Top 4 Betta Tank Mates

Top 4 Betta Tank Mates. We get asked a lot in the store what can I put in my Betta tank? These work with almost any size tank but we find 5 gallons and 10 gallons or larger to the best suited for adding more tank mates to your betta. Support us by buying from our online store: http://www.aquariumcoop.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aquariumcoop Some items I endorse but don't sell online: Aquaclear Filters: http://amzn.to/2BVmMQC Eco Complete: http://amzn.to/2EhRvg2

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Top 4 Betta Tank Mates. We get asked a lot in the store what can I put in my Betta tank? These work with almost any size tank but we find 5 gallons and 10 gallons or larger to the best suited for adding more tank mates to your betta. Support us by buying from our online store: http://www.aquariumcoop.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aquariumcoop Some items I endorse but don't sell online: Aquaclear Filters: http://amzn.to/2BVmMQC Eco Complete: http://amzn.to/2EhRvg2

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Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
gig salade
gig salade - 5 years ago
i got the snail but my betta ate it
Thea Blackham
Thea Blackham - 6 years ago
Aquarium Co-Op I have a 60 litre tank, I have a red Bette with blue on the base of his tail. He got on really well with his original tank mates 5 Zebra danios. I just added 3 platy fish and 5 neon tetra. He was chasing them with his gills out for a few days but now he seems to be pretty fine with them being in there. I am worried however as he has developed a lump again underneath his body and I’m not sure what to do.
Jonny S.
Jonny S. - 5 years ago
Would a betta and one or two nerite snails do well in a 5 gal tank?
MickMaan
MickMaan - 5 years ago
I have two Bamboo Shrimp in with my Betta. He was curious about their antennae at first but now ignores them. I think they're safe because they are quite large, whereas a Betta I had once hunted down and killed 8 out of 10 Cherry Shrimp ... for sport! He didn't even eat them.
Danica Blackburn
Danica Blackburn - 5 years ago
My betta lives in a 5.4 gallon tank with an Amano shrimp and two ghost shrimp and he doesn't mind them at all.
Do you like Sugar
Do you like Sugar - 5 years ago
Hey so I feed my betta fish 1 once’s a day. Is that ok? I’m really new to fish I’ve had my betta sense May/2018
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Yep, that should be fine.
Marion Morgan
Marion Morgan - 5 years ago
We have a 55 gallon tank. A blue betta. 3 mollies, 6 neons, a bristle nose placo (albino ) and 6 red guppies. (Can't remember the name ) they all seem to be getting along. Want to add a loach and maybe some Cory cats. When our son lived here we had a 90, 80 . Two 55 gallon tank and. 10 . He moved and no more tanks. So we got one for father's day. Hubby is happy now. He missed the fish.
K Slammer
K Slammer - 5 years ago
I have a beta which I keep with 7 neon tetra, one molly, one albino Cory and a bunch of young guppies
Junior
Junior - 5 years ago
Hi Cory, what about a single dwarf puffer, Bumblebee Gobies and Peacock Gudgeons? Not well versed in the hobby yet so I don't know a lot about water parameters.
Junior
Junior - 5 years ago
Aquarium Co-Op I didn't mean all of them at the same time, so a single puffer, goby or gudgeon wouldn't do well?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
I wouldn’t mix those in a small tank
That Borderline Guy
That Borderline Guy - 5 years ago
Bettas have such different personalities. I have a half moon that's crazy, crazy aggressive and I have it in a 45 breeder with a female convict and a juvenile firemouth. The Betta pushes around the firemouth BIG TIME but leaves the convict alone because it's so much bigger. I wouldn't put my other Betta in the same tank because it would get killed but this half moon can look after itself. The personality of the individual fish vary so much that you really have to take that into consideration.

