What type of fish can live with betta fish?

Answer 1

the people here that say bettas can't be kept with anything are wrong. I got a good laugh out of the one who said she put it with three goldfish and then tried to keep it with a female. any amount of research would have told you that you can't keep males and females together.

and whoever said most fish need filters and bettas will be too warm with filters is also dead wrong. bettas are tropical fish and PREFER temps around 75-80F and are much weaker and prone to disease when kept in room temp water. this is one of the MANY reasons they CAN'T be kept with goldfish, which are cold water fish. for the most part only other goldfish should be kept with goldfish.

as for good tank mates for bettas it depends on what your tank size it, here are a few suggestions:

5 gallon:
too small for any other fish because most tropical fish are schoolers. however a mystery snail or shrimp could be added.

10 gallon:
4 of any 2" or smaller schooling fish like tetras, danios, corydoras, mollies, platies, ect... stay away from anything that nips fins because it will kill your betta. stay away from fish that are fast, like most danios, because they will eat all the food before yuor betta gets any. stay away from fish with flowing fins because your betta will mistake him for another betta. to this you could also add a myster snail.

15 gallon:
10 schooling fish, so 5 and 5 of a kind or 10 of one kind and your betta. again, mystery snail and shrimp are still good.

and so on... here are a few types of fish that are okay with bettas and sites with info on them:

tetras - neons, cardinals, rummy noses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetra
http://www.fishpalace.org/H_rhodostomus.html

corydoras - any type
http://www.tropicalfishco.com/index.html?lang=en-us&target=d10.html

mollies:
http://www.fishforever.co.uk/mollies.html

platies:
http://www.fishforever.co.uk/platies.html

just remember to get a good filter and heater. when picking particular fish look for healthy but mellow fish. avoid the ones darting around the tank.

and as for female bettas, you can't keep TWO together, it must be 3 or more or else the power won't be spread out enough, there will just be an alpha and one for the alpha to pick on. 5 or more is ideal, but 3 is usually doable.

Answer 2

lots of fish can live with bettas -- danios, small tetras, corys, rasboras, even some angelfish.

the problem is nothing wants to live in a tank as small as you can keep a betta in. anything less than a 10 gallon tank you shouldn't think about anything other than bettas.

Here is the good news -- what you can buy for your betta --
some inexpensive shrimp (like ghost shrimp) -- he will ignore them or he will eat them. so make sure you have an inexpensive source or rather large shrimp.

a dwarf african frog -- not my favorite but its something to think about.

plants plants and more plants. you can get lace java fern -- its really cool looking and all you have to do is get a plant weight from the pet store and drop it in -- don't plant it -- it likes its roots out of the gravel. other plants that do well with bettas are java moss and plants named anubia -- there are a few of them.

next time you buy a betta consider getting two (or more) females instead of one male. they usually get along. make sure they have lots of plants for hiding if any squirmishes break out. if a fish doesn't work out you can take it back and put it up for adoption -- someone gets a free betta on you. and you can buy another one that will hopefully be more agreeable. they are only 3.50.

Answer 3

Any community type fish are fine. Stay away from tiger barbs and other nippy fish that may go after the male betta's fins. Sometimes it is good to avoid other similar shaped fish with large, flowing fins the betta may mistake for another male betta.

Females will get along with just about everyone, including other females. Males and females should not be housed together.

Answer 4

well...Most fish need heaters and filters...thats why bettas make easy fish. If you get a heater.. it will be too warm for ur betta..he is better left alone. Sorry;..

And not with a gold fish either..goldfish are dirty and Will raise the ammonia and nitrite level in the tank and Kill the betta.,

Answer 5

none- usually not even other betta fish. I tried betta fish and huge goldfish (the goldfish were 3x bigger than the betta) I woke up in the morning to two dead goldfish and one happy betta. I couldn't even get the male and female betta to stay together in the same tank without killing eachother.

Answer 6

this entirely depends on the personality of the individual betta, and of course the tank size. no tankmates should be considered at all for anything smaller than a filtered, heated, real tank at 5 US gallons, the bigger the better.

i've personally successfully kept otocinclus catfish and snails with my bettas. i tried corys once, i had a betta that would sneak up on them and take chunks out of their dorsal fins. the corys were quickly rehomed. and the betta was resigned to solitary confinement, and he liked it that way! i had another betta that HATED red ramshorns, but completely indifferent to brown ramshorns. he killed reds, ignored browns. racist betta! he currently has 2 otos (was 3, but one died unfortunately, not due to the betta!) he does chase a little, but once they stop, he swims off and ignores them.

i wouldn't personally keep any mid-top dwelling schooling fish with my bettas. it crowds them, and ultimately pisses them off. they're solitary fish who just don't care for any "friends" really. they like their personal space to themselves. as for ghost shrimp, nice idea, if you want to give your betta a moving snack. larger shrimp you can get away with, but i've never tried it.

although, i say there are solitary fish, but i have one who chews off his own tail when he's on his own. so like i said, get your betta, in a nice sized tank, and get to know him and his personality, THEN consider tankmates if he's chilled out enough.

Answer 7

goldfish, female betta's (never mix males though) you can mix females with males and get as many females as you want, all sorts of fish as long as there not aggressive or territorial but the best fish are goldfish that's what i have in my tank now goldfish and a male betta.

Answer 8

neon tetras

Answer 9

DONT DO IT DONT PUT ANYTHING NEXT TO IT ITLL SAY GOOD BYE TO LIFE.