keeping bettas with guppies or killifish

[iron maiden fan]

what do you think about keeping guppies w/ a betta i've read that bettas sometime attack male guppies thinking they're other bettas but the lfs seems to always be doing it and the guppies seem unharmedif this seems like a bad idea then would keeping killis(gold panachax) be okay

 

[Synirr]

It's almost always a bad idea. I've got two "feeder" female guppies in with my betta juvies, but luckily they're VERY drab so the bettas ignore them. Normally I would never combine the two, but the guppies came in as fry with some ghost shrimp I bought and they'd get eaten in every single other tank I have, so being the bleeding heart I am I just raised them up as the betta's adopted siblings

 

[SPLiSH]

I don't know much about killis but BigC does... maybe you could PM him, I don't think he comes to the betta board much.

With the gups, as Synirr said, it very rarely works. Your LFS might do it but remember, LFSs turn over fish at such a fast rate that there is hardly any time for problems to occur, or more likely be noticed.

 

[Bloo]

Not a good idea at all. Neither with killies or guppies - both of which I have - but not together.

 

[The ultimate_fish MaC dAddY]

what about corydoras catfish and Gold Mystery Snails with a betta?

 

[Bloo]

Generally fine as long as you have enough space and gallons. Account 2 gallons for a snail as they produce quite some waste. Keep in mind cories "prefer" to be in groups of 6 or more Remember the average size of a cory is 3" when fully grown.