marge02144
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I have had a male betta in a 5.5 gallon tank for about a year now. Would it be okay to add a female?
if not, would they be okay in a 10 gal?
I know allot if people are saying no, but in my 55 gallon I have a male and female together with no issues.
I've done sororities with unrelated females many times. Having plants in the tank helps a lot and I found they all have to be added at the same time. A 5.5g is rather small and if you have a male already are you going to get another tank for females? When working with betta's there is always a chance it may or may not work out. If you wanted to get another tank a 10g, which is what I used would work. I never could keep any shrimp, even large ones with my Betta's as they eventually would end up a snack. But there are fancy shelled nerite snails that you can add and I've always been able to keep dwarf or pygmy cory cats with my Betta's without issue.