What fish can i put with a Betta fish?
6 September 2010
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I have a 5 gallon fish bowl. Please can you help me with some other fishes than i can add with my Betta. My Betta is about an inch in size and looks really lost in the bowl alone so i definitely want to add another fish, I know i cannot add another Betta so what other types?
what about 2 White Cloud Mountain minnow? can i put them in a 5 gal tank with a betta?
I think you would need a bigger tank to put in platys and mollies. In a 5 gallon tank you could add ONE of the following options:
1 African Dwarf Frog
3 ghost shrimp
3 cory catfish
3 otoclincus catfish
3 white cloud mountain minnows
3 harlequin rasboras
In my 5 gallon tank I have one male betta and three panda cories.
Remember that if you want to keep other fish with your betta, you will need to put lots of plants and hiding spots in the tank. Bettas can make very peaceful community fish, but they do need their privacy sometimes and being able to see their tankmates all the time stresses them out.
Also remember that your other fish will require a filter or an airpump in order to oxygenate the water. They don’t breathe from the surface like your betta does.
Your betta should really also have a heater if he doesn’t have one already.
hi, i kept mine with scissortails and gouramis.dont get any barbs as they tend to nip fins.
thats tough as alot of good fish are usually schooling fish and need at least 5 of their own kind, i have a fem betta and 7 x ray tetras and 6 neon tetras they get along great, and most all other fish need filtration.
anything small without fancy fins. a good tank size helps too.
Get a gourmie you have to put them with mean fish
Chlchids……….
gouramis are relatived to bettas. do not put them together. what size bowl is it in? its best to upgrade to a tank if you have the money for it, a small 5 gallon tank would be great for a betta along with a small group of harlequin rasboras. BE SURE TO READ UP ON CYCLING PROCESS TOO.
Can I keep other fish with my Bettas?
Well the answer is complicated, a nice big maybe
1st lets see what you have;
a 5g tank or larger 10-20g being ideal?
1 betta male or female?
A desire to have an amazing home for your betta and other fish?
The tank:
The tank itself should contain 1 or more caves as space allows, plenty of plants, fabric or real. A smooth substrate, fine gravel or sand. A Filter, light and a heater. The filter should be adjusted so the water current is minimal.
I have bettas in various community tanks. I have had only 1 that was not going to be friends with his tank mates and so he lives alone.
So the list of critters I have with my bettas;
Danios, Rasboras, Black Neon tetras, wild guppies, African dwarf frogs, Cherry Shrimp*, Ghost Shrimp*, Cory cats, Zebra loaches.
Things I would never keep in with a betta;
Gouramis, Angelfish, goldfish, most tetras, tiger barbs, cichlids, crabs or crayfish, anything bigger than a betta, anything thats a fin nipper.
Always research any fish before putting it in your aquarium.
In my experience you need to watch the other fish for picking on the betta than the betta picking on the other fish.
When introducing new fish to a bettas tank, let them float for about a half hour, long enough for the betta to investigate them and get bored. Bettas are very curious and will follow and examine new tank mates very closely. Try checking your bettas fish aggression with a colorful and very fast male wild(feeder) guppy, if he kills it you know he is not suitable for a community tank. Odds are he will play chase with it and never actually hurt it. Out of the many bettas I have owned only 1 killed the guppy, she was very determined.
The next thing you need is a backup tank, all prepped and ready to be home. Be ready to move the betta to it if things go bad. Sometimes bettas will just let other fish bully them, sad but true. Remove betta immediately if this happens to him or he could be bullied to death. It is easier to catch and move a betta than other fish.
Remember each betta will react differently to tank mates. Be observant and careful and things will go your way. The larger the tank the less likely your betta will go ballistic on his new friends.
Also remember that no matter how big your tank is, do not place 2 male bettas in it or keep a male with females.
So now that your an educated betta keeper, when people tell you that bettas kill any other fish you can laugh in their faces and tell them they are full of betta myth BS.
Heres some vids of my 20g tank with Vash the Betta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TUmWSiHhs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fbTPhlvRA
*Some bettas see shrimp as dinner and will eat them, same for snails.
In 5G fish bowl… i’ll try a Platty or any of the mollies. In 5 G bowl i will not keep more then 2 -3 fishes in total.
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