Betta's and gupies, good tank mates?

Question

I want to put a few bettas in with my fancy guppies, is this a good idea? I can't get a straight answer from anywhere.

I have an african dwarf frog and a few fancy guppies, can I stick two female bettas in there or not a good idea? The tank's a 20 gallon

Answer 1

Your female bettas should be fine.. however, I would get a third female to establish a fairly equal pecking order. Oftentimes if you only have two females, the dominant one will constantly pick on the other.

However, I would recommend keeping your bettas in a seperate community tank from your guppies. It's possible that they could all get along, but it wholly depends on the individual personalities of your fish, and with a group of females, it's not very likely.

Answer 2

a million.5 gallons is suitable even for a Betta. Betta's are tropical fish and require a temperature of 76-80 2 degrees. In that 'bowl' your pour Betta will really stay a million-2 years. In a ideal 5 gallon with a heater and clear out your Betta might want to stay 5-6 years. Please improve for your Betta's sake. in case you get a 5 gallon you may upload: >a million secret Snail or >2 African Dwarf Frogs or 2-3 Cherry Shrimp in case you improve to a 10 gallon you may upload: >3 Kuhli Loaches or >3 Platies or >3 lady Guppies (some male Betta's will attack male Guppies) or >4 Pygmy Corydoras or >4 White Clouds Even for a 10 gallon their isn't many concepts. Please get your Betta a extra acceptable aquariums. they're too energetic for a a million.5 gallon. in the journey that your isn't energetic this is because the room temperature water is effecting it.

Answer 3

I'd say this probably isn't a good mix, especially if they guppy are the real long veil-tailed type. Bettas are pugnacious and notorious fin nippers. If it were plain old guppies I'd say they'd be fast enough to keep out of the Bettas' way. Don't be surprised if you see the male guppies are looking shedded in the next week or two. If you start seeing fin damage, get the bettas out ASAP.

Answer 4

female betta will be perfectly fine in the tank together.. have at it. i had many in a 75 gallon tank together and they never had any problems. you could even do one male betta however male bettas while community fish technically will nip anything that it mistaks as another betta so avoid anything with bright colors or long fins. here is the other thing to consiter though... while both the betta and guppies take water with the same ph bettas actually prefer dirty water with no heater.. it is closer to what they have in the wild so i wouldn't say they ar 100% compatable in any way but again female bettas will be just fine but make sure they are female.. the easiest way to tell that is that they are not as pretty and don't have as long of fins

Answer 5

The more common name for a Betta is "Siamese Fighting Fish" (and they're called that for a reason).
A few years ago, when my Mum was spending the final months of her life at home, with care assistants coming in a few times a day to help look after her..... one of them noticed my Dad's tropical tank full of Guppies, and mentioned she used to have a tank of guppies, until she put a Siamese fighting fish in with them. She said they were all dead by the next morning.

So my guess would be No, you can't.

Answer 6

With males it would be a very bad idea. With females it might work, but I wouldn't try it. Some females are very aggressive and will attack male bettas. One of you girls might mistake your guppy males for betta males. Also the females betta tend to fight over males so that might be an issue.

Answer 7

i really don't think bettas is a good idea, they r very aggressive fish. some of these folks think it can b done, so i 'd say if u can afford to lose the fish that r in there go for it. just make sure u only have 1 betta and u know what sex it is.
good lucj and H N Y to u and urs

Answer 8

I'm not sure because Betta's are aggressive fish but a lady at a pet shop said they an be with little water frogs well i would just ask a fish person at pet shot

Answer 9

Not quite, male bettas are extreamly agresssive to other males and will nip fins of other fish if not kill other fish. But, you can put the less agressive female betta with your gupies.

Answer 10

betta's need to be alone. They will kill everything