Loopy Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I have a 2 x 1 x 1 foot tank. It is not heavily planted, just has a few scraps of indian and java fern here and there and a few floating bits too. It has a chunk of wood in there and gravel and UGF. There are 2 young whiptail catfish a discus and 7 siamese fighters in there. 3 males and 4 females, yes 3 males, possibly 4 but i can never make up my mind about the ratio. They are some of the fattest healthiest bettas i think i have ever had and have perfect fins. There is no actual fighting at all in the tank. A bit of flaring every now and then but never anything dramatic or worth getting worried about. the fighters are a mix of a few siblings who have been moved and seperated in the past and a store bought fish too, so they haven't all been raised together. The tank has been set up for a couple of months now and never any problems. I just love telling fish people about this tank as we all know it goes against everything we are told about male fighters. The really really cool thing is i found 4 1cm betta fry in the tank the other day. :bounce: The lesson i hope everyone who reads this learns is that anything is possible and there is always an exception to every rule!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancer17 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Good on you. I had a couple of males together for a while and everything was really happy they just used to stay out of each others way untill one day they decided to go each other. I hope they live happliy ever after for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I breed the bettas and kept the ypung to adult size in a single tank that included about 100 males and 150 females , this can be done but you can not take a fish out the tank and then put it back , looked awesome all the males in together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I have also had mass males (around 300) together until about 4 mths old. The majority of the time they were fine but some days I came home to just a body part in the tank. As Billaney says if you keep them together they are better and I image that if there is adequate hidey places in a tank a couple wouldn't be too bad until ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
je_suis_ketan Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hey Loopy, I was just wondering how your Multi-Betta tank is going right now. Is everyone still living in harmony? Cheers, Ketan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Hi there yeah tank is still going well. I did lose a male a few weeks ago but still got a couple in there. Have introduced 7 teenage bettas to the tank last week and everyone seems to be getting along fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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