Red Tailed Sharks And Betta Splenders

[00mitomk]

Are these ok in community tanks and are they compatable with each other ?

hope someoen can anser my question lol

many thanks

M i L e S

 

[OohFeeshy]

No, they aren't. Bettas are generally not suited to tanks with any other fish.

 

[blackfinshark_3]

ehat about red tail sharks? i thought they were ok?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

ehat about red tail sharks? i thought they were ok?

Red tail sharks are territorial fish and often agressive towards colorful, slower-moving fish. They vary a lot in how agressive they are, but generally speaking they get more agressive as they mature. They have different needs to betta's as well- while red tail sharks like well filtered tanks, bettas prefer tanks with little or no current in them.
If the shark decided to beat up the betta one day, there's no way the betta would be able to out-swim it i'm afraid. So red tail sharks are best put with fast swimming non-shark shaped fish (or one's with similar coloring or patterning) which will stay out of the sharks way .