my female beta's killing my fish?

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Kevin

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my female beta's i have two have killed a:
pineapple swordfish, balloon belly and a blue platy and are picking on the other blue platy, i have a 20 gallon tank, dont want it to kill anymore fish.
why are they not compatible in my community tank?
 
Betta's cant be put with other fish unless you have a divider. They are Japanese fighting fish and will fight anything to its death, take them out immediately before they kill n e other fish.

EDIT: Ok well really they are japenese fighting fish and may I add they USUALLY DO! its very common for them to fight other fish to its death. Usually if they are put together they grew up together or something, and if your betta fish don't fight then your one of the lucky people who didnt have to deal with the deaths.
 
beta fish cannot be in the same fish tank or they would attack eachother.i think you should seperate the betta fish into another tank, to prevent it.
 
ok dont listen 2 (=~*Amy*... coz i know she duznt know wat shes tlkin bout coz these are siamese fighting fish not japanese, wat ian sed was true the beta will spread their harrasment throughout the tank if all of this doesnt work try and get a breeder box and keep one female in each of the boxes these will hag on the side of your aqaurium. This will not be like living in a bowl for the bettas as they are only limeted on wiming space their ater is still heated and their water qaulity is much better as a bowl as this tank is filtered (i hope). if you are not willing to put them in a breeder box then you can give them away and get 2 diffrent FEMALES or 1 MALE because your 2 females are obviosly ver agresive picking on the weak. GOOD LUCk
 
Betta come from the shallow, often acres-wide rice paddies of Asia. They do not come from puddles.

Males are solitary unless it's breeding season and MUST NOT be kept with other males or females. Females may be kept together.

However, you have too few female betta. They are both stressed out because they are constantly harassing one another for dominancy.

Females must be in groups of at least 3 so that their dominating tendencies do not spread out so far, especially towards other fish in the tank.

I would HIGHLY recommend that you go out and but at least 2 to 3 more female betta and then when you get home with the, take out the two you already have.

Acclimate the new betta and introduce them to the aquarium then shortly after, re-introduce the original two as well.

You may see some bantering as they determine who is their dominate and after that, you should see a significant decrease in the number of fish being killed off.
 
I beg to differ amy. I have had 3 female bettas living peacefully in my 20 gallon tank for several months now. my sister has a male betta in with her community tank which includes balloon platties, baby guppies and even a goldfish. It all depends on the personaility!

- 20 gallon with 3 bettas and a whole community tank. including other betta, guppies, swordtails, coreys, gouramis. the gourami was the only one that fought.

I AGREE that you DO NOT HOUSE TWO MALE BETTAS TOGETHER. MALE. Two females together are a different story. I bought a male betta that proceeded to gut one of my goldfish. females dont have the territory drive unless they are gonna have eggs

and crass a betta will live for 3 years in a jar or vase. they can live up to 8 years in a fully filtrated tank with clean water.
 
betas are fighting fish so they will fight. they are also territorial so they are going to fight other fish. so you are going to need a divider
 
Beta's dont need to be in a 20 gallon tank.
they live really well in just a bit of warm filtered water.
they are sollitary and the males are territorial.
like above, get a divider.
Or you can put them in anything from a glass vase to a jar.
i have one in a wine glass.
 
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