SiameseFightingFist Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 ok, a four foot tank, very well planted, lots of hiding places, with other fish too. I have posted photos of the other fish in this four foot tank. Possible or no? Just asking. I'm in no position to do this any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I think Yan houses pairs together sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted September 7, 2012 Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 I've done it successfully multiple times. Usually after lengthy exposure ie; desensitization. I've also done it unsuccessfully multiple times. Absolutely possible with the right fish/personalities... But be prepared to accept they may wake up on the wrong side of the tank, flip a switch and decide they don't like this chick anymore and rip her up. Don't expect perfect fins, either. Works best with two plakats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted September 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2012 dammit.. why the hell can't they just get along, damn fish.Yan how big was the tank you kept them in? Planted? Lots of hiding places? Just trying to get an idea of what might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 Smallest, less than 5lt. This was supposed to be a spawn attempt. They've been living together in there for, oh I have no clue. Months and months. Less than 6, probably more than 4. Heaps of plants but they're usually sitting side by side begging for food anyway. Female gets so excited she bounces out of the water, irritating the boy until I drop the food in. Largest is 4 x 2 x 18, single pair. Did far more damage to each other (no it wasn't the other fish) than the ones living in the 5lt. My best success was a single male in a 2ft sorority/community. He picked the alpha female and they would breed multiple times a week. I still have no idea how I pulled that off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ftaquaman Posted September 8, 2012 Report Share Posted September 8, 2012 There are a heap of variables to this with fin nipping fish and aggression you need to consider. Some fish not in large schools can be notorious for nipping so having them in the same tank is a risk but just bettas in a community tank is a risk anyway. Even if they do all get along to start with there is no guarantee that will be the case day to day. Finding the right mix is exremely hard too as you wont know until they are in the tank with trial and error. Then you have the other aspect that betta's will attack anything they see as a threat to them much the same as a black tail shark will do and probably 50% of the reason they are usually left out of a community tank, the other 50% being fin nipping. I would love to watch them interact (peacefully) in a community tank myself. The bottom line is that it is a higher risk factor involved than your usual community fish are. As Yan said sometimes it works and sometimes it does not but yes it is possiblle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiameseFightingFist Posted September 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 My best success was a single male in a 2ft sorority/community. He picked the alpha female and they would breed multiple times a week. I still have no idea how I pulled that off. Waaaaait a minute, a single male in a sorority? How many females? They never touched him aggressively...? Was it a well planted 2footer? The bottom line is that it is a higher risk factor involved than your usual community fish are. As Yan said sometimes it works and sometimes it does not but yes it is possiblle. I already have a sorority in a community tank and everyone gets along surprisingly fine. No one bothers each other. There is very very minor aggression between some of the bettas but it's absolutely minimal and just some minor flaring if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 From memory at least 8 females. Male never had a mark on him, and very little to none on most of the fish. He was a plakat though. I wouldn't put a longfin boy in with any number of girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I have a setup like the one you're aiming for.....They're called spawn tanks. Except my naughty fish don't spawn in them... so they're tanks for "mutual understanding" and fin holding. I've had my giant PK in with the most horrendously tempered DM HM cow for 5 weeks.... there's chunks out of both, but they're getting along fine (I want a spawn, not a community tank you mongrels. Get busy!) Nobody here is going to tell you to try it, no seasoned betta keeper is going to touch this thread with any sort of optimism. They are wired for this, you'll have a great time for a little while - then one day hormones / nature / aggression will take over and you'll end up with one or two floating bodies. Fact. It's like putting a racehorse out into a huge paddock and thinking it's not going to run. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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