its true, a male might kill the female or the female can kill the male. not
worth the risk in my opinion. i have a 5 gallon tank with a male betta, 4
neon tetras, 3 white cloud minnows and 2 cory catfish. now each betta has
different personalities, the one that is in the tank now gets along fine
with the other fish. Before i had a white and blue male betta in the tank
with just a small pepper cory and i came home from work to find the cory
with half of his face missing and the betta picking at it. i wouldnt put
any gouramis in with the male betta since they are from the same family and
often fight with each other. some (usually) good tank mates for bettas are
dwarf frogs, white cloud minnows, and my neons are doing great with my male
betta. other people can probably suggest more fish species.


"Elisa A Ferrante" wrote in message
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Hi,
I am setting up a 5 Gal. tank for a male Betta. I have been planning to
keep
both a female and a male but have run into advice about not keeping them
together because the male might become aggressive towards the female. Is
this true? If it is, what other kinds of fish can i keep with him. I have
another 10 gallon tank that has a gourami, a danio, some platys and a
couple
of snails.
Thanks for any advice you send my way,
Elisa