What small fishes goes well with Beta fishes?

NO fish can live in that amount of space, and neither should any snail. Just because they may have lived a long time for someone you know in a jar does not mean it is right or healthy, the same as you living in a wardrobe all your life wouldnt be. Get a ten gallon tank and you will be able to keep a few other fish HAPPILY and HEALTHILY in there.

Good luck :)
 
I think the OP has gotten the message on tank size consideration. I would get a 5 gal tank at least, preferably a 10 gallon tank, then consider some some male guppies and a few snails.

Anybody else have recommendations for betta tank mates?
 
cam191919 said:
male bettas might get nipped to shreads, small fast fish like ember tetras maybe
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I think you meant male guppies?

Anyway, male guppies + betta = bad idea.
Female guppies + Betta= maybe. Depends on your Bettas attitude.
 
I have my beta in a 10 gallon, with zebra danios, tetras and platies, they all get along. I think I have the best beta, he flared a little bit in the beginning at the male platie, but they all just stay out of each others way now.
 
Get a 2.5 gallon at the minimum. It's a bit cozy, but it is a billion times better than a cup. My little guy is in one and he's doing great. I'm hoping to upgrade someday, but for now, he's fine.
 
basically, the rule with male betta tankmates is no long fins, no bright colours, and no fish that zip around too fast. i've never kept fishy tankmates in with male bettas, but this is what i have read and heard.
 
Bettas can live with almost any other fish of reasonable size that is not known for aggression. Mine is currently in a 55g with platies, SAEs, dwarf chain loaches, cardinals, a pearl gourami, a German blue ram, and congo tetras. Oh, and three female bettas. Danios should also be fine, or dwarf rainbows, or ember tetras. Female guppies would be fine, and usually male guppies are OK.

These are all OK if you have adequate space. Don't try a female betta as a companion in a 5 or 10g tank. In a heavily planted 30+, no problem. Thats 120 litres. The bigger the tank, the more of a natural environment your fish have and you will be rewarded with their natural behavior.


Tankmates to avoid are any of the aggressive gouramis, including dwarf gouramis, and any of the nippy tetras. And especially avoid tiger barbs. I saw someone put a betta into a tiger barb tank once and they swarmed the poor thing. Looked like sharks having a feeding frenzy. Luckily there was a net handy. Anything else nippy or aggressive should not be put in the betta tank. Pictus cats or red tailed sharks or rainbow sharks would probably get too aggressive as they got older.
 
i would advise strongly against keeping a female betta in the same tank as a male. some people can 'get away with it' but those cases are very much against the norm for housing both genders of betta together.
 
4 litres isn't all that problematic. You can get these little heaters now that don't cost very much and aren't too dimensionally different from a credit card. If all you're really keeping is the beta.

But a nice size tank (I've actually got a beta tank that is just that at the moment) for a beta and a few friends is five gallons with some plants, heat, & so on. Pygmy Cory Cats make good beta buddies. Malaysian Trumpet snails are a nice addition too. They stir up the substrate & eat up some of the gunk you don't want.
 
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