5 Flame Tetra With One Male Red Betta Fish In A Ten Gallon?

[jdsworld8]

Can 5 flame tetras go in a tank with one male betta? If not can 5 zebra danios? If still not 5 bloodfin tetras? And a last resort, 5 coral balloon platies?

 

[Rezatii]

I personnally can't offer advice about the tetras, but zebra danios would definitly be considered a no in my books, I have a group in my community and they're nippy little buggers, they'd most likely end up shredding your bettas tail

-Rezz

 

[x2p]

I got a tip from a LFS who demonstrated this.

Use either Neon/Rummy Nose Tetras or harlequin tetras (at least 5) and rearrange your tank. pull the betta out, drop in the Tetras and let them relax a bit. From there chuck a bit of food in and drop the betta in and you should be ok.

Make sure to quarantine the tetras first.

 

[lilacamy931]

Personal view would be no to tetras or danios, they are nippy and first problem will be introducing them other problems may crop up down the line with either dead tetras or a fin nippedbetta. (One point you also need to be aware of bettas have different tempraments meaning some will take tankmates and others will kill anything in sight so have a back up plan). As to platies unsure...but they get relatively big?? But then again perhaps try it but be prepared for consequences. I have 8 male bettas in total in their own domains, some will take tank mates others definately wont.

Tankmates I have been successful with to a point and seen others recommend are African Dwarf Frogs, Pygmy Cories, Javanese Rice Fish, Normani Lamp Eyes, White Cloud Minnows, Apple Snails and Shrimp.

 

[Honeythorn]

Danios and most common tetras are really bad choices of tankmates for a betta. They are fast nippy fish and will most likely shred your bettas fins . Also becaue they are such active fish, tetras and danios really need more than 10 gallons despite their small size, as they like length in a tank to really zoom up and down .

Bottom dwellers and shrimp are safe cmpanions for a betta. You may want to try a few Endlers or Lampeye Killifish, but make sure you have a spare 5 gallon tank as a backup for the betta in case this doesn't work out.

Lilacamy - White clouds are a cold water/sub tropical fish who thrive better at temps of 18-22 C and should not be kept in a tropical tank with the high temperature of 26-28 C a betta requires.

 

[OldMan47]

How big is the tank that we are looking at Jdsworld8? In a small tank I would tend to agree that a danio and many of the tetras would be hazards to an overdeveloped man made betta. Some of these poor fish have trouble swimming because they have such huge fins and that makes them victims when it comes to fast fish in a crowded situation.

 

[jdsworld8]

Personal view would be no to tetras or danios, they are nippy and first problem will be introducing them other problems may crop up down the line with either dead tetras or a fin nippedbetta. (One point you also need to be aware of bettas have different tempraments meaning some will take tankmates and others will kill anything in sight so have a back up plan). As to platies unsure...but they get relatively big?? But then again perhaps try it but be prepared for consequences. I have 8 male bettas in total in their own domains, some will take tank mates others definately wont.

Tankmates I have been successful with to a point and seen others recommend are African Dwarf Frogs, Pygmy Cories, Javanese Rice Fish, Normani Lamp Eyes, White Cloud Minnows, Apple Snails and Shrimp.

Danios and most common tetras are really bad choices of tankmates for a betta. They are fast nippy fish and will most likely shred your bettas fins . Also becaue they are such active fish, tetras and danios really need more than 10 gallons despite their small size, as they like length in a tank to really zoom up and down .

Bottom dwellers and shrimp are safe cmpanions for a betta. You may want to try a few Endlers or Lampeye Killifish, but make sure you have a spare 5 gallon tank as a backup for the betta in case this doesn't work out.

Lilacamy - White clouds are a cold water/sub tropical fish who thrive better at temps of 18-22 C and should not be kept in a tropical tank with the high temperature of 26-28 C a betta requires.

How big is the tank that we are looking at Jdsworld8? In a small tank I would tend to agree that a danio and many of the tetras would be hazards to an overdeveloped man made betta. Some of these poor fish have trouble swimming because they have such huge fins and that makes them victims when it comes to fast fish in a crowded situation.

The tank is a 10 Gallon.

 

[OldMan47]

I would avoid any fast swimming type fish in a small 10 gallon with a betta. I'm afraid the betta would end up being a victim of the fast swimming fish. Even without a victim like a betta in a small tank, the zebra danios and similar fish are not well suited to a small tank. They need some space to "stretch their legs" as it were.

 

[Honeythorn]

You should go for pygmy cories, shrimp or a snail, and maybe endlers I'd say.

 

[jourdy288]

Those harlequin rasboras will get along just fine with a betta as well depending on his temperament.