tankmates

[markbob]

I've always been told that betas have to be kept in tanks by them selves unless you are trying to breed them but I've seen some posts where folks talk about the other fish in thier beta tank. Do betas just fight with eachother or whats the real story here?

[CAF]

Bettas have such individual personalties you are taking a gamble anytime you place one in a tank with other fish. I have seen them kill anything in the tank, and I have seen it where 2 males were in the same tank and they did not fight at all.

[Tolley]

some tetras like Serpaes like to nip beta fins

[Phitz]

Yes it is 100% about each particular fish. I am actually keeping my betta with tiger barbs right now, which are notorious for fin nipping, and they leave each other alone wonderfully. I put the betta in to test because I hated keeping him in a non-heated bowl, and everyone in the tank gets along fine.

[Lady Hobbs]

Betta's are generally kept alone for a reason. They spend their lives alone in the wild and are sold alone in stores. Some have had some success with keeping a betta with other fish but most have not. Fin nippers will go after them and betta's are known to attack other fish of bright colors.

Females can be together successfully but often just putting a male with a female together to spawn will result in bad injuries or death to one.

[markbob]

I don't think that I have ever seen a female beta for sale. what do they look like?

[Phitz]

I don't think that I have ever seen a female beta for sale. what do they look like?

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Like males without the bright colors and large fins(if you have a butterfly betta)

[CAF]

I don't think that I have ever seen a female beta for sale. what do they look like?
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[blu]

Actually you can find very colorful females. Most people even the big business breeders are now breeding not just the males for color but the females too.

[blu]

Sorry forgot to add the pics...here are a couple of my females.

[myster619]

its the femlales you can keep together, not the males .And dont keep a male with the females , the male wont fight the females but the females will , just like humans.

[Fishalicious]

I am old fashioned as well and believe the Betta should be kept alone - not only depending on character but purely because they are solitary fish in the wild also. They generally really do not enjoy being around other fish much (especially skitty fast swimming ones) even if you have a sweet betta that doesn't attack anything - so for the Betta's happiness I would always only keep them alone with maybe some oto cats for cleaning algae but that's really it.

The fish's happiness comes first :ezpi_wink1: