Peace... or is it?

Question

Could you keep 6 zebra danios 2 in. and 1 betta in a 16 gallon
tank( which is a Mega Biorb)? Will peace regain or disorder begin? Will the betta eat the danios? Will the danios, becuse of their speed, intimidate the betta, and the betta will hide? If the peace regains, can I just feed the lot a quality tropical flake/pellet and freeze dried daphina or, freeze dried brine shrimp, or freeze dried bloodworms? P.S. Is it okay, after the cycle of a tank, to add danios first, then get the betta and put it in a solitary tank for 2 days, then put it in the community tank?

For the P.S. Part, can I just add the fish at the same time?

Answer 1

Your stocking level is perfectly fine. In this particular case, the 1" per gallon is a good bet and you're at about 15" fish as adults. I have a betta in with 4 gold danios and neither has ever bothered the other ones. I feed them with tropical flake food and frozen bloodworms and they're all healthy, happy and peaceful.
The betta was there first, then the danios. I never had the betta segregated in the tank either.
Now the betta fish and my gouramis?? Whole other story..haha. Apparently, male bettas don't like each other (or guppies because of the flowing tails, they think they're small bettas) and they don't like others from their species: paradise fish, gouramis, etc.

Answer 2

Should be OK,the Betta will not bother the Zebra Danios,and the Danios are not fin nippers. The Betta might require a special food,the Danios will out-compete him for regular flake foods. The freeze-dried foods should be OK for the Betta. Maybe feed the Danios some flake food and while they are distracted by that try to give the Betta some floating F/D food. Good luck-----PeeTee