What Fish Can I Have With A Betta?

[gemb]

hi there
i have 5 zebra danios in my tank at the moment, it has been cycled, all readings have come back fine, i would love a betta, what fish would mix well with a betta, would i be better gettin a male or female, your advice appreciated

many thanks

i have a juwel 96litre tank

 

[Fruba]

I got told corys, otos, dwarfs or pandas, and to be fair, i have no idea what they are

 

[Night61]

i have heard mollys and shimp too but be careful with shrimp they could become lunch or they could gang up on your betta too

 

[Shrimper]

Every betta is different, some don't like any tank mates, others do. Tank mates that are usually recommended safe are Cory Catfish, Ottos (dwarf sucking catfish) and shrimp. Plec's would be ok too but are generally too big for tanks with Betta's.

I kept some Harlequin Rasboras with my Betta until he got stuck behind the filter. They didn't bother each other. Your tank would probably be big enough to keep a small group of them, They like to swim so need at least a 20G.

I don't know how suitable the zebras are for keeping with a betta so would double check they will be fine together before you get a betta.

 

[LosC519]

Danios are not suitable tankmates for a Betta.

 

[MermaidMel]

Cam is in with a dwarf pleco and some galaxy rasboras. They all just ignore each other.

 

[hollyp0p]

Danios are not suitable tankmates for a Betta.

i beg to differ, it depends on the fish, my male betta lived with danios and loved them, don't do tetra as they are fin nippers, but i'll second harlequin rasboras, very nice tankmates, I also have mine with pygmy cories and pitbull plecos

 

[dusky]

I've got corys in with some of mine, a bristnose in with the girls and have had an otto before....buttttttt. i have one in particular won't tolerate anything else in with him so as has been said, it depends on the temperament of your fish. Prince went totaly mental when I tried one of the corys and really attacked him needles to say the poor cory was whipped out within a couple of mins and lives peacefully with Jaffa who totaly ignores him.

 

[LosC519]

Danios are not suitable tankmates for a Betta.

i beg to differ, it depends on the fish, my male betta lived with danios and loved them, don't do tetra as they are fin nippers, but i'll second harlequin rasboras, very nice tankmates, I also have mine with pygmy cories and pitbull plecos

Rasboras are tetras lol. Certain Tetra species are fin nippers, especially when they are in bigger shoals like 8-10+. I would keep a Betta with no more than 6 or 7 Tetras in a 90l tank.

 

[Joshy]

Sorry to be the bum to correct you LosC519, but rasbora are not tetra at all. And tetra are even more probable to nip if they are kept in smaller schools, not the opposite.

A 90L tank is plenty big for some really nice big schools of rasbora. You could go with a school of cory catfish to. Or shrimp. Just be aware though, every betta has its own temperament, but in a tank that size, your odds are much much better of having tank mates co-insist.

Do your research is all I can say, don’t go by just one or two peoples word, they may not have done research themselves… no hints intended… honest...

 

[LosC519]

They are from the same family. I don't go by what other people say, I go by research and mostly my own personal experiences. Larger schools of Tetras tend to bully other single fish. A smaller school is less strong and confident. Research is sometimes false and biased, go by your own experience. Research is somebody elses word so technically you are going by somebody elses word. Get some more experience is all I can say.

 

[Helen G]

I have a betta in with 3 guppies and they leave him alone (boy guppie is more intrested in getting his end away and the girls are more interested in hiding from the boy gupp)

But as I have read in these forums, it is entirely down to the fish' personality.

 

[Joshy]

With out dragging this off-topic thing on, just to clear things up, tetra and rasbora are not from the same family. Tetra belong to the family Characidae, rasbora belong to the family Cyprinidae. But yes, personal experiences are always good.