betta question

[Sharoane]

I want to get a betta (a male) and had originally thought about a 5 gallon tank for him and maybe a friend--not another betta, no worries--but instead I think I might get a ten gallon. I know I can only keep a few fish in there, so I thought some bottom fish might go well with him.

What kinds of fish would go well with a betta? Would he attack cories or otos? What about any other kinds of small fish?

 

[Grim Reaper]

my 1 live fine with my tetras but i had to divide him as hes went on a rampage with the platys he killed 2 of them in under 2 months

 

[steppy104]

betta's don't NEED friends....i have one alone in a 10gal and he's happy.
i've posted on another thread like this, so i'll just copy what i said...here it is:

white cloud minnows are great! they don't bother betta's, and are too fast for the betta to mess with them....they are really small....so i'd say 5-8ish maybe....someone else could tell ya how many you can have...i'm not good with that stuff.

also a small algae eater would be nice...NOT a pleco though...if you get a pleco and put it in a ten gal, and someone on here finds out....you'll be nagged to high heaven!

i've got a real nice one....a kind that stays pretty dang small. it's called an octo-somethin...i can't pronounce it after the octo....

i've heard alot of people say they have good luck with tetra's and stuff, but that all depends on the attitude of your betta and the tetras....i had surpae(sp?) tetra's with one of my betta's for not too long, and they ate his tail up, he stressed out, and died....all in a VERY short period of time...

some people also have some luck with gourami's....but i think that most people wouldn't recomend it....but like i said with the tetras, it depends on the fish's attitude. some are really nice, and socialable, and some just plain out need a spankin!

i'm not sure about this, but underwater frogs were on the "tank mate" list with betta's....i've never tried it, and i don't hear too much about it....so maybe some other members could fill you in on something like that.

and last of all, ghost shrimp. very tiny, and very cheap....some people have their betta's end up eating the things...but i don't think that it matters very much seeing that they only cost about 30 cent per shrimp....and if the betta doesn't eat the things, then they can go around tidying up the tank a little for ya!

also, cories....i don't know a dang thing about them, but there sure is alot of people that recomend them.

HTH!

 

[BIGMAC]

i have corys with both my male Bettas and also have some emerald eye rasboras with one of them they were a resent addition and they all get along fine

 

[Sharoane]

I now know (these past few months since I joined this forum) that the common pleco is not suitable for anything smaller than a 55 gallon tank as they get huge and put out a lot of waste for a fish their size. I have one right now in my 30 gallon that I stupidly bought way back when I started the tank. He survived the cycle just fine and is about two inches long right now and slated for a 55 gallon that we are setting up later on this month. He's going to end up in an even bigger tank when we're done as my girlfriend and I are plotting something around 100 gallons.

I have otos in my 30 gallon as well and I'm quite fond of them. I also thought about putting cories into the future 10 gallon--I just want to make sure that if I get some fish to add to the betta tank that he won't take after them or get his fins nipped.

I once had a betta in with some other fish, including a platy (which I hear is a no-no) and he got along fine with them. He'd follow the platy around but never really bothered her.

Okay, then--I guess getting betta-friends is more for me than for him. Heh.

 

[BIGMAC]

in my opinion it depends on the fishies personality i did have my Betta in with platys at the begining but they just didnot get along some people will say they may be fine but mine really didnot like eachother

 

[Phantom Thief]

You can look at my signature to see who can go with them. But i wouldnt recommend that you follow me and keep him with guppies.

P.T.

 

[Sharoane]

Ah, you have tetras...I was thinking about something like that.

Actually, the more I think about it the more I want a 20 or 30 gallon with something like a betta, a school of neons or head-and-tailight tetras and some cories.

Does it ever end?

 

[Phantom Thief]

Its called Multiple Tank Syndrome, MTS for short. Many members are infected, some at the terminal stage. There is no known cure.


P.T.