2 Bettas together

Clauzilla · 11-30-2007, 08:09 PM

Yesterday while at W-mart I was looking like I always do at their fish. I was looking at the Bettas ( I didn't have any at the time, just looking )
I see a cup with TWO beautiful tourquois Bettas in it, not one but TWO in the same little container, I asked the fish guy , he said they came in like this a few days ago. They hadn't killed each other so I decided to buy them, they sold them for one price since they were together.

I brought them home and placed them into the planted tank, they at first started to flare at each other but now have gone to their places and left each other alone.

Question:
Why did they come together and not kill each other already?
Since they were together already can they live together the rest of their lives?
I have a heavy planted tank so they can have hiding places, will they be ok?

Just thought it was strange that is why I got them

thanks

mousey · 11-30-2007, 09:23 PM

I think that eventually there will be trouble between them. I have kept 2 bettas in a divided tank. Things go smoothly for a few months and then one jumps the divider and they just about kill each other.
I have decided that it is totally unsafe for 2 bettas to be in even a divided tank.
Hope yours do better but they are territorial.

shade2dope · 11-30-2007, 10:23 PM

What size is the tank?

Ice Prince · 11-30-2007, 11:49 PM

ive heard that when bettas are fry and they start fighting they are establishing a pecking order, and eventually they will stop fighting, and wont fight if you dont add any fish or remove one and add it again. Thats just what i heard i wouldnt suggest it to anyone, and could be why they werent fighting (if its true).

Clauzilla · 12-03-2007, 06:47 PM

They have lived about 3 days together and all seems well, the one is the alpha one and does chase the other at times, but they live in a well planted tank and can do well, they eat at the same time and get along with all the other fish, as time goes on I will see, I may move the sub to another tank, although I would hate to put him in a little bowl size place.
But I have often wondered how they live in the wild and get along as I am sure not each betta has their own acre to live in. SO they must get by somehow.

**Ichthius** · 12-03-2007, 07:07 PM

I'm fairly sure they don't all have an acre to live in...and they learn to keep their distance

.

Good luck with your bettas. I've heard that sibling male bettas don't always fight, unless you remove one and put it back. And over time, they usually end up like the rest of the male bettas.

Ice Prince · 12-03-2007, 07:49 PM

So you heard that too?

**Ichthius** · 12-03-2007, 07:50 PM

That's what I've read somewhere. Can't remember where exactly

. But it's not a good idea, imo.

Ice Prince · 12-03-2007, 08:20 PM

Yea i read it somewhere too and was wondering where you read it. And i dont think so either.

shade2dope · 12-03-2007, 08:23 PM

well my betta fry I had to jar them cause the males were attackind eack other and they have been with each other sense dayone

Clauzilla · 01-05-2008, 06:02 PM

Just wanted to give an update on my two bettas in the same tank.
So its been over a month now and all seems to be going well. The first Betta had some of his fins damaged at first when I got him but they are all grown back and long and both Bettas are a beautiful deep clue/purple color.
They get along well in the tank, they have their own areas, and will flare at each other at times but never fight, the proof of having perfect fins is proof, They eat together along with the other fish, and its really pretty watching them in the tank. They have plenty of plants to hide in as its mostly a planted tank with wood, but they are most times not hiding but swimming and making mest bubbles., they also get along with all the other fish.
I can see how in a small tank they will kill each other from stress and no place to hide but in a large tank they kinda just stake it out like in a pond.

PoptartShop · 01-05-2008, 06:43 PM

I really think you should separate them. Yeah, they may be 'friends' now; but sooner or later you will prolly wake up finding one of them killing each other/dead.

But, your choice.

dolifisis · 01-08-2008, 10:06 AM

I'm sure the reason they didn't fight before was because there wasn't enough room in that little cup

. I'm glad their remaining peaceful but I'd still keep a close eye on them. Seasons change.

trashion · 01-08-2008, 10:22 AM

there's plenty of room in those cups for them to fight...when i worked at petc0, several times, people (or someone?) would open the cups and put 2 bettas in together, just to see them fight. i never caught the perpetrator(s) in the act, only found the poor bettas shredded up in the cup. they definitely did some damage to each other, to the point where i had to take them off the sales floor and treat them with melafix.

elvis332 · 01-08-2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clauzilla

Yesterday while at W-mart I was looking like I always do at their fish. I was looking at the Bettas ( I didn't have any at the time, just looking )
I see a cup with TWO beautiful tourquois Bettas in it, not one but TWO in the same little container, I asked the fish guy , he said they came in like this a few days ago. They hadn't killed each other so I decided to buy them, they sold them for one price since they were together.

I brought them home and placed them into the planted tank, they at first started to flare at each other but now have gone to their places and left each other alone.

Question:
Why did they come together and not kill each other already?
Since they were together already can they live together the rest of their lives?
I have a heavy planted tank so they can have hiding places, will they be ok?

Just thought it was strange that is why I got them

thanks

maybe the bettas like each other

cherrybarbz18 · 01-08-2008, 07:48 PM

i say keep a VERY close eye on them i dont think they will be "friends" forever.

