Platy Be Alrite With Betta ?

[archamfr]

yer.. i know betta will not like anything that looks anythign like anotehr betta... so what about a couple of bright red platys??? will they be alrite ?? thnx


oh yer and ive got a pair of guppies already in there. they had sum babies about 3 weeks ago, but ive noticed the female is now hiding alot and is a bit chunky. can she give birth like.. now ?? or will it not be until the fouth week..??

 

[Larry_the_lobster]

I've had it happen in three weeks it aint impossible

 

[tank212]

It won't be long before she pops but about the betta thing. You should be able to keep bettas and platies together I have done it and had no problems whatsoever but I have had easy going bettas that would not flare at anything except another betta.

 

[dwarfgourami]

We have also had threads where somebody has had problems with the betta/platy combination. So it seems to be a matter of personality.

 

[xostrawberryox]

No to platies and betta in my experience. You may end up buying another tank just for the betta like i did lol. i have the interpet guide to community fish and it states that a betta is a community fish, however so many people have been unsuccessful with them in community tanks i dont think its worth stressing your other fish out to try it!

 

[tank212]

TRY it by all means but be prepared. There is absolutely no reason not to give it a shot.

 

[who-izzet]

TRY it by all means but be prepared. There is absolutely no reason not to give it a shot.

I had a bad experience with sunset platys & my betta's. I lost the male eventually, so decided to put the 2 females in with just guppy's, neons & some honey's. Then the poor honey's had nothing but trouble from the male betta so the honeys ended up with the platys.

 

[saracorley2006]

i had a male fighter and put him in with my 2 red platies but when i came home the next day half of the platies were missing and they were hiding so i had to take him back, i now have females in with my platies and they are fine together

 

[xoedusk]

Our betta once took a nip out of one of our female platies (bright red in color). She was so stressed, ended up not eating and didn't make it.

 

[Morquinn]

I have a baby sunset platy in with my betta, nothins gone wrong yet. I wanted to keep it seperate from the other fry because it looked different and didnt want to lose it in the crowd if ya know what I mean. They get along well, platy just stays out of the betta's way.