Please help! Bettas and what can go in a a tank together?

Question

I am going to get a new tank and i really need help with fish ideas? i dont want to go to a website could you just tell me from your own experience what fishes can fo in a bout a 10 gallon tank with a betta? list them like this for me please:

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Answer 1

Can I keep other fish with my Bettas?

Well the answer is complicated, a nice big maybe

1st lets see what you have;
a 5g tank or larger 10-20g being ideal?
1 betta male or female?
A desire to have an amazing home for your betta and other fish?

The tank:
The tank itself should contain 1 or more caves as space allows, plenty of plants, fabric or real. A smooth substrate, fine gravel or sand. A Filter, light and a heater. The filter should be adjusted so the water current is minimal.

I have bettas in various community tanks. I have had only 1 that was not going to be friends with his tank mates and so he lives alone.

So the list of critters I have with my bettas;
Danios, Rasboras, Black Neon tetras, wild guppies, African dwarf frogs, Cherry Shrimp*, Ghost Shrimp*, Cory cats, Zebra loaches.

Things I would never keep in with a betta;
Gouramis, Angelfish, goldfish, most tetras, tiger barbs, cichlids, crabs or crayfish, anything bigger than a betta, anything thats a fin nipper.

Always research any fish before putting it in your aquarium.

In my experience you need to watch the other fish for picking on the betta than the betta picking on the other fish.

When introducing new fish to a bettas tank, let them float for about a half hour, long enough for the betta to investigate them and get bored. Bettas are very curious and will follow and examine new tank mates very closely. Try checking your bettas fish aggression with a colorful and very fast male wild(feeder) guppy, if he kills it you know he is not suitable for a community tank. Odds are he will play chase with it and never actually hurt it. Out of the many bettas I have owned only 1 killed the guppy, she was very determined.

The next thing you need is a backup tank, all prepped and ready to be home. Be ready to move the betta to it if things go bad. Sometimes bettas will just let other fish bully them, sad but true. Remove betta immediately if this happens to him or he could be bullied to death. It is easier to catch and move a betta than other fish.

Remember each betta will react differently to tank mates. Be observant and careful and things will go your way. The larger the tank the less likely your betta will go ballistic on his new friends.

Also remember that no matter how big your tank is, do not place 2 male bettas in it or keep a male with females.

So now that your an educated betta keeper, when people tell you that bettas kill any other fish you can laugh in their faces and tell them they are full of betta myth BS.

Heres some vids of my 20g tank with Vash the Betta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TUmWSiHhs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4fbTPhlvRA

*Some bettas see shrimp as dinner and will eat them, same for snails.

Answer 2

I have had Betta's in with:

swordtails
kuhli loaches
scissortail rasboras
african dwarf frogs
small freshwater crabs
snails
white clouds
other community fish of similar size without fancy fins

I had a bad experience with:

neon tetras (they were small and I had one Betta make lunch out of them)

Answer 3

That is wonderful that you are getting a 10 gallon for your betta. He will be so happy and healthy. Bettas do well with dwarf frogs and corydoras. Make sure you don't get anything with long fins he can mistake as being another betta, or he will fight it. And don't get a fast fish that could nip his fins. Good luck! If you get female bettas, you can keep five in that 10 gallon by themselves and htey will usually do well, as long as you don't pick one who is extra feisty.

Answer 4

you may sometimes positioned 2 women mutually, yet you should observe them by means of fact the ladies, like maximum animals, have a pecking order. sometimes they could be to agressive and nip at fins and scales. most of the time men won't be able to go mutually by means of fact they are agressive to a minimum of one yet another, you may attempt it, yet confirm you watch them for awile in the previous leaving them by using themselves. As for a male and a woman that's probable no longer the main suitable theory, with breeding and all of that (women will consume the eggs and the male will attack) Bettas do properly with different non betta fish. you may positioned them in a community tank and that they are going to be superb, only attempt to circumvent different bettas. in case you have been only apprehensive your betta could get lonly, attempt a non betta fish. better of success to you.

Answer 5

Just avoid fish that are nippy, hyperactive, or have long fins. This immediately knocks off Gouramis, Angelfish, Serpae Tetras, Fancy Guppies, most Cichlids (except Rams, Apistos, Kribs, and POSSIBLY Discus), Tiger Barbs, Danios, and Red Tailed, Black, and Rainbow Sharks.

Good tankmates are Tetras (besides Serpae) if they are kept in their schools (5+ fish of the same species), Cory Catfish, Oto Catfish, Kuhli Loaches, Rasboras, peaceful Barbs, and livebearers (besides Fancy Guppies). Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Soop Nazi

EDIT: Unfortunately, there are no true freshwater crabs. Keeping (brackish water) crabs in freshwater results in a slow decay of their shells, and eventually kills them. If you want something "novel", like a crab, try freshwater shrimp like Red Cherry Shrimp, Ghost Shrimp, Bumblebee Shrimp, Amano Shrimp, Banboo Shrimp, or Singapore Shrimp.

Answer 6

anything that is a community fish can go with a betta, except for another betta.

Answer 7

actually, anything that's non agressive... and bigger than the betta. also, any fish that isn't too frilly, as the bettas will eat anything that it considers decoration on another fish.