Betta Tankmates

[Karmadapt]

I have a 45 gallon hexagon tank with 1 betta and 5 neon tetras. I want to add some more fish and was thinking about adding some 4-5 cory cats, 4-5 otos, and maybe some 5 black/glowlight tetras. Would those be okay to add with the betta? And also, I was wondering if there were any other fish that were compatible with betta fish. I heard Sunset/honey dwarf gourami were okay, and platies were a maybe.

 

[pablothebetta]

I'd add a load more neons to at least 10, and depending on the amount of 'floorspace' your tank has, you could add some cories. I don't think I've seen a 45 gallon hex myself before, so I'm unsure about how much 'floorspace' there is in them. Would you be able to calculate the area of it? If there's enough space, panda or pygmy cories might be fine in there. I wouldn't stock too heavily though as while it is rather large at 45 gallons, there is less contact with air than a rectangular 45 gallon and most fish prefer to swim horizontally as opposed to vertically. I'd guess that you wouldn't want more than 1 betta, 2 small schools of fish and some cories in there with some ottos if you wanted. Ottos like mature setups though, ideally with a fair amount of algae, so if your tank isn't similar to this right now I might wait a while.

I wouldn't recommend adding gouramis as they are of the same family and likely to fight. I'm unsure of bettas and platies.

 

[OldMan47]

Forget the otos Karmadapt. They are too hard to feed artificially. No problem with the betta at all, just a problem keeping them fed. Cories or glowlights would be fine if you have enough room for a good sized shoal of one or the other.

 

[Karmadapt]

Even with wafers? Also, I have otos in another tank and it seems like they really like cucumbers. Maybe that should solve the feeding problem.