can you put a beta and a goldfish together in a fishbowl to live in harmony?

Answer 1

Absolutely, YES!!!

I recommend a tank with a pump though. It's less work and makes it so much easier to take care of your fish. It's also healthier for your fish.

Answer 2

YES, BUT NOT IN A FISH BOWL! Betas can be put into a tank ( preferable 10+ gallons ) with other gold fish, but NOT in a fishbowl. But whatever you do, do NOT overcrowd your tank, and it will stress out your goldfish cause it to die. But over all Betas can be put in with goldgfish in a TANK, NOT A BOWL!

Answer 3

i can count. Goldfish would desire to be in a goldfish tank in basic terms as they launch alot of ammonia interior the water wherein different tropical fish can no longer tolerate. As with the beta fish you are able to try it with different styles of tropical fish yet some inclusive of barbs, danios, and a few tetras would tear the long fins on the beta. So it is extra effective to have a fish tank with a beta bowl on the facet. good success

Answer 4

NO! for several reasons...

bettas are warm water fish (tropical) and goldfish are cold water fish.

bettas have a special Labyrinth organ. this allows them to survive in a small bowl by breathing air from the surface of the water. read this for more info... http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/fishspecies/l/blwill113000.htm

male bettas will attack other types of fish with long/colorful flowing fins. many fancy goldfish are of such and will be attacked.

goldfish are very very dirty fish. plus they require much more water/space than a betta. goldfish can not live long in a bowl and should never be put in a bowl. at minimun, the fry goldfish needs 10gals of water and a filter. the produce a lot of waste that results in lots of ammonia which is extremely toxic to fish, thus killing them. (this is way goldfish are notorious for dying so quickly in a bowl, because the water conditions become toxic and they die within a week)

goldfish also tend to grow up to be really big. much bigger than many would imagine. they are of the carp family so they grow up to 8-12 inches or more!
http://hometown.aol.com/_ht_a/kmam1/MyPond/GiantGoldfish.html (a big fish)
once the goldfish is bigger, they will consider the small betta to be food and eat it aswell.

don't put goldfish in a bowl!

edit: a suggestion... goto wal-mart, get yourself one of thos 10 gallon tanks ($10), a water heater, and 1 or 2 dividers. divide the tank in halves or thirds and you will be able to keep 2-3 bettas in the tank :D

Answer 5

Male Beta's can be with most other tropical fish without any problem I had a male in a 50 gallon tropical tank with a wide variet of fish without any problems. Male Beta's just can't be with another male Beta. I have included a good link about Beta's

Answer 6

NO!!! The gold fish wouldn't stand a chance. Beta's attack alot on color and fin flare. Gold Fish would be dead within an hour at the most. If you want to put your lonely beta in with another fish go to the pet store and ask which fish are the best. Usually, fast moving low colored tetras are the best and you will have to set up a tank with air flow and a filter, because the other tetras are not air breathers such as the beta. Good Luck.

Answer 7

No betta are territorial and generally will not put up with other fish in their bowl. Generally you need 5+ gallons for a betta to coexist with any fish. Goldfish are a bad choice as they are cold water fish, messy, and slow swimmers. (Bettas are poor swimmers and most types of fish can out swim a betta in a large tank.) In general male bettas are loners, and live longer than way. Note that they do like large tanks despite peoples claims. A betta in 3 gallons will be able to swim around and will be healthier. My females love swimming around in my 30 gallon tank, and a couple love playing in the filter out flow. (After the 4 of them worked out a pecking order, and stopped fighting.)

Answer 8

Beta's cannot be put into a bowl with another beta. I have had luck putting them in a community tank, but every case can differ. You could try it with a goldfish but stand by with a net in case they don't get along.

Answer 9

Sure, but a fish bowl isn't much of a life for any fish. If you like fish, why not get a small tank where the fish can have a few plants and places to hide. Can you imagine your life in a fish bowl?

Answer 10

Plecos should not be housed with goldfish. Plecos are from south america and need heaters, goldfish need cooler water temps because they need more dissolved oxygen. Colder water holds more dissolved oxygen then what warmer water does. Plecos need alot of green algae, aswell as supplementation with algae wafers, cucumbers, zuccini, romaine lettuce, shrimp pellets, broccoli, driftwood or bogwood for fiber and they develop a taste for the slimecoat on goldfish and will KILL goldfish. It has happened in the large indoor pond at the place i work at. Like goldfish, plecos excrete ALOT off ammonia.

Bettas, are tropical fish needing warmer water then what goldfish need. Bettas CANNOT handle the amount of ammonia goldfish excrete. Bettas are prone to fin rot and dropsy because of poor water quality. Bettas are carnivores and have different dietary needs then what goldfish do. Goldfish also get big enough to eat small fish such as female bettas.

Tri-color sharks are from the cyprinid family same with goldfish. They are a type of minnow. However, they need a heated tank and need to be in groups of 3-5 because they are a schooling fish. THey also grow to be 13 inches and need 70 gallons PER fish. They are skittish fish and it isnt uncommon for one to get startled and bust through a tank when it gets bigger.

Irridescent sharks GROW TO BE 4 FT LONG and are not suitable aquarium fish. They are a migrating catfish and need to be in groups also, they also will SWALLOW anything that they think they can. They too need heaters since they are warmwater tropicals.

GOLDFISH CAN ONLY BE HOUSED WITH GOLDFISH.
The rule for baby-juvenile fancy goldfish is 10 gallons PER fish. (ryukins, moors, orandas, fantails, ect.)
For baby-juvenile long bodied goldfish, its 20 gallons PER fish. (comets, commons, shubunkins) Adults need atleast 50 gallons PER fish. They need ALOT of filtration because they excrete so much ammonia aswell as regular partial waterchanges. THey grow to be 12-14 inches and will swallow smaller fish.

That being said, people have gotten away with house weather loaches and white cloud mountain minnows with goldfish. However the white clouds will most certainly become food as the goldfish grows and the people that have housed these fish with goldfish had large tanks and took EXCELLENT care of the fish. They did weekly partial waterchanges and fed once a day and tested their water and were awesome fish keepers. If only more people were like them.
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edit- Guppies are WARM WATER tropicals people, quit suggesting them. ALso they will be eaten by the goldfish.

Bettas CAN be kept with other community warmwater tropical fish aslong as the tank is atleast 5 gallons or larger with a filter and a heater. Bettas are generally only aggressive with themselves. They should not be housed with fin nipping fish and gouramis. The fin nipping fish will have a field day nipping the male bettas tail and gouramis are from the same family as bettas and gouramis always win the battle.