What Tank Mates Do You Have?

[-Craig-]

2 Male guppies and 3 Female
5 Neons
1 African Knife fish
2 Platies
2 small Angels


in a 50gal tank, only had 1 or 2 issues with it eating the guppies, that was about 2 monthes back. why am i saying it, i mean they, i have 2 female bettas in that tank.


the tank ist established yet. still needs some work on decoration.

 

[LilyRose Tank]

each Betta I have had, has killed fish that have been in with it....,but it was a smaller tank. now they are all in a 90L tank with plenty of hidey holes for all fish concerned.
I have tried pygmy corys
norman lampeyes

will let you know how my new betta reacts to others once i get a chance to observe them over a reasonable period of time

 

[rlhirth]

i have always kept bettas with other fish... never had any issues...

currently i have a male betta with:
5 Endlers (brightly colored
5 cherry shrimp
Dwarf clawed frog
and nerite snail

never had an issue with any of then... betta just likes to be a pig when i try and feed the shrimp there algae waffer lol he will lay on top of it so the shrimp cant get to it....

i have as kept white clouds, neons, and rasbora with them with not concern

 

[kizno1]

Ive kept mine with
Pygmy corrys
different tetra
Endlers
Guppies
Cherry shrimp
Snails
With no problems at all.

 

[ShinLi]

I have two male betta's in two seperate tank. One, the older betta male is in my 260L community tank. Together with 24 rummy-nosed tetras, 11 corydoras sterbai, 6 Carnegiella strigata (don't know the english name), LDA-033 and some apple-snails. I've never had much trouble. Daniel (that's his name) his personality is quite relaxed and he really doesn't mind the tetra's. Sometimes they clash a little but he always bites them off if they try to nip his fins . He also has enough hiding space between the wood, large plants and floating plants. I do think it's important if you do keep a betta in a community tank to have a larger tank and have enough space for both parties to get away from each other if they want to.

My other betta is located in my 60L tank with 4 pseudogastromyzon cheni, and there's never anything wrong there, he's the king of the tank. Swimming around and showing off his beautiful fins.

In the end my experience is that betta's tend to do a lot better in larger tanks then small tanks,with enough room and hiding spots.. I've also worked in a few pet shops on the aquarium departments. And betta's tend to look quite down in show-tanks. Because of either over-crowded tanks, too small tanks etc. There are always fish (especially small tetra's) who might like to nip at Betta's fins, but it also really depends per group and per fish, as it also depends per betta what personality they have if they attack other fish. So putting Betta's in a small tank is animal cruelty, give them space!

 

[jodyh86]

i currently have a crwontail betta (george ) had him around 8 months he is housed with:

2 corys
1 male swordtail ( very brightly coloured)
1 salt and pepper platy
4 rummy noses
2 cherry barbs
2 amano shrimp

he used to be housed with these in a 50 litre tank with absolutely no problems at all, he was more happy to chill out resting on his plant

now all the above are in a 125L tank and hes even less interested in the fish....I am going to get a couple of guppies as the tank is heavily planted and the fish will have lots of hiding places so hopefully all will be good

 

[PrinElla]

I'm a bad person I had my tank over crowded. In my 20L tank (please dont hurt me situation now rectified (to a point))

I had i promise not all at once
6 neon teras
1 panda cory
1 albino cory
sucking catfish
3-5 guppiesall as colourful as i could find
Sail fin mollie

plus

2 female fighters (chloe and magenta)
1 male fighter (Iris)

i had iris in an over crowded tank and he was a complete angel. I had more trouble with the mollie

long story short I'm now down to 1 female Chloe 1 cory 1 sucking catfish and 4 sparklng gorami a friend gave me 3 boys this week and their personalities are all so different!

1 crown tail I cannot have with the female he constantly attacks her
the other crown tail is fairly even with her but chases the the lil gorami and the sucking catfish non stop
So in went the veil tail instead and she beats him up a little and his tail is being nipped but seems to be settling as the day goes on

 

[Iamawsome247]

I have two guppies and a snail. They have been together for a year now and i havent had any promlems though if you get a pregnant female there will be a less chance of getting more babies cause the betta eats some of the babies( u get between 15 and 30)