No. They aren't happy in it IMO. That's really overstocked.
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siva said:
Yes I know I'm waiting for my other tank to arrive but iv never seen them with stress stripes only happy ones
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Can I mix different kinds of female bettas in a big enough tank?
No one can really tell you that you can or can't. Some of us think no, some think yes. What I can say is that they shouldn't be mixed if you don't have the means to provide each a proper home in the event it doesn't work out. When I had to split my sorority of 6 females that meant 6 individual filtered and heated homes of atleast 5 gallons. If you don't have the means to do that for the bettas you want to try a sorority with, then I think it would be highly irresponsible to attempt one.
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How about a small soroity with about 3 or 4 because I know if anything I can buy a small heated home for them.
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Nvm, I just read this great article. They said I need about 6 females at the most! I 'm nervous on considering this just because I don't want this plan to turn horrible.
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I heard that its better to have an odd number if you want a small sorority.
If you get them all from the same place and if they're all in the same tank it would probably be much easier. I only have 3 tiny females two were together and never separated and one was there the day before which is the one that took charge even thought she's the smallest.
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Did you get them from a breeder? U'm pretty sure I don't know any breeders who can help me :/ lol.
Yeah, I tried with both 5 and 6, since I had read you should start with atleast 5.
I don't think all in the same tank necessarily makes a difference, since the ones I've seen in the same tank at the lfs were ripping eachother apart, but if you could find them from a breeder, and get actual sisters that had never been seperated, that just might work. It would probably be the only in scenario in which I would try a sorority again.
I don't think all in the same tank necessarily makes a difference, since the ones I've seen in the same tank at the lfs were ripping eachother apart, but if you could find them from a breeder, and get actual sisters that had never been seperated, that just might work. It would probably be the only in scenario in which I would try a sorority again.
