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Can I house 4 female bettas in a 10 gallon tank2007-11-24 23:10:37Answers:

this can work, with enough plants, as 5.0 already mentioned, but there is no guarantee.

some betta females are nearly as aggressive as males and can even kill other females. it works best when they were raised together, then they don't pick on each other much.

the other (and better) possibility would be buying betta imbellis (crescent betta) instead of betta splendens. they look like the wild forms of betta splendens, albeit smaller and are called peaceful bettas for a reason: the males won't kill each other when they fight (but not because they are really more peaceful but because they are smaller, weaker and don't protect such a large territorium).

even other possibility is to buy some mouthbrooding bettas (like betta picta) - they are not as colourful but they are really peaceful and even should be kept in small groups with a number of both males and females.

but still, plants are important for all bettas out there.

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NO. Betta's can NOT be put into a tank with other Betta's. They will attack and kill each other.

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Yes, you can put females together, but you should include a decent amount of live plants.

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Yes you can, actually the minimum you have to keep together is 3 because they need to choose the so called peckingorder, it might look like they are fighting, but they aren't really