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Anonymous
To clear up the apparent gender confusion with bettas.
Males cannot be kept together. The only time this has ever worked is with experienced breeders, keeping a spawn together, and picking out the fish that started to get aggressive as they grow up. And keep in mind, this was only in a 100 gallon tank, with 2-3 males. It won't work in any tank smaller than this.
Females and males are similar. Siblings can sometimes be kept together, however also only in a very large tank. It must also have PLENTY of room to hide and lots of things that break up line of sight. Basically, a very very very heavily planted tank. Again, this will only work in 55+ gallon tanks.
Females and females together are the only reasonable way to keep bettas in the same tank. They can be kept together in a tank as little as a 10g. However, you must devote this tank entirely to the sorority if you have a 10g, because you MUST have at least 5-6 females. The reason for this is they will establish a pecking order. If you have 2, the bigger one will beat the shit out of the littler one. 3, the two bigger ones will gang up on the last one. 4 is getting into a safer area, but you still risk having one female dominating the last 3, or even there being one small chick who gets chased around all the time.
In general, females are much easier to find tankmates for than males, also. Females will not attack other fish with large flowing fins like the males will. Likewise, the lack of finnage will also lead to them being picked on less--the main concern in a mixed betta tank is the fact that the betta is at risk of being beaten up, not the other way round.
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