physical boundries (they jump too, so make sure any divider is tall enough).

 

[KiemRaekerm]

So if you can't keep them together how do you breed them? 2 females and 1 male in a tank or something?

 

[ashleigh]

no it's more complicated than that- basically for the purposes of this thread all that needs to be said is that they should only be together for breeding pourposes and then only if you have done a lot of research first.