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Old 07-11-2005, 05:21 PM   #1
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Default 3 females fighting

I have 3 females in one 5 gal tank. I bought 2 yesterday and one decided to jump . So i bought 2 more today and now the dark ones wont stop fighting. i know they do fight but they wanna kill eachother the fins are ripped and they try to hold eachothers mouth shut. Is this normal and how long should it last?
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It is normal and it may last until 2 of the females are dead. Females can fight just as bad as males. In that size tank they have no place to get away so it may end in death.


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Old 07-11-2005, 07:56 PM   #3
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i remember i learned a lesson when one female lost her eyes and one dead.
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3 females in a 5 gallon tank is too much. There is no room for them to get away from each other. Get a bigger tank with more decorations, seperate them, or give 2 of them back to the pet store.

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3 females in a 5 gallon tank is too much. There is no room for them to get away from each other. Get a bigger tank with more decorations, seperate them, or give 2 of them back to the pet store.

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are you positve they are females? cause i went through that only with 5 in a 55 gallon and they eneded up being males
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are you positve they are females? cause i went through that only with 5 in a 55 gallon and they eneded up being males
it doesn't matter if they are female or not. the point is, all betta fight except unhealthy ones.
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