Betta & Corydoras

[myrxn]

Hi so i am setting up a 5 gallon tank and was wondering if I could keep a female betta and a few corydoras with it as I absolutely love both and really want them both but I'm not sure if I can, thx

 

[corylover5]

Personally, I wouldn't mix Bettas and cories. Unfortunately, 5 gallons is too small for cories

 

[myrxn]

Personally, I wouldn't mix Bettas and cories. Unfortunately, 5 gallons is too small for cories

some say that it would be fine for some cories as not all move around as much

 

[mrsjoannh13]

No, corys need to be with 6 of their own kind ideally and you need a 20 gallon minimum unless you are going with something small like a pygmy cory. Even then I wouldn't do anything other than your betta in the 5 gallon.

 

[Essjay]

The tank in question is a 30 cm/12 inch cube so it has a smaller footprint than rectangular 5 gallons.

The dwarf cory species need a minimum of around 10, and 5 gallons just isn't big enough for 10 of even the smallest cory.

 

[LordHappy]

Happy day...I agree that the 5 gallon is too small for the cory cats. Depending on how you plant it, amano shrimp could help with the cleaning, or even a dwarf crayfish.

 

[Fish4dawin]

As said above a few times, 5 gallons is too small for corys. I keep corys and a betta in a tank in my room and nothing bad has happened between them. Maybe if you had a 15 gallon you could do the betta and panda corys. Amano shrimp are a good tankmate for a betta.