feamales & communtiy

[GSD]

can female bettas be kept in my tank with
platys
cories
and guppies

i know a male bettas is a big NO but what about females?

 

[flautist]

can female bettas be kept in my tank with
platys
cories
and guppies

i know a male bettas is a big NO but what about females?

they might confuse the guppies with male bettas, so I would say no.

 

[black angel]

my female betta nearly killed my female guppies before i took them out so i would say no to any guppies, and platys may be a problem but the corys should be ok.

 

[Kiarra]

Corys are fine. Mine lived steadily with Cory Cats for quite a while before I moved the Corys to my Guppy/Molly/Platy tank.

Guppies...it sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn't. One of my male Bettas would literally snuggle in the plants with one of the female Guppies, and one of my female Bettas would flare at them ONLY if they made aggressive moves toward her...other than that, she swam around with them just fine. But one of my male Guppies had a problem with my male Betta and nibbled his fins (go figure, the little one is the evil one). And, in the other case, one of the Mollies bodily attacked my female Betta, and I found the female Betta in a corner of the tank, being nipped at mercilessly. Another female I tried in the Guppy tank (before the addition of the Mollies) was in the tank less than three seconds before reaching over and very rudely removing the tail of my male Guppy. She didn't stay in that tank more than a total of 6 seconds, because she was going after the nearest female Guppy, too.

My Platies are Dwarf Platies, so they are considerably smaller (especially since they're juvenile) than any Bettas, and I never had a problem with them. They mostly did their best to stay WAY out of the way, but I don't really know how a normal Platy would react to a female Betta.

 

[xanthianacid]

I don't know about platies but guppys and bettas get along fine in my tank. The girls are all about thier own social heirachy and don't give a rats about other tank mates, Seriously! Corys are corys they do the cleaning job so everyone gives them a wide berth. Actually too peaceful to be a problem. My guppies are colourful by the way, and my girls have big big colourful pretty tails. They play alot and don't get in the way of the betta girlies.
Every body has their own experiences. This is just mine. Cheers.

 

[GSD]

im not going to try it decided against it...couldnt loose my beloved platies