Other fish with bettas?

[Dart]

Okay so i was in a pet store in Halifax the other day when i convinced my friend to pick up a betta for her house

As we asked the guy to bag the one we wanted he said the bettas do much better with other fish. I of course was curious if he actually knew what he was talking about (and not just trying to sell more fish ) So i kept asking him questions and he said he's been breeding them for a few years and keeps him bettas in big tanks with schooling fish and frogs.

Has anyone heard of this actually working before?

 

[SRC]

If you search this site you will find YAY's and NAY's on this subject.


What you have to do is make a judgement call of your own in these cases.

Betta's are FULLY capable of killing or maiming other fish..quite easily. Now whether or not they WILL is another story.

As mentioned previously...your betta may or may not go psycho and murder your other fish/creatures. But it CAN..whenever it feels like it.

It may go a day, a week, a month, a year, or it's whole life without even looking in teh other fishes direction (with evil intentions)...BUT it may go postal as soon as you turn the light off and go to bed. Leaving a bloody mess for you to find the next morning.

It's up to each individual fish keeper whether they want to take another creatures life and throw it in there with a potential mass murderer...and HOPE the betta doesn't take offence.

Just something to think about.

 

[Andie]

Not exactly on topic, but I had to ask- you're in NS? Did you go into Pets Unlimited in the industrial park? I haven't been in that one since my 3yo Malt was a puppy, when we were bringing her back from Bridgewater. We got her a little stuffed piggy, and she barked at the fish tanks (well, she squeaked at them, anyway) and I loved the store but I've never been back since. I'd love to check in this summer though because they tend to have really nice, albeit occasionally pricey, merchandise.

 

[Weaver]

I bought my last betta from the lfs and the owner had been keeping it in a tankful of rainbow sharks.He confesses he knows nothing about bettas and wont stock them because of that.The one he had was ordered but the buyer didnt want it,the lfs owner said there had been no aggression at all with the sharks
When I settled him in I thought he might want some company and put in 2 wcmm along with himas Id read in here that they were ideal company
Had to remove them next day as he was chasing them non stop.Ive decided that all my bettas will be in solitary confinement from now on

 

[Lady]

when i bought one of my girl fishes she was in a tank with little baby white catfish and african dwarf frogs...so i guess it really depends on the fish?

 

[Dart]

that's pretty much what i think that it depends on the betta My male got along fine with fancy tail guppies but he was the only one out of my five you did - not that i've tested them all, my poor little guppies lol

and yes i was at the pets unlimited store and i was really impressed, but i didn't really get to look around because we had to back really quick and i wasn't with an animal lover lol.

I actually live in ontario but in the summer i live at our cottage in NS.

 

[Andie]

Seriously? I was born in Ontario I lived in Peterborough until I was six, and then my mum, sister and I moved to NS. My sister is up with Daddy right now, working up there . . . sucks to be me w/o my sis, so I compensate by stocking up on fish

Pets Unlimited is a good chain overall, though I do wish they didn't sell puppies. They charge ridiculous prices for substandard pups and people actually pay them over a thousand dollars per pup when the shelter is all too often just down the road *stops herself with an effort before she goes on a rant*

Right; if you get the chance, go back and check it out; it'll be worth it. They have pretty high standards of cleanliness, and any franchise that doesn't abide by them doesn't last long (there was one in Toronto, too, though I haven't been back in a while, so maybe it's gone . . .). If you end up Charlottetown way, that one is worth checking out, too, and so is the Truro one; I've bought stock from both and they keep them pretty healthy and well medicated all around

(aie; some vacationers have restaurants recommended to them. I recommend pet stores )