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introducing new fish to sorority


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Lots of cover is always a must. I personally removed all my females, rearranged my tank quite a bit, and then added the smallest ones into the tank first for 15 mins before adding the next least dominant females. It seemed to work :D

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Lots of cover is always a must. I personally removed all my females, rearranged my tank quite a bit, and then added the smallest ones into the tank first for 15 mins before adding the next least dominant females. It seemed to work :woohoo:

Yep! I agree!

It's what I do :D

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Is it normal for some tiffs here and there between several females i have a larger female getting the run of the tank and all the smaller ones have to make mad dashes to the surface then back under cover where they hide until they need another dash for air. Is the larger one just a mean bully ?

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I've read a few different bits of information on how to introduce female bettas to sorority tanks 'after' I started mine, however IME I haven't had a problem at all. I might just be lucky :D

I stared mine with 2 different females, an orange HM and a young CT, in separate jars in a tank. Then I got 3 adult sisters, golds, and after acclimatisation released them all at the same time. They have all cohabitated peacefully since then. There is occasionally a bit of flaring and some posturing, with the very occasional fin nip, but other than that they lived happily together.

I then purchased some young dragons, red/gold. There were 3 females and one 'suspect' female. After acclimatisation, they were all plonked into the tank together, with no problems. The suspect female has since sprouted, and not having space in the stables for another male, he is still in the sorority tank. He has established one corner of the tank as a 'no go zone' which the females stay clear of. Other than that they all live peacefully together in the one tank.

So all up there are 8 females and one young male in the tank. They all share the same space during feed times, but nobody hides or cowers during the day, although there are 2 sponge filters, a heater, 4 pot plants and a number of floating plants, so plenty of cover if needed.

I do however have another female in her own tank that I would not trust in the sorority tank. She is very aggressive (having beaten the snot out of 2 of my males). I may be doing her an injustice, but I don't want to risk adding her and upsetting the tank.

This works for me. :)

Good luck

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