Female Beta Questions

[Jodiem]

hi, i have a 15g tank with serpaes, platys and cherry barbs, it has hard water and wondering if female betas could be a good "centerpiece" fish
im thinking a group of three, would this be a good choice?? and would the serpaes nip thier fins

and do u know anygood supplier that sends out or in cambridgeshire!

(have recently lost a female gourami and my male has dropsy, so woulodnt add them until a few months or next year)


many thanks

Jodie

 

[lilfishie]

for a start you usually need atleast 4 to spread aggression, the more the better kind of thing with females
i personally wouldn't keep them with nippy tyetra or barbs

 

[Jaded12]

cherry barbs are very mellow, they would be fine, so would the platies, the tetras may me a problem though. How many of each fish do you have? You dont want to overstock.

 

[Jodiem]

5 serpae tetras, 5 cherry barbs, 4 platys (1 cherrybarb in QT, not added on the main tank, 1 gourami in QT from dropsy)

its may be overstocked but i want a centre piece fish/s
thanks Jodie

 

[corey01]

5 serpae tetras, 5 cherry barbs, 4 platys (1 cherrybarb in QT, not added on the main tank, 1 gourami in QT from dropsy)

its may be overstocked but i want a centre piece fish/s
thanks Jodie

i wouldnt, serpae tetras are little buggers and will most probably nip their fins.

 

[Honeythorn]

If you know it's overstocked then obviously don't add anymore. That makes no sense no matter how badly you want centrepiece fish.

If you re-home/move the tetras then it could work with 4 females.