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Posted by John D. Goulden on April 12, 2006, 5:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Ok, I just put them in their tank about 1/2 hour ago, right off the bat
> they started to fight...
How many do you have? I always had pretty good luck with groups of five or
six - it's a large enough school that each is too worried about the fish
just above her in the hierarchy to pay much attention to the one just below.
If they are sisters that were never separated you can run a considerably
larger group with surprisingly little fuss if you have a big enough tank. If
not it will probably take a day or so for them to sort things out and
hopefully no one will be seriously injured in the process. However, I've
never had much luck adding a single female to an already-established
school - they generally haze her to death in that case.
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John D. Goulden
mostly goldies, guppies, swordtails and bettas
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Posted by Nikki on April 12, 2006, 7:20 pm
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>> Ok, I just put them in their tank about 1/2 hour ago, right off the bat
>> they started to fight...
>
> How many do you have? I always had pretty good luck with groups of five or
> six - it's a large enough school that each is too worried about the fish
> just above her in the hierarchy to pay much attention to the one just
> below. If they are sisters that were never separated you can run a
> considerably larger group with surprisingly little fuss if you have a big
> enough tank. If not it will probably take a day or so for them to sort
> things out and hopefully no one will be seriously injured in the process.
> However, I've never had much luck adding a single female to an
> already-established school - they generally haze her to death in that
> case.
>
> --
> John D. Goulden
> mostly goldies, guppies, swordtails and bettas
I have 10 female's all together...9 new ones, I had 1 all ready, I took her
out of the tank and completely remodeled the tank so she would not be
getting snippy thinking they were coming in to her house,
Put *lots* of plants in the tank for cover, some rocks, which they seem to
enjoy. They are in a 40 Gl long, I seen some females while out today and
wanted to get them, but I realized that the day I put them in there that
would be it, otherwise fighting would brake out again.
They fought the first day, I kept the light out for two days and only turned
it on to feed them for 15 minutes at a time, after that they all started to
get a long good, I love sitting and watching them, I took time to put this
tank together, I usually end up putting one together when I find something
at the lfs and I have to hurry up, but I wanted this to work so over two
weeks I did it, ordered the fish and had to wait so I was happy to finally
get this together, now its neat to watch them interact with each other.
Its a pretty tank to have
Nik
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Posted by John D. Goulden on April 12, 2006, 9:35 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I have 10 female's all together...
Good, I'm glad it's working out for you. I think female bettas don't get the
attention they deserve; not nearly as flamboyant as the males, of course,
but with every bit as much personality. I really enjoy keeping them.
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John D. Goulden
mostly goldies, guppies, swordtails and bettas
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Posted by winddancir on April 13, 2006, 3:11 pm
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Nikki,
I'm glad your girls worked things out. But all bettas can be
aggressive. It just depends on how you set them up together. It sounds
like you did a good job providing them with hiding spots, and putting
them in at the same time. That way, no one feels like they've been
invaded.
Winddancir
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winddancir
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Posted by Nikki on April 13, 2006, 6:51 pm
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> Nikki,
> I'm glad your girls worked things out. But all bettas can be
> aggressive. It just depends on how you set them up together. It sounds
> like you did a good job providing them with hiding spots, and putting
> them in at the same time. That way, no one feels like they've been
> invaded.
>
> Winddancir
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>
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> winddancir
From every thing i read (which was a little to much) i was looking forward
to at least a week of fighting and was suprised with in a day or two they
were all getting a long fine, I really do love that tank, i dont know why i
guess just the way they interact with one another, neat to watch.
nik
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