11-30-2007, 08:09 PM	#1
Clauzilla Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26 User Feedback: (0)	2 Bettas together Yesterday while at W-mart I was looking like I always do at their fish. I was looking at the Bettas ( I didn't have any at the time, just looking ) I see a cup with TWO beautiful tourquois Bettas in it, not one but TWO in the same little container, I asked the fish guy , he said they came in like this a few days ago. They hadn't killed each other so I decided to buy them, they sold them for one price since they were together. I brought them home and placed them into the planted tank, they at first started to flare at each other but now have gone to their places and left each other alone. Question: Why did they come together and not kill each other already? Since they were together already can they live together the rest of their lives? I have a heavy planted tank so they can have hiding places, will they be ok? Just thought it was strange that is why I got them thanks

11-30-2007, 09:23 PM	#2
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 789 User Feedback: (0)	I think that eventually there will be trouble between them. I have kept 2 bettas in a divided tank. Things go smoothly for a few months and then one jumps the divider and they just about kill each other. I have decided that it is totally unsafe for 2 bettas to be in even a divided tank. Hope yours do better but they are territorial. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

11-30-2007, 10:23 PM	#3
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371 User Feedback: (0)	What size is the tank? __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

12-03-2007, 07:07 PM	#6
Ichthius Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 18 Posts: 701 User Feedback: (2)	I'm fairly sure they don't all have an acre to live in...and they learn to keep their distance . Good luck with your bettas. I've heard that sibling male bettas don't always fight, unless you remove one and put it back. And over time, they usually end up like the rest of the male bettas. __________________ - Leah -

12-03-2007, 07:50 PM	#8
Ichthius Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 18 Posts: 701 User Feedback: (2)	That's what I've read somewhere. Can't remember where exactly . But it's not a good idea, imo. __________________ - Leah -

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11-30-2007, 11:49 PM	#4
Ice Prince Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 345 User Feedback: (0)	ive heard that when bettas are fry and they start fighting they are establishing a pecking order, and eventually they will stop fighting, and wont fight if you dont add any fish or remove one and add it again. Thats just what i heard i wouldnt suggest it to anyone, and could be why they werent fighting (if its true).

12-03-2007, 06:47 PM	#5
Clauzilla Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26 User Feedback: (0)	They have lived about 3 days together and all seems well, the one is the alpha one and does chase the other at times, but they live in a well planted tank and can do well, they eat at the same time and get along with all the other fish, as time goes on I will see, I may move the sub to another tank, although I would hate to put him in a little bowl size place. But I have often wondered how they live in the wild and get along as I am sure not each betta has their own acre to live in. SO they must get by somehow.

12-03-2007, 07:49 PM	#7
Ice Prince Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 345 User Feedback: (0)	So you heard that too?

12-03-2007, 08:20 PM	#9
Ice Prince Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 345 User Feedback: (0)	Yea i read it somewhere too and was wondering where you read it. And i dont think so either.

12-03-2007, 08:23 PM	#10
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371 User Feedback: (0)	well my betta fry I had to jar them cause the males were attackind eack other and they have been with each other sense dayone __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

01-05-2008, 06:02 PM	#11
Clauzilla Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 26 User Feedback: (0)	Just wanted to give an update on my two bettas in the same tank. So its been over a month now and all seems to be going well. The first Betta had some of his fins damaged at first when I got him but they are all grown back and long and both Bettas are a beautiful deep clue/purple color. They get along well in the tank, they have their own areas, and will flare at each other at times but never fight, the proof of having perfect fins is proof, They eat together along with the other fish, and its really pretty watching them in the tank. They have plenty of plants to hide in as its mostly a planted tank with wood, but they are most times not hiding but swimming and making mest bubbles., they also get along with all the other fish. I can see how in a small tank they will kill each other from stress and no place to hide but in a large tank they kinda just stake it out like in a pond.

01-05-2008, 06:43 PM	#12
PoptartShop Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Age: 16 Posts: 44 User Feedback: (0)	I really think you should separate them. Yeah, they may be 'friends' now; but sooner or later you will prolly wake up finding one of them killing each other/dead. But, your choice. __________________ Made by me. My 5 cuties RIP Raindrop<3

01-08-2008, 10:06 AM	#13
dolifisis Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 162 User Feedback: (0)	I'm sure the reason they didn't fight before was because there wasn't enough room in that little cup . I'm glad their remaining peaceful but I'd still keep a close eye on them. Seasons change. __________________ __________________ Doli Eclipse Corner5 False Julii Juvies Eclipse12 5 Ottos 3 White Cloud Mountain Minnows 7 False Julii Cory Cats Blue Apple Snail Live Plants

01-08-2008, 10:22 AM	#14
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,141 User Feedback: (0)	there's plenty of room in those cups for them to fight...when i worked at petc0, several times, people (or someone?) would open the cups and put 2 bettas in together, just to see them fight. i never caught the perpetrator(s) in the act, only found the poor bettas shredded up in the cup. they definitely did some damage to each other, to the point where i had to take them off the sales floor and treat them with melafix. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -1 dwarf puffer named Beep. for reference: my name is Julie

01-08-2008, 07:48 PM	#16
cherrybarbz18 Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 29 User Feedback: (0)	i say keep a VERY close eye on them i dont think they will be "friends" forever. __________________ Future King of the Cherry Barbs

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