what fish will go good with a betta?

Question

i have a ten gallon tank and i'm thinking of getting one male betta, one female betta, some mollies, and chinese cleaner fish. would they get along? if you have any suggestions please tell me!

Answer 1

No
males and females will only work together if they're both ready to breed. They have to be kept seperate.

Answer 2

I'd forget about getting the female betta. While they can often be safely kept with a male, it would need to be in a tank much larger than a ten gallon. Mollies are an estuary fish that do best in more brackish water despite what most pet stores tell their customers. If the "chinese cleaner fish" you are referring to is a Gyrinocheilus aymonieri...which is normally the fish with a common name similar to that, I'd cross that one off your list as well. They only eat algae when they are juveniles, as they grow up they develop a taste for the slime coat on the other fish in the tank.


Now that I have knocked all the fish off your list, I will make a few suggestions:

a trio of the smaller species of corydoras OR a trio of otocinculus depending on if you are more looking for a fish to clean left over food from the bottom of the tank or a fish to eat the algae from the sides of the tank

and

four glowlight tetras OR four harlequin rasboras OR four cherry barbs. I usually recommend shoaling fish in groups of seven or eight, but IMO that might be pushing it in a tank as small as a 10 gallon unless you are willing to do frequent maintenance on the tank.

Answer 3

Betta's are very peaceful fish, except toward other male betta's. I had a male betta in a community tank, with guppys and a golden algea eater, however with the guppies you have to watch to make sure that the betta isn't attacking the tails of the male guppies. And when not in mating season the Male will kill the female so I would advise against that.

Answer 4

Mixing a male betta with a betta of any sex is bad idea. Other than for mating male betta are loners. I'd also avoid a chinese algae eater. He'll get to big, and your othe fish. A true siamese algae, otto, or bristle nosed pelco is a better idea. The mollies are likely okay, but avoid the huge big finned male sailfin mollies.

Answer 5

Bettas do not make the best community tank fish. They can be outcompeted for food by faster swimming fish, and sometimes their long, trailing fins become easy targets for nippy fish (some barbs, danios and tetras especially). They can also be aggressive. Never keep two males together, because they will fight until one dies; females (less often available and not as attractive, but you can find them in some LFS) and a male may be kept together with caution in a 5-10 gallon tank which is well-planted, but they may still fight and cause each other great injury. Bettas will occasionally also display aggression to very brightly colored and red fish such as platies, if they believe them to be another male betta threat. For this reason, males are best kept by themselves, or only with very different-looking and peaceful fish, such as small bottom feeders (corydoras catfish, kuhli loaches) and ghost shrimp.

Answer 6

The female betta wouldn't really be a good idea, but other then that, anything thats not too small should be fine. Surprisingly male betta make relatively good tankmate when there isn't any other betta around.

But if you have mollies and they breed, the betta might eat the fry.

Answer 7

They should be ok but if the bettas decide to breed they will kill your other fish if they get too close to the nest. Also i have heard many cases of female bettas killing the male and also the male killing the female.

Why not get some mollies and swordtails and neons and guppies and a cory catfish and have a nice community tank and keep the bettas seperate and let each have a bowl of their own so you can put them together for a bit and seperate them if need be.

Answer 8

I put a small pleco that won't grow larger then 4 inches and some snails. You can also try to put African Dwarf Frogs, they're known to be the best betta tankmates. And do not mix a male Betta with a female Betta, they will fight wach other to death.

Answer 9

Only get one beta. Male and female betas will kill each other (and no you can't get two females because you need at least 3 females with at least 5 gallons per female to house them safely). Chinese algae eaters get large and very aggressive and don't eat much algae. I would go with a Siamese algae eater or two oto catfish (my preference). One beta will be 3 inches of fish so I wouldn't put mollies in as they like to be in groups of 4 and get 3 inches a piece (12 inches of fish), and that would be overstocking. Plus, mollies prefer brackish water (half freshwater, half saltwater).
One beta could go with 3 or 4 corydoras catfish (will clean the gravel, and are very cute and have great personalities), or two oto catfish and one dwarf gourami (I have successfully kept betas with gouramis, but some people have problems with them), or 6 cardinal tetras.

Answer 10

Male bettas do not make good community fish. They can be outcompeted for food by faster swimming fish, and sometimes their long, trailing fins become easy targets for nippy fish (barbs, danios, tetras). They can also be aggressive. Females and a male can be kept together with caution, but they may still fight and cause each other great injury. Bettas will occasionally also display aggression to very brightly colored and red fish such as platies, if they believe them to be another male betta threat. For this reason, males are best kept to themselves, or only with very different-looking and peaceful fish, such as small bottom feeders (corydoras catfish, kuhli loaches) and ghost shrimp.

Answer 11

bettas will go good with tetras and other short finned fish...but make sure they arent aggresive...but usually bettas like to be alone in special betta tanks...try going to liveaquaria.com this website will help you choose which fish will go with your betta