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March 4th, 2009
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| Been thinking...again
I know it's a dangerous past-time...but I've been thinking about something. I've given thought to setting up a sorority tank for lady bettas. If I were to get several females...sisters from the same spawn, I was hoping they'd work and play well together. I was thinking about getting 1 of MM's males (for my daughter) and several of her females (for me), the male of course having his personal bachelor pad, and the ladies having a 15-20 deluxe suite. I have no intention of breeding them, way too scary for me, but the thought of putting several betta together, even females also worry me. Thoughts anybody? | 
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March 4th, 2009
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| Anytime you run a sorority tank it can pose a risk.....As a general rule females that have been raised together can stay together...That is the key to success is buying from a breeder you trust...
I do not have any females left as of today.....Shawnie bought my last 3 girls! I will have some coming up from my MG spawn in a couple of weeks....
Good luck with whatever it is you end up doing....Just remember, always have a back up plan in case it doesn't work out... | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| I think its a GREAT idea  LOL
and thats my plan also..thats if I get girlies hahahaha..if not, ill be getting more from the next spawn...I want a girlie tank also...  | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| i wouldn't go for anything smaller than a 20, even the four girls that i have in my 20 from MM have their occasional squabbles. you'll have to have a back-up plan, from experience i can say that differences in temperaments between bettas is HUGE for some, so you may end up with a naturally aggressive girl that just can't be housed with the rest. i'd get a 20 long if i were you, that can be very easily divided for four betta girls if they don't get along. | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| Or a 25/30 you really can't get too big with a sorority tank, just too crowded. | |
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March 4th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Red1313  Or a 25/30 you really can't get too big with a sorority tank, just too crowded. | Ok...so I'm just kinda thinking in print here. If I were to try it and set up another 29, just for the girls, how many should go in? I mean, if it's a sister tank, then the (almost) entire stock of the tank would go in at once...I'd leave room in the stocking plan for 3 corys (to be added later). I'm not sure if the "1 inch per gallon" plan would work in this case because bettas can be potentially very aggressive fish, and wouldn't adding several (betta) at a time really overwhelm the cycle? Sorry to sound so ignorant, but if I do this you know I wanna do it right. Perhaps the key to this would be to have an already well established (several months old) tank for them to move into, instead of one that is just a few weeks after cycle. Hummmm, cories should probably be living there first too, and they also like a well established tank. | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| I'd say 5 or 6 but I'm not an expert. | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| for a 29 you could probably go with six or seven, maybe more if it's heavily planted.
personally i wouldn't add corycats, the poor things will probably get attacked. | |
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March 4th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123 for a 29 you could probably go with six or seven, maybe more if it's heavily planted. | I dunno if I'd go that many... I'm having visions of a jungle tank with only a few girls ducking in and out and around as splashes of color.... Having said that I've never had a soroity tank... or even schooling fish come to think of it  | |
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March 4th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123 for a 29 you could probably go with six or seven, maybe more if it's heavily planted.
personally i wouldn't add corycats, the poor things will probably get attacked. | Ok, I'd be fine without corys in the tank...I just like them because they are really cool little fish and great bottom feeders, kinda figured if the girls would get along with their sisters they might like a clean up crew (what girls wouldn't want a maid service, you know?). I was just dreaming up an idea today, nothing at all concrete. Besides...if I go ahead with the sister tank, I'd still have to have a "plan B" in case of emergency, I haven't gotten that far yet. | |
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March 5th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Red1313 I dunno if I'd go that many... I'm having visions of a jungle tank with only a few girls ducking in and out and around as splashes of color.... Having said that I've never had a soroity tank... or even schooling fish come to think of it | lol, yeah the problem is finding the balance between having enough space so that they aren't constantly aggressive towards each other due to lack of room, and having enough girls so that one can't pick on another, or two can't gang up on another, or so that they can't exactly establish a territory, they're just where they are if you get what i mean Quote:
Originally Posted by MrsM3197 Ok, I'd be fine without corys in the tank...I just like them because they are really cool little fish and great bottom feeders, kinda figured if the girls would get along with their sisters they might like a clean up crew (what girls wouldn't want a maid service, you know?). I was just dreaming up an idea today, nothing at all concrete. Besides...if I go ahead with the sister tank, I'd still have to have a "plan B" in case of emergency, I haven't gotten that far yet. | lol yeah, i mean if you have a back up plan and a place to put the cories then it's definitely worth a try. IMO the best thing you can do is get a really long tank rather than a taller one as it makes dividing a lot easier if you have to do that | |
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