What Fish Are Safe To Go With A Betta Fish?

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I'm still deciding what tropical fish I would like to buy;

I do fancy a betta fish; but what other fish can mix with it (I know it depends on tank size and all that but I'm just looking for suggestions of fish before I decide on a tank).

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Mixing other fish with bettas can be really iffy. Some bettas (depending on individual personality) will get nasty towards other fish, and some fish will harass the betta.

If the tank is 10 gallons or larger a school of pygmy corys (Corydoras pygmaeus) may work. Small shy species of rasbora may work as well such as Trigonostigma hengeli, or Boraras maculatus. 10 gallons would be the absolute minimum size I would suggest if you want other fish, and 20 gallons would be better.

I would be prepared to make alternative arrangements for the betta however, just in case everyone wasn't getting along.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

That is ok; I am still deciding what I do and don't like. Thank you

 

[OldMan47]

I ignore all advice on betta tank mates and have one living in an endler colony that is set up in a 45 gallon tank. My other male lives in my 120 gallon community tank with 5 inch long rainbow cichlids, rasboras, black neons, some fancy angels, a few platies, a few nice standard size, not pygmy, cories and other things that I really ignore most of the time like the glowlight tetras. Most of the fish in that tank came from my wife saying something along the lines of "Can we get a few of those things?". I force my breeding molly to share the tank but remove her when I decide to raise some fry. In the last 3 years I have seen exactly one platy fry survive running the gauntlet in that tank. The betta is a fine upstanding citizen that really doesn't bother anyone. I can't say the same for the rainbow cichlids that have removed his fins completely when they decided to breed and he ignored their territories. The rainbows also dispatched my last nice male molly so right now they are not exactly my best friends.