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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 12, 2008 17:18:22 GMT -5
I gave my English teacher Mr. Schopf two of my male bettas last year that came from my first spawn. I told him to keep them seperate and what to feed them. He has kept fish before but had none at the time. When I came back to school this year, I had him as an English teacher again. I asked him how the fish were doing and he said they were fine. Then I asked him what size container they were in sinvce I wouldn't want the in 1 anything less than a gallon each like many people do with there bettas. He said they were in one tank. I asked if they were fighting and he said they weren't and that he had never sen them fight each other. I'm not sure what to do from here. I have already told him that they should be kept seperate tanks but since they aren't my fish anymore, I'm not sure if I should continue talking about it. Do you guys think his fish will be ok together and if not what should I do? My English teacher is very very nice and I'm sure he'd seperate them if I explained to him just how bad it could be if they fought each other.
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Post by eve on Sept 12, 2008 17:24:33 GMT -5
actually being able to keep males together is more common then you think
as long as they have never been separated as juveniles, and the tank is an adequate size, they will actually live together peacefully
however it's absolutely not advised for the novice fish keeper
experience is important
also a heavily planted tank is a must with this project
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 12, 2008 19:57:31 GMT -5
Well, I'm guessing the tank is pretty small, probably 2 gallons. Possibly more. The two were seperated when they were younger, for 7 months before I gave them to the teacher I might add. They both flared at other males so I'd assume they were agressive. I also tried to breed one of them I gave the teacher when he was 5 months old and he was quite agressive towards the female he was spawning with. He was nipping at and damaging the female's fins quite a bit. His name was Roshan. I'm not sure if he could have somehow mellowed out since then.
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 12, 2008 21:27:27 GMT -5
well....this is a good one for the ole` addage...."if it ain`t broke don`t fix it" . no matter how common or rare it is for 2 males to get along, if these do, that is great. that tells me he is feeding them well since they obviously arent competing for food.
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 13, 2008 7:19:31 GMT -5
Good. I tried putting 6 of my young male bettas and one older one togther and they started fighting.... all except the adult one who should have been more agression but wasn't. I had to seperate them due to the younger ones fighting. Thankfully, I kept a very close eye on them and no one was killed.
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Post by eve on Sept 13, 2008 17:44:48 GMT -5
well....this is a good one for the ole` addage...."if it ain`t broke don`t fix it" . no matter how common or rare it is for 2 males to get along, if these do, that is great. that tells me he is feeding them well since they obviously arent competing for food. i definitely agree with that one  well, intentionally i would advice it to no one to put them together i'm just saying it can be done ! |
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 14, 2008 0:06:18 GMT -5
Thanks Eve. That was very helpful. That was the first time anyone ever told me that male bettas could be kept together. Previously, i only read that in betta books and everyone online was strongly against it.
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