Good Tank Mates for a Betta

[FanOFish]

We just got a small 5 gal. tank to house a future male betta. This tank is for my teenage daughter who would like to have more than the one fish.

Any suggestions of a couple other fish that would do well in this small tank with a betta?

How about a couple male guppies? A couple cory cats?

Thanks

 

[White Whale]

Definitely NOT a pacu.

 

[Where the river goes]

african dwarf frogs

 

[Sondan]

Well I have never had problems with the "nice" tetras. I mean who doesn't like looking at Neons or Cardinals. A Harelequin is also good.
Signed,
Sondan

 

[Jo]

I would suggest not guppies, as the Betta might confuse the guppy tail with another Betta and attack it.

I was pondering on adding cory's to my betta tank too, but going to see how settled he gets, he;s a bit jumpy at the moment and some corys nipping around might scare him.

What about a couple of platies...?

 

[White Whale]

I would suggest not guppies, as the Betta might confuse the guppy tail with another Betta and attack it.

I was pondering on adding cory's to my betta tank too, but going to see how settled he gets, he;s a bit jumpy at the moment and some corys nipping around might scare him.

What about a couple of platies...?

I like guppies. Do they require aeration?

 

[lgreenmk]

I can only speak from personal experience, but my male betta got along well (in a filtered tank) with neon tetras and a couple of ottos for algae control.

 

[Morrgan]

Cories won't fit in a 5gal, both because they get too big and they want to be in a group.

I've successfully kept a male betta with guppies, but that betta was an unusually lazy and non-aggressive one. It depends a lot on the personality of the betta if he'll go after the guppies or not. As a rule though, it's better to keep bettas with something else.

Maybe a small school of little peaceful tetras would do, like glowlight or black neons?

 

[Dreaded]

My betta does well with his African Dwarf Frog. He doesn't seem to like other fish at all. My brother has a small tank that I had in my room for a while housing some little neon tetras and all Eddie (my betta) would do was Flare and flare and flare. And zoom around his tank. Finally when I moved the tank back, he calmed down. Now he's his happy self again.