Thinking about getting a male betta.

[KimmyFishy89]

I know bettas don't need much room. But what would make a betta super happy? They sell betta hexes, bowls, and 2 gallon explorer tanks look good too. Right now I have a ten gallon tank with 7 fish (1 angel, 3 tetras, a platy, and 2 cory cats). Can I add a betta to the 10 gallon? Or should I get a 2 gallon explorer and put him in there? Hex and bowls sound much too small, so I am eliminating that

 

[canis_lupus]

i would get the 2 gal to make him happy......the tetras might eat the fins off your betta. i keep my guys in 1/2 gallons. i know it's not a lot of room but they r happy as far as i can c, but it is more work (2 water changes a week) so something bigger is usually better and that way u could probably squeeze in 2 corys or and africain dwarf frog!

 

[infant340]

first thing u should take out the angel and move it to a buigger tak if u get one. i think u can put the betta in ifu take the angel out i u do take the angel out and put in the betta keep an eye on it for a while.

 

[Kossy]

Yes the angel is probably a young boy/girl still and soon will out grow the tank. The betta should do fine in the 10g (Also 3 tetras what type? Most tetras should be in a minmum shoal of 8 but this is quite not possible in this tank. Perhaps you should get the bigger tank)

 

[Alien Anna]

I keep my betta in a 10 gallon with a school of black neon tetras and a pair of cherry barbs. It works out well and I feel bettas like that extra bit of swimming space. Black neon tetras are very gentle tetras and not a problem, but do get a good sized school of them. Cherry barbs are great with bettas - very unaggressive fish (and they also eat a bit of algae).

 

[KimmyFishy89]

They are 3 x-ray tetras, and they seem pretty happy (And fat) I originally had 6, but 3 got sucked up by the filter. I have no other place to put the angel