Will a female and a male Beta fish fight in the same tank?
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However, 3 or more female betta fish can be kept together in a group called a "sorority". You have to have a tank large enough to allow for the territorial nature of the betta fish, because the females can be as aggressive as some males. Introduction is based on aggression, with the least aggressive fish being added first. Females that remain aggressive after introduction may have to be removed from the group. You will also need to keep an eye on your females for a while after introduction to ensure that none of them become injured by another. Injured females should be removed and treated immediately.
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With my experience of helping her to take care for them, I can say that male and female betta fishes can be kept together only during breeding periods. The male betta, is usually aggressive and does this to protect his territory, so if another betta (especially if it is a male) is placed with him, they would fight constantly.
With the females, the male is less aggressive because the female beta fishes are submissive to him during their breeding time and therefore they is no fear of fighting or constant aggression , like you would find in a tank with two or more male betta fishes.
There is more on this site: http://www.bettafishcenter.com/Betta-Behavior.shtml
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Just like males however two female bettas will attack one another.
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If you have limited experience with Bettas, do not try to breed them on your own without first doing your homework. Those who breed Bettas typically do so as a commercial endeavor, and there is a lot more work involved than one might expect. Each Betta pair can have up to several hundred fry (babies) at one time. You need a much larger tank for breeding purposes, and you also need a filtration system, even though most Bettas in isolation do just fine without the filtration. Even when attempting to get Bettas to spawn, the females are not just put in the same tank with the males. The females are generally kept in a glass chimney or isolated part of the tank. When the male is introduced to the tank, he takes notice of the female and will put on a flaring display. The female is only released from the glass chimney if it can be seen that she is ready to spawn. There will be vertical bars on her side once she has decided that she is ready to do this. While the whole "Betta mating dance" can be very entertaining to watch (males go kind of crazy, while the females tend to play hard to get--in some cases, they will even attack each other), breeding Bettas should not be undertaken by the inexperienced or those who lack the ability to do the work and preparation involved. (Do you have several hundred individual containers for baby Bettas and enough food for them all?)