Oh shit my bad, I just now picked up on why you had a sad face... RIP VAMPED'S BEAUTIFUL BETTA. Have you thought about getting another one?
I thought they did better alone too but she was telling me that I had room for two since my tank is so big (for them) and I have a lot of plants, and said it would be fine since she had so many sororities that got along well...but there's a big difference between having six fish and just two, so I'm a little worried that she was just trying to "rescue" an extra fish via me. We'll see. So far so good, but they're still just exploring all the caves and everything.
I would've preferred a lone male just because of their showiness, and the bubble nests, but she said they were more likely to be mean to my peaceful bottom feeding babies. I'm thinking that mightve been part of the ploy to get me to take more than one though, since I know two males together is bad news.