morganrules

i know that male bettas only can be one per tank what about female bettas could i put one of those in a tank of platies and mollies?

angelfish220

Some people will say you can, but its really risky. Female bettas have quite a temper to and are happiest alone.

morganrules

dang i wanted to try it out the female bettas at my LFS look beautiful

Amanda

If they're already in a community tank at the lfs, then they should be fine. It really just depends on the fish. Just make sure you have a back up plan if it doesn't work out.

morganrules

like a little 5 gallon tank

peacemaker92

Female bettas prefer to live with their own. You can have more than 5 female bettas in one tank, it should be fine. They probably might go well with mollies too but it doesn't really work out everytime. Good luck!

Blub

Female Bettas can be kept in communitys - but I have never heard of a succesful attempt to mix several in the same tank. 1 female should be fine.

morganrules

so a female betta with a couple of platies should do ok?

COBettaCouple

Female bettas can be more territorial than males. It would be highly unlikely to succeed and I'd guess on dead/injured fish and/or a very stressed female betta.

morganrules

ok then nevermind on the betta part

Allie

What size is your tank?
In 20g+ I would say one female depending on her temperament may work. Again depending on the Betta. I have had 2 females in a 42g community tank...they were fine. Yet I had 20g sorority with 4 female Betta by 2 months there was one left standing, Holly. She stressed the others to death by being bossy. She wasn't a nipper just a chaser.
You could try it, but have a tank ready for her in case she is a bully.

morganrules

i have a 15 gallon tank and there are some bettas at the LFS that need some saving might just get a 5 gallon with the betta in it

Barbrella

I just now attempted to put my female Cambodian in my community tank.

I have cherry barbs, neons and a bristlenose pleco in there.

I was so worried about what SHE would do them, I never stopped to think what they might do to her.

She seemed very pleased with her new huge home, was swimming around quite happily and had no ill will towards anyone. Then the male cherry barbs decided that since she's red, she's a female cherry. They started chasing her, and of course she had no clue why. Poor thing, I had to remove her after 5 minutes.

So, if you want to put a single female in a community tank, make sure it's of a colour that won't leave any chance of mistaken identity.

I think if my girlie were blue or green there would be no problem.

Blub

Oh yes! Should be fine... I've tried it myself and I was succesful! They nip guppy fins like crazy though.

morganrules

man you guys are so helpful its amazing after my tank is done cycling i will save a female betta and take care of the thing but i also want some platies i love those lil things

ThisGuy

We have our Female betta in our 29gal community.. She was in a 10 gal divided with Mr Betta, but when we got Mr Betta 2 she had to be moved.. She is fine with all the other fish (tetra,Siamese algae, ghost shrimp). I did try to put our Guppy in there but she didnt like him and chased him away so he came out. Just try not to put one in with any other fish with flowy tails!

morganrules

cool thanks for the input i just had to do a 100% water change

Blub

You should never do a 100% water change - it damages and destroys the bacteria colonys you worked so hard to create in the nitrogen cycle as well as really stressing the fish! Weekly water changes are the answer.