Does Anybody Else Keep There Betta In A Community Tank?

[bauhaus]

Hi, all! Well I am a newbie to the site but not to fishkeeping but have just got my first Betta!

He is an absolute joy to watch. He is in a community tank with a fair few other fish and is doing really well and no signs of trouble etc etc.

I was just wondering if anyone else had there Betta in a community and wondered what fish you keep yours with???

 

[Honeythorn]

I don't but I would like to eventually. I'd like to one day ( when the gourami and tetras have passed on ) have a really nice male in my 30 gallon with the cories and loaches on the bottom, my shrimp and perhaps a little school of endlers.

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[degsod]

Yep mine is in a community tank

 

[bauhaus]

I don't but I would like to eventually. I'd like to one day ( when the gourami and tetras have passed on ) have a really nice male in my 30 gallon with the cories and loaches on the bottom, my shrimp and perhaps a little school of endlers.

Also, your username and avatar =

One of my first posts and someone replies with a Sisters' avatar - Now that is cool!

Yeah, you should try a community. Mine is doing well with, a Rainbow, Cherry Barbs, Shrimps, Neons, Panchax, Pentozonas and Black Neons and my lovely bristle nose!

We must talk music as well. He he!

Yep mine is in a community tank

That is a lovely tank! Nice work!

 

[degsod]

Thanks for the comment

 

[bauhaus]

Thanks for the comment

No problem!

I forget to say that your Betta is exactly the same colour as mine!

 

[degsod]

Thanks for the comment

No problem!

I forget to say that your Betta is exactly the same colour as mine!

Cool, get some piccies up!!

 

[bauhaus]

Thanks for the comment

No problem!

I forget to say that your Betta is exactly the same colour as mine!

Cool, get some piccies up!!

Will do! Try and sort it over the weekend!

 

[birmansandbettas]

No. One betta killed all my cories, so now all bettas are alone.

 

[NottsFishy]

I have females in my community but no males although my pk did live in the community once till i realised she was really a he lol

 

[Gunngee]

I have a male betta, he is with 3 neons, 8 mollies, 1 dwarf gourami, 2 giant danios, 1 pleco. I have no problems. On occasion, if the gourami gets to close all my betta does is chase him away.

 

[tibby25731]

Personally I would never keep a boy in a community - there is too much scope for trouble. Although they will live peacefully alongside other fish for some time, one day it is likely he will start to harass the others- or the others will hurt him. My first betta lived in a community, and the neon tetras one night decided he was their snack and ate his fins and tail down to stumps. I had never seen any problems before. Needless to say, next day he was dead - shock no doubt.
I would keep a boy in a larger tank with some bottom dwellers such a cories or small plecs. I would be tempted to try small non nippy fish such as minnows or endlers, but would have to have a backup plan for them if it did not work out - some bettas will tolerate tank mates, others won't. African dwarf frogs make good tank mates too, as do large shrimp - gotta be bigger than cherry shrimp ime as my bettas thought it was a good game to bite them in half
I would never keep a betta with nippy fish such as tetras or barbs - too much of a risk. Gouramis are a no no as they are from the same family as bettas and present too much of a risk.
Female bettas are a different story, I keep one with some threadfin rainbows, a bristlenose plec, and some endlers and endler fry. There is never any trouble as all the toher fish have known right from the start that she is the queen of the tank She doesn't bully, she just swims round regally and the other fish ignore her and only steal her food when her back is turned

 

[Syphoniera]

My crowntails vant to be alone - at least, I'd rather not risk any fish with them - but the only two I've had which were sold as half moons both had wonderful temperaments.
While one was sadly lost some time back, my Silk (Mr. Never Flared in His Life) has never had a problem with the White Clouds, 'feeder' Endler-cross guppy and otos in his 15 gallon Walstad (well-planted) tank.
Based on this very limited experience, I have a tentative theory that just as crowntails tend to be crabby, super delta/half moon lines perhaps tend to be better natured than perhaps most other strains.
Of course, maybe I just lucked out with those two.
And I did, indeed, have a back-up plan...

I've never had a veiltail myself - are the temperaments generally similar?

Edit: just out of curiosity, mequro, is yours a short-fin betta?
Although I would rather not risk a long-finned betta with most tetras, I have heard some examples of people doing so with no problems.
But I've also heard endless examples of Angelfish starting out nice enough to other fish when little but turning into absolute predators as they begin to grow up, with smaller fish not only killed outright but having eyes/tails bitten off.
I hope you have an alternate plan for the Angels, away from more vulnerable fish, because this would really worry me - apparently this behaviour is normal for Angels...

 

[meguro]

I've got one in with neon, rummynose, glowlight and penguin tetras, angelfish, bolivian rams, corys and a bn. No problems since I put him in over 3 months ago. Of course the start was a bit rough, but after a week there were no troubles. Don't know what will happen once the angels grow a bit more though.

 

[saltynay]

My CT lives with 60 cherry shrimp, 2 black corys, 2 albino corys, 1 peppered cory, 1 endler male, 2 endler/guppy males, 4 African dwarf frogs, 3 Apple snails, 1 Horned nerite snail, pond snails, ramshorn snails, malaysian trumpet snails. Right next to the tank he is in is his old tank so he can see through which contains 3 guppy females and their fry, lots of snails and shrimp, he occasionally flares at the guppy females but never attacked them when they were in the same tank. I will soon be adding some khuli loaches to one of the tanks.