Girl bettas are usually meaner in tanks with other fish.

 

It can vary. I had a female who did extremely well in a community tank. Then I had a male that got stressed out from it.


It just depends on the fish. I would have a backup plan though

 

+1 Fishybitty. Depends on the Betta and its nature. Archibald stresses in the community tank while Dexter gets lethargic and "depressed" when he's not.

Logically, I would think the advantage to having a male would be less maneuverability so less ability to catch or nip other fish. Unless, of course, the male is a Plakat then it's zoom. zoom, zoom. ;-)

 

Oh, excellent. Thank you all for your replies!

 

Depends on the fish. Put a female would be good if u were going to keep something nippy (short fins). The male if u r goin to keep a more layed back community. So it depends on what else u r goin to put in and the betta it's self.
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+1

 

I think the key is to get the betta young if u want him/her in a community tank.
I have kept females with corys, guppies and mollies without any problems at all.
My male plakat is currently in my community tank and he's getting on fine!
My male VT won't tolerate any tank mates, he was about 7months old when I got him and he'd always been alone, I think that May have something to do with it.
Really depends on the betta and how it's brought up I guess.

 

My male VT tried to kill one of my platies the second I put him in my community. My female VT on the other hand, couldn't care less if she has tank mates or not. She will school with my platies.

Haven't tried my male HM.

 

I have an orange male veiltail, Mango, who loves his 7 danio glofish tankmates. They live in a 15 gallon. Before Mango I had a different betta in there for a while and all he did was hide. Mango gets sad and lonely when alone. I have an orange and white veiltail, Mandarin, who got very sad when I moved his dwarf and honey gourami tankmates (1 each) out and into a 29 gallon. They lived in a 20 long. I emptied that so I can make clear acrylic dividers for a rainbow tank. I moved Mandarin into a divided 10 gallon with two other bettas. After I put Mandarin's tank mates in different tanks he got very sad and downright mopey, even with a 10 gallon all to himself. He became much happier when I moved the fluval chi with a new betta next door. It's funny--they are curious about each other, they watch each other and interact but no glares or flares. I have 3 females in a varied 75 gallon community and they do fine. For a while I had a black male crowntail in there too but all he did was hide. I now have him in a divided 6 gallon and now I actually see him.