How come my betta fish aren't fighting?

Question

I did not make them intentionally fight!

I was on vacation for a week and i saw that my betta had jumped over its divider to the other male betta. When i got back i inspected them for bite marks, missing fins, eye vision and everything seemed to be intact. So i left them there for 1 more day with close supervision and they just swam together at one point then ignore each other the next. thats about it.

is this normal for two male betta fishes?

and yes im sure there betta fishes i got them at walmart for almost 4 bucks.

Answer 1

sorry

Answer 2

All male bettas are not aggressive. Each one has its own personality. There are aggressive ones which will rip any male it finds and there are calm ones who will just flare fins with other males without engaging combat.

Answer 3

Sometimes two males will cohabit, but it is a time bomb waiting to go off, and I would separate them. Instinct will eventually kick in, they'll remember they're meant to be territorial, and go about pulling each others fins off.

Answer 4

I was told by the pet store attendant that males should be kept seperate, but females can be in a community tank together. I bought three bettas at one time and I thought because of the lable two were females and one was a male, when in reality it was two males and one female(one of the people who was working at the shop didnt lable them correctly). So if your sure they are two male bettas then I guess they are civilized bettas, and enkoy each others company.

Answer 5

Apparently Betta male should kill each other.  But this is not always the case.  Just like when a male and a female spawn, apparently she eats the eggs he cannot get to quick enough, most often than not, this is not the case, she will help him put the eggs in the bubble nest.  Just like not every Betta has that pure 100% adrenaline rush aggressionn.  The females can have very large finnage also as one of mine does, so she could be mistaken for a male, but my male leaves her be.  It depends on the fish personality, thats not to say they won't ever fight, so just to be safe i would split them again.  

Oh,anotherr example would be Betta'ss and guppies.  They should in theory rip each other apart, but i have a community tank with 6 guppies (that includes one 6 week old) and a 1 male betta and 3 female Betta'ss, and they are totally cool.  They leave each other alone.

Hope this help :-)

Answer 6

Bettas are over-hyped for aggression.  Everyone's always like, "Nooo!  Bettas will kill anything you put with it!"  But they LIE.  Bettas can be a whole range of aggressions.  It really depends on the individual betta.  

I've had a male and female live together just fine in a ten gallon tank.  (Dragon and Opal).  I've also had a male chase around a female and rip a large chunk of her caudal fin off (Norval and Pearl).  The behavior really depends on the individuals and the environmental factors.  

There are ways to make your bettas less aggressive:

1.  Increase tank size

2.  Increase number of hiding spots and plants

3.  Females are more likely to get along than males

4.  Having a group of bettas diffuses aggression because a pack order is established

5.  Clean water so they're not stressed and grumpy

6.  Use an older male (less aggressive) or a crowntail male (slower, not able to catch veiltales or females).  

7.  Introduce them to tank at same time to avoid issues of "invaded territory"

But, yeah, betta aggression is waaay overhyped.  I've had many combinations of betta live together peacefully.  Male and female, sorority, sorority and one male(what I call a "harem" ha ha), betta with non-betta fish, etc.  Yours probably get along because they're older and used to seeing one another.  Any betta kept near another betta who it can see and flare at and communicate with becomes less aggressive.  Any betta kept in solitary confinement goes insane and is more aggressive.  That makes sense, really, since I'm pretty sure I'd go insane if I never saw another person of my same species and was alone for my entire life.  No wonder the ones kept alone get angry.  They're scared.  :(  Any betta kept in a community setting is much less aggressive and much friendlier.  You have tamed your bettas over time by putting their tanks within sight of another betta's tank.  :)

Hope that helped :)

Answer 7

Perhaps they have gotten used to each other through the divider. Perhaps they think they still cant get to each other.

Strange.

Definitely NOT normal... are you sure they are both males? Perhaps one is a female. Placid couples can live together, but it rarely happens.

Answer 8

its deffinately not normal, but thats ok. sometimes mother nature does things a little differently than normal. and hey, its a good thing that ur fish arent fiting, because then one of them, or both would die... so dont worry about it, and just be glad that they're getting along.