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What happens when you put 2 male betta fish in the same bowl2007-11-24 23:40:53

Do they fight to the death?

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In nature the males will fight until one wins, and the loser leave the others territory. In a bowl the loser has no where to run. Males can't be kept with females either. Females are generally less aggressive. I've had females beat up my males. Generally unless the females have been raised together you can keep more than 1 per 5-10 gallons. They will generally only fight until they work out a pecking order. Adding or removing betta tends to result in violent reordering of the pecking order.

Funny thing I just moved, and made the mistake of put the boy's tanks next to the girls tank. The girl started beating each other up again. (sigh)

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Kung Fu fighting, till one dies

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Yes, they will fight to the death. Try holding up a mirror to one of them so that it can see its self. He will flare out like he's ready to fight.

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I doubt they will. I heard it's the females that are aggressive.

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They will fight until one of them is dead.

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THEY FIGHT UNTIL ONE DIES OR BOTH DIES IT'S BAD TO PUT TWO MALE FISH OF THAT KIND IN A BOWL TOGETHER

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male bettas are aggressive one will kill other they can even kill females

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If the bowl is small and there are no places to hide, they fight until someone goes down. literally

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this happened to me once,but yeah,they will fight until one is totally dead.then it will get eaten by the wounded winner.

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They do fight, but it takes forever for them to die. Fight to the death? Well, I guess. They really just lose fins and get minor body injuries. The only way for them to really kill each other is if they 'bite' the other betta's mouth and keep it shut until it dies. Doesnt really happen.

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fight fight fight unless there really placid cough unlikely

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duhhh i dont know george!

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yes males will fight until one is dead or they are both to badly injured to keep going ..if that happens both usually die