Hey guys havent started a new topic in a while. Anyway, my betta Blaze died a few weeks ago. (Rip Blaze) Now im thinking about getting a new betta. Should I get a boy or girls? And what kind? They will be staying in a cycled 10gal tank. Thanks in advance.

i would go for boys, maye you could get a divider for the 10, and have 2 / 3 boys in there?
girls need to be kept in groups of 4 or more, otherwise they will pick on one another maybe they would be ok in the 10.. ill let someone else answer that question

I have kept a group of girls in a 10 gallon tank for two years now and they all get along just great. I started with a group of 7 that I purchased as babies from a communal tank. They have never squabbled after the first few days of establishing their pecking order. Even then, it was just a bit of chasing (not nearly as bad as danios or tetras lol). That group is down to 5 now. I lost two of them in the last month to old age


I also have another group of 4 females in a 20 gallon tank and they get along great, too. These fish were not purchased in cups, either, but from a communal tank.

In my female betta tanks, I provide lots of caves and plants. You can have a very pretty tank, because the females now have bright colours, comparable to the males

I would recommend starting with at least 5-6 females in a 10 gallon tank. In my 20, I only have 4 because that was all that was available at the time that I bought them. It is best to add them all at once.

I also have a 10 gal with 4 females, and they get a long great!

Btw, touchofsky, u said u can put up to 7 girls in the 10-gal? Hmmm I might get 3 more then