are there any small catfish that will get along with a male beta in a 5 gallon tank?

Question

if no catfish, any other small fish cleaners

Answer 1

What a coincidence! I have 3 corydoras catfish in an Eclipse 5 gallon hex tank with my male betta.

Here's a picture of the tank:
http://www.drew-edwards.com/snapshot.jpg

Aggression:
The betta sometimes is aggressive towards the cories, but the cories are too fast for him and he can never catch them. Cories don't have fancy fins, so it's not really a problem. He usually only manifests aggression when he is already flaring at his own reflection in the glass, so watch out for that if the tank lighting is brighter than the outside room, which will cause the glass to be reflective from the inside. The cories, of course, are never agressive to the betta. I put a couple of cups and a martini glass in the tank to give the betta some room near the top of the tank to hang out, and this has seemed to work well, giving him his own turf and leaving the cories to the bottom. The martini glass works particularly well because it doesn't take up a lot of space on the bottom, since the base is covered with sand. This leaves plenty of bottom for the bottom-feeders.

On Cories:
Check out this link if you're thinking about cories:
http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article33.htm

Size:
As far as species of cories goes, the smallest species that are available are corydoras pygmaeus, corydoras hastatus, and corydoras habrosus. Corydoras panda are also slightly smaller than most cories, but a good deal bigger than the above-mentioned "dwarf cories."

You might also want to think about ottos, which are small suckermouth catfish that eat algae, but I don't know much about them.

Answer 2

There isn't really much room on your bioload for more than a betta in your 5 gallon. Most small catfish are schooling catfish and will be seriously stressed when not in groups of 3 or more, especially when housed with a betta, and the smallest, like pygmy cories, need a group of 6, and that is obviously too many fish for a 5 gallon. Solitary catfish get too big for your aquarium. I'd go with a snail, either one mystery snail or ramshorn, or a couple of pond snails. But know that a couple of pond snails could easily reproduce into way too many for your aquarium, so you will need to remove the extras regularly.

Answer 3

Try a clown plecostomas. He will only get two inches long at the most. However, you will need to supplement his diet with algae tablets or romaine lettuce, sweet potato, or zucchini on a clip. They can't live on the algae on the tank alone. They make great tankmates for bettas, though. Either that, or some corydora catfish. They stay pretty small. They will eat the food off of the bottom, although I'm not sure that they'll eat betta pellets. Remember, though, that catfish don't take the place of water changes; you'll still have to do those at least twice a month. Good luck, have fun.

Answer 4

It shouldn't, it is going to in basic terms assault yet another male Beta. it may %. on the fins only a sprint yet another fish if it is 0.5 the size or smaller of your Beta, yet assault isn't the be conscious. the only factor is that the ammonia will circulate up too extreme in case you place yet another fish in a a million a million/2 gallon. the guideline of thumb is one a million inch fish according to gallon of water. you will desire to start a 5 or 10 gallon community tank (guppies, danios, platty's, molly's) and positioned the Betta in with them. *btw, Beta's and goldfish are the only freshwater fish i understand of that do no longer require water filters or warmth. the different kinds of fish will desire those to stay to tell the story as they are considered tropical.

Answer 5

I seriously doubt that any catfish could survive in a tiny 5 gallon tank. and besides beta fish don't really get along with other fish, that's why they are always in small tanks by themselves. Haven't you ever heared of them being called Chinese fighting fish?

Answer 6

male bettas need to be left alone. They get very cranky and territorial, which leads to one fish dieing anyway and I am 99.99% sure it wouldn't be the betta! It was really smart of you to ask if you didn't know because not only would have wasted your money, but also it would have caust an innoccent fish his life! I see some of the answers above me and realize that snails really actually could work!

Answer 7

male bettas should be alone

now that I see the answer below snails might work or even freshwater clam but i think clams should have at least ten gallons

Answer 8

you should use snails