Question about Platys

[jayB]

towards Betta (SFF) ???

Does anyone know if Platys and a Male Betta will get along or are they like Guppies and are incompatible ??

Any thoughts please anyone ??

Thanks

Jay

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[duendecillo]

I think they would be okay
male bettas and guppies don't get along because they both have long fins, and tails, so they see eachother as rivals

 

[Samage]

I kept platies once. They're one of the most docile fish going

 

[warrion_2000]

They should be perfect i've kept them together and they never bugged each other. the only thing you need to be careful about is the temperament of the fish some are aggressive and some are very peaceful.

 

[Robert]

this kind of goes with his question, my male platy used to stick with the new yellow female platy, but ever since my other female that i have had longer got pregnant he sticks with her and chases all other fish away even my tiger barbs!! why is he sticking with the pregnant one?? the only other fish he doesn't chase is my female lyretail molly, which he tries to breed with , could he breed with the lyretail and produce offspring that are 50% platy and 50%molly??

 

[Robert]

does anyone know

 

[sandro]

I used to keep my male dark blue betta in my community tank, with 3 platies. 1 of the platies is a bright orange mickey mouse, and the other 2 were black platies. One night my betta bit every bit of fin and tail off the black platies (they didn't make it), but he left the orange mickey mouse platy alone. Apparently this was because the black platies reflected a lot of blue similar to my betta's colour, and so he saw them as competition. I've given my betta his own tank now, but he stayed in the community tank for a few weeks after killing my platies - he didn't bother any of the other fish whose colours are nothing like his own. A guy at my LFS told me this is common, and that as long as platies and bettas aren't similar in colour, they usually get along just fine.