Betta Imbellis

Just stumbled onto a pair of B. Imbellis and they are just beautiful. I don't know anything about them, but heard them called the "peaceful betta".

Can you keep them together? As pairs or in same sex groups, etc etc. I have a 25 gallon community tank with zebra danios, dwarf platies, cherry barbs (those are the nice little non-nippy ones), corydoras, ghost shrimp....I used to have a regulat ol VT betta in there but pulled him when I added the danios/barbs/platies (he has major attitude and has been retired from community living for now).

I would love to add B. Imbellis to the tank if they would be a good fit. It is a planted 25 gallon tall (24 inches wide, 12 inches deep, 20 inches tall).

Any info on them would be appreciated.

I've only kept them as pairs, but I've heard of multiple females being kept with one male and even males being kept together, though that's a tidge more risky. From my experience with them, I think a pair would do just great in your tank... definitely worth a shot, anyway

They are basically like regular ol' Betta splendens, except less aggressive (especially towards non-bettas) and with none of the worries of long-finned bettas. Still somewhat territorial with one-another, but my pair did well in a 10 gallon together. If they're wild-caught you might have trouble getting them to take anything but live at first, but should eventually be able to get them onto frozen at least, and if they're tank bred then no worries!

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IBC information on Betta Imbellis

I have two males in my 15g high, and I love them! They are awesome, cool fish. They frolic together, and are pretty outgoing. My tank is densly planted, though. They also enjoy killing and eating small snails and other microorganisms. Here's a lousy picture of them. You have to make sure that they get food, especially with the danios. They take their time to come up for feeding and I have to watch to make sure my harlequins don't eat everything. They're just slower swimmers, but they are smarter and know where their feeding corner is.