Bettas?
- Thread starter DarkChii
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I too have heard that bettas and neon co-exist quite happily but i cant help you with the tank size issue.
I'd get a bigger tank if you want to keep a betta and other fish--a 10g is usually around the same price or cheeper then the smaller tanks (I don't know why but it is) I'd put it in a ten gallon and try and see if it works--I've heard it depends on the individual temperments of the fish.
you need a ten gallon,you could put,
6 neon tetras
1 betta
or if you tank is wide,
8 pygmy cory cats
1 betta
i would go with the second choice,bettas are normally top dwellers,cories are bottom,there would probably be less agression than neontetras,my tetras used to pick on my bettas fins.you would need to add plants(live preferably).
6 neon tetras
1 betta
or if you tank is wide,
8 pygmy cory cats
1 betta
i would go with the second choice,bettas are normally top dwellers,cories are bottom,there would probably be less agression than neontetras,my tetras used to pick on my bettas fins.you would need to add plants(live preferably).
I have 1 male betta with a school of cardinals, and they are doing well. They are actually in a heavily planted 10g with 4 panda cories, 2 ottos, and some amano shrimp.
10gal w/ 1 betta & 5 neons (along w/ 2 sets of fancy guppies).
First betta was too laid-back & neons nipped his fins. Put a more agressive one in & it's been a happy group every since.
First betta was too laid-back & neons nipped his fins. Put a more agressive one in & it's been a happy group every since.
DarkChii said:
Yes. but not in a 3g. 10g would be a better choice as a starter. Unless you already have the 3g... then I would go with a Betta and maybe some Ghost shrimp
right, as everyone has said 3 g is too small for a school of tetras AND a betta. You could barely get away with a lone betta in a tank that small. It would require weekly or twice weekly water changes just with the one fish.
As for compatibility of male bettas with other fish, it's a crapshoot. Several folks on this forum have friendly male Betta splendens who do great in community tanks. Others have had fish killed by their betta. Mine have always been too aggressive. They end up chasing my peaceful fish and guarding any scrap of food like an angry dog! Luckily, I noticed this behavior before it got to the point of another fish's death. So I'm not going to try putting male bettas in with other fish ever again.
My advice to you is: get at least a 10 gal tank. Then try putting a betta in there, but watch him very closely for the first few days. Be prepared to separate him if need be, either with a tank divider or another tank. The tank divider may not be the best solution, because I've also had hyper-aggressive fish hurt themselves on it just from sheer rage that he could see the other fish but couldn't get at them.
As for compatibility of male bettas with other fish, it's a crapshoot. Several folks on this forum have friendly male Betta splendens who do great in community tanks. Others have had fish killed by their betta. Mine have always been too aggressive. They end up chasing my peaceful fish and guarding any scrap of food like an angry dog! Luckily, I noticed this behavior before it got to the point of another fish's death. So I'm not going to try putting male bettas in with other fish ever again.
My advice to you is: get at least a 10 gal tank. Then try putting a betta in there, but watch him very closely for the first few days. Be prepared to separate him if need be, either with a tank divider or another tank. The tank divider may not be the best solution, because I've also had hyper-aggressive fish hurt themselves on it just from sheer rage that he could see the other fish but couldn't get at them.