Bettas in a community tank?

On Tue, 04 May 2004 01:53:43 GMT, Jim wrote:

On Mon, 03 May 2004 19:26:01 -0500, cdoty
wrote:

Wouldn't it be an especially bad idea to put a Betta in a community tank?

If not what could go in with them? Could you have two males in a 55
gallon tank?

Algae eaters are ok in the tank, anyone have experience with other fish
that don't cause problems?

I've kept a Betta in a tank with Mollies, Guppies with no problems.
Also didn't have any problems with Cardinal/Neon tetras. Most other
types of tetras seemed to want to nip at the fins or were a little
to territorial and Betta would hide.

For reference, it was a 20 gal tank, well planted so that the fish
could stake out their own territory.

Jim


I have a 45 gallon with 4 Angels, handful of swordtails, a few CL,
some panda cories, a common pl*co, and the remainder of the mysterious
disappearing GloFish Danios, 5 of them left. We had some mollies and
Serpae Tetras, but the tetras were a little to aggressive.

Once the tetras had finished off the mollies, we removed them, and
added the single male Betta. We have had no problems. He co-exists
with the rest of the tank, no problems.

The Betta does roam most of the tank, he butts into the middle of the
feeding frenzy at dinner time. Based on the life of our betta, I
wouldn't put another male in my tank, as the existing fish does use
about 75% of the tank.

Just my $.02




--Tony