Keeping Multiple Male Bettas Myth

I do get some slime on the glass. I clean the front glass but leave the rest of it alone. Recently, I did start getting a little hair algae but I'm pretty sure that's being caused by my new light. I have sand and I'm pretty thorough when I vacuum it. My only complaint has been an increase in debris in the water column, but that has actually started to balance out also. I didn't have any air in the tank for the first couple of days and my fish seemed to prefer it. I started seeing a lot of breeding behavior and my fish started occupying the area where the filter output was. It's been a lot of fun comparing the behavior in my filterless vs. filtered tanks. I'm not ready to ditch all my filters, but I'm really glad I was comfortable enough to try it.

That’s super cool! Yeah I’m not brave enough to try it. Lol. I think if any of my fish would enjoy it, it would be my Betta. They’re a pretty hearty fish and live in harsh conditions in the wild. My males refuse to bubble nest with a filter. I had rescued one with ich and had to wait for my sponge through the mail so I quarantined him without one for like 3 days and he made a huge bubble nest. Only time I’ve had one do it, and I have... 5 males. So if I breed I may try no filter until the fry hatch. My other fish are quite fragile I think. Or rather, I think they are because that’s what I’ve read.
It’s an interesting thing to think about and maybe try sometime once I get comfortable with things.

Won’t let me upload a video! I added a new male to my tank and it’s going very awesome.

 

How long has this tank been running?

 

Won’t let me upload a video! I added a new male to my tank and it’s going very awesome.

You have to put the video on YouTube, and then provide the link to share videos.

 

Could you get a divider?

 

Huh, interesting. I voted "no" even though I've got 20 bettas in a 20 gallon (and they all seem to be male, shucks). For a 60 gallon, yeah, maybe it'll work out, for the 10 gallon, I bet it'll work for the time being, as cramming them in a small space with a lot of bettas may spread out the aggression, but I think it's matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt, which will upset the hierarchy and throw everything off. And I don't mean the males, I think it's just as likely that one of the females will go off.
Anyway, not trying to be super negative or anything, this is fascinating! Keep us updated on how it is going!

 

You have to put the video on YouTube, and then provide the link to share videos.

Ahhhh, okay. I’ll take a longer video then, it’s just a short clip. Thanks for the info

Huh, interesting. I voted "no" even though I've got 20 bettas in a 20 gallon (and they all seem to be male, shucks). For a 60 gallon, yeah, maybe it'll work out, for the 10 gallon, I bet it'll work for the time being, as cramming them in a small space with a lot of bettas may spread out the aggression, but I think it's matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt, which will upset the hierarchy and throw everything off. And I don't mean the males, I think it's just as likely that one of the females will go off.
Anyway, not trying to be super negative or anything, this is fascinating! Keep us updated on how it is going!

I added a new male today. He’s super chill, it’s going great I think I have.. 3 males, and 7 females now. They’re in their 60 gallon. It’s going very well so far! But I do have males that weren’t compatible in their own tanks. It’s a hit or miss. Just got to watch them!

Could you get a divider?

Nahhh, I mean I could but I don’t want to. I have multiple tanks. The males that weren’t too friendly are in them. It’s a hit or miss, just got to watch them... if there’s any aggression I remove them immediately

How long has this tank been running?

My 60? Well, it’s fairly new as in I redid the whole tank but I used my cycled sponge filters, let it regulate and the water is perfect. So the new setup is like a week? I had a small issue with substrate lol.

 

I added a new male today. He’s super chill, it’s going great I think I have.. 3 males, and 7 females now. They’re in their 60 gallon. It’s going very well so far! But I do have males that weren’t compatible in their own tanks. It’s a hit or miss. Just got to watch them!

Already in the 60? Nice!
Oh and I meant to clarify, mine are imbellis, so not as territorial.
I do wish you luck! I did know someone who had a divided tank with two males, one jumped into the other side, they got along fine, and the divider got removed and they lived together fine for I think over a year

 

Already in the 60? Nice!
Oh and I meant to clarify, mine are imbellis, so not as territorial.
I do wish you luck! I did know someone who had a divided tank with two males, one jumped into the other side, they got along fine, and the divider got removed and they lived together fine for I think over a year

To be honest I’ve had the best luck buying my males from places that house them next to one another where they can see each other clearly. I think it helps them get use to seeing a male every day. The 2 I bought that were not kept in view of other males were aggressive and had to be removed.
These are some of my fish in my 60

It is but even after doing it successfully for a little over 3 years I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

I’d say fine or you’d have separated them, lol.

 

I would be really interested to see a youtube video or live stream of this tank lol...

Can we see some photos and videos of the tank?