Quick Tip
Female Betta fish can be feistier than Christian Bale on theatrical rampage. Many fighting fish enthusiasts keep female only tanks because they are more communal than their male counterparts only to be surprised later by nipped fins and missing scales. If your girls aren’t playing nice consider spreading out the aggression by keeping a larger number of fish together. Keeping 4 our 5 females in a larger aquarium will often produce less fighting and subsequent injuries than 2 or 3 in the same sized tank. As always, make sure your aquarium is large enough to handle all those girls.
Pro Terms
Fighting fish hobbyists call an all female betta tank a SORORITY.
A (mostly) female fry tank, originally uploaded by iturkstra.
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Great site! I just set up a 20 gallon long as a female betta sorority. I have 10 females in there, and as of this morning only one or two are missing parts of their fins =P. The look on the peoples faces at Petsmart as I walked out with 10 betta cups was great.
Sounds like a cool tank. I am in the process of setting up a 10 gal Sorority right now. Just added the water and a couple of plants last night. Once established, I too will be heading to the store to pick up 4 or 5 females. So excited!
My daughter wants to get two very badly ..just to breed them but as I see now it may prove difficult! Any tips in case I chose to take it on?
Don’t! Betta fish have a lot more babies at a time than you think. 150 eggs are laid each time they breed, and the survival rate is about 1 in 3 or 1 in 5. Assuming you get seperate, adequately sized tanks for all of them, you will be hundreds of dollars in the hole by the time you’re done.
if your going to breed them. You Have to give the Male 3 Girls to choice from and once he choices , you must get the unchoosen girls out, they will eat the choosen girl!
You Have to feed the girls specially food for a week before you breed them, Freezed Dried Blood Worms Might work.
To Know The Male Is ready His Tank, must Be covered at the top with bubbles he made.
The Hardest Part is The Tank For The Babies, Look It Up On Google, Before you do Anything!
im in in dia and i dont get blood waorms here
I just set up a 15 gallon tank with 5 female bettas. the 1st day everything was great and then one of them started nipping everyone's tails. i didn't think anything of it til she nipped half of one girl's tail off.I took the aggressive girl out and everything is going good again. Should i try to reintroduce her or just leave her to herself?
i'm goin to buy a female fighting fish and i'm goin to breed her with my twin tail male how long does it take to condition a female fighter and would if i breed them would the baby bettas come out all twin tails please write back as soon as possible?…..
It took a week for my female betta to prepare. I fed her and the male frozen glass worms a.k.a. mosquito larvae, twice a day. I kept a large female in the tank with the large male but you have to have a lot of plants on one side of the tank for the female to retreat. Don’t forget to lower the water height to about 6-8 inches so that the male betta can retrieve the eggs better and to simulate a drought. Keep the water temperature at 75-80° F.
If you breed a mixed pair of Bettas you will probably end up with mixed babies!
help!can somebody teach me how to breed a fighting fish! its hard to breed it here in the phillipines or email me if your willing t help me heres my email add. osorios_blacksheep@yahoo.com
i just want to know what to fed the newly hatch!
tnx
I set up a Betta Sorority in my 26 gallon tank with 11 lucky girls. They are absolutely amazing and active. There's tons of plants and hiding places for them to get away to, and I enjoy the beautiful colors of them all. My only question is how long does it take for a pecking order to form?
Breeding bettas is not easy. The male will most likely beat up on the female a bit, you need a separate tank to move her to once the breeding is over, she cannot live in the same tank as the male. And once the babies have grown old enough you will need separate tanks for all the males which could be over 100. They can have 300 babies in one breeding.