Betta and danios
 

Does anyone keep a betta with danios?

I have noticed danios can be quite aggressive towards each other sometimes
and tend to chase each other about. I know their normal behaviour is to
keep busy and move a lot, but I wondered how they would fare with a fighter.

I keep a betta with tetras currently and there is no problem between them.
I would love to get another betta for the other tank which houses 6 danios.
Of course, I felt it sensible to ask first because I don't want to get one
and find out it's not a good idea to put them together the hard way!

Many thanks.

BaBeL FiSh º)))

Why not just test it yourself before you go out and buy another betta?
Take the betta you have and put it in your danio tank - watch and see
what happens. If bad things happen switch the betta back to his
original tank. If nothing bad happens then you're probably safe to get
another betta.

-Daniel

not a good idea. The danios tend to nip at Betta's fins and they can indeed
very aggressive.

"BaBeL FiSh" wrote in message
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Does anyone keep a betta with danios?

I have noticed danios can be quite aggressive towards each other sometimes
and tend to chase each other about. I know their normal behaviour is to
keep busy and move a lot, but I wondered how they would fare with a
fighter.

I keep a betta with tetras currently and there is no problem between them.
I would love to get another betta for the other tank which houses 6
danios. Of course, I felt it sensible to ask first because I don't want to
get one and find out it's not a good idea to put them together the hard
way!

Many thanks.

BaBeL FiSh º)))

My zebra danios pretty much ignore my betta, who's pretty feisty and can
handle himself well! He actually chases the other fish more than they chase
him.

Tony

"BaBeL FiSh" wrote in message
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Does anyone keep a betta with danios?

I have noticed danios can be quite aggressive towards each other sometimes
and tend to chase each other about. I know their normal behaviour is to
keep busy and move a lot, but I wondered how they would fare with a
fighter.

I keep a betta with tetras currently and there is no problem between them.
I would love to get another betta for the other tank which houses 6
danios.
Of course, I felt it sensible to ask first because I don't want to get one
and find out it's not a good idea to put them together the hard way!

Many thanks.

BaBeL FiSh º)))

BaBeL FiSh wrote:
Does anyone keep a betta with danios?

I have noticed danios can be quite aggressive towards each other sometimes
and tend to chase each other about. I know their normal behaviour is to
keep busy and move a lot, but I wondered how they would fare with a fighter.

I keep a betta with tetras currently and there is no problem between them.
I would love to get another betta for the other tank which houses 6 danios.
Of course, I felt it sensible to ask first because I don't want to get one
and find out it's not a good idea to put them together the hard way!

Many thanks.

BaBeL FiSh º)))


Netmax had the coolest story of putting bettas in a store tank full of
zebra danios. Maybe you can find it on Google's archives. Apparantly
some bettas do fine with danios but many others are very uncomfortable
with the activity.

Maybe you could see if your betta that's with the tetras is comfortable
with danios. If he is, then getting another betta to go in with the
tetras is a much more sure thing.

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__ Elaine T __
__' http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__

I kept my betta with Zebra Danios even though I was strongly warned
against it. They did fine for many months then one day my betta's fins
were shredded. I had to remove him. He healed and is fine now.

As it turns out, the warning was quite valid. Lesson learned I guess.