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fiestyspicypepper
fiestyspicypepper - 5 years ago
I have a 30 gal tank with a betta, 5 glofish tetras, an angel fish and a hillstream loach. I got the betta and the angel fish at the same time and made sure both were calm, as the angel fish got older, he became a little more agressive but was already used to the betta
Zara Child
Zara Child - 5 years ago
Bristlenose works with my Betta, they sleep next to each other some times too
Matt Marsh
Matt Marsh - 5 years ago
I have 1 male betta 5 neons and and 4 furcatus forktails in a 40 gal breeder for over a year with no problem... I have a tidal 55 as well as a 4"x18" PVC canister filter with ceramic rings..
Savage Charles
Savage Charles - 5 years ago
Will any of these fish nip the tail of my Betta?
Noah Fagello
Noah Fagello - 5 years ago
Can you keep 1 khuli loach alone?
Lucky Clover
Lucky Clover - 5 years ago
Can I put janitor fish?(only one.) I’m thinking of buying a bigger janitor fish when putting it with my Berta fish. Because I think it would make it hard for the Berta to hurt a bigger fish. So Should I put a janitor fish?
Fusion Pieri
Fusion Pieri - 5 years ago
Your banded Kuhli Loaches are so beautiful. Do you ship them, for sale ?
ShimminMedia
ShimminMedia - 5 years ago
If I have a 14 gallon tank(uk so I use litres) can I add all of these to my betta tank or is that too many for the space? So 1 betta 2 kuhli loach 5 ember tetra 5 harlequin rasbora ?
Sally Van Horne
Sally Van Horne - 5 years ago
I've successfully kept tank mates with every betta I have had over the years. Currently I have a 29 gallon with 1 male betta, 8 platys and 6 mystery snails. Then a 10 gallon with one betta, 2 mystery snails and a few ghost shrimp.

Both tanks are well planted and long running cycled habitats. Love seeing all my happy, active fish!
Haylie Haylie
Haylie Haylie - 5 years ago
I was wanting to put 6 neon tetras, 2 plecostomus and a water frog in a 20 gallon is that ok?

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Power
Power - 5 years ago
10 Gallon with a white betta and 3 orange fancy male guppies
Adam DAhlberg
Adam DAhlberg - 5 years ago
can you keep Cherry shrimp with them in a planted tank with a java moss floor?
Reborn momma 129
Reborn momma 129 - 5 years ago
I would love to find a tank mate but my Betta is super super aggressive. It’s a fish I took over care for when I moved in with my fiancé, a college student. So go figure it was in a half gallon NOT EVEN A FULL GALLON tank that had never been cleaned and horrible HORRIBLE fin rot but I honestly blame Walmart for a lot of that. I moved him into a 3.5 gallon and he seems to be doing a lot better. I would love to get a tank mate because he’s so used to being limited on space he never swims down to the bottom half of the tank, but he’s just so aggressive. I stuck a finger in the tank to try and move around a plant and he attacked me immediately. He tries to attack anything that comes close to the glass also. Wish he wasn’t so mean. I would love to put him in a bigger tank and get him some buddies!
Christopher Sparks
Christopher Sparks - 5 years ago
White cloud minnows are good :) i have 15 ish of them with the betta... my first super chill betta though
Moon Man
Moon Man - 5 years ago
In my 10 Gallon I have 1 Blue Half moon betta, 5 glowlight tetras, 5 neon tetras, 10 Amano shrimp, and 1 pygmy pleco tank looks awesome and it is a harmonious environment. Planted well. It's cool seeing the contrast of the glowlight and neons and they all swim as 1. My betta is very tranquil and non aggressive he doesn't mind them at all and feeds right next to them.
Cameron McAllister
Cameron McAllister - 5 years ago
I have a 10g with a male, 2 guppies 5 24k tetras a dwarf frog and two mollies. It’s working out pretty good but I want to get a panda Cory cat would it be ok
William Kok
William Kok - 5 years ago
So I was told that kuli loaches need a big tank and to be in pairs I have a 5 gallon will this be ok
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
You could keep a pair or trio in a 5 gallon
MagTag519
MagTag519 - 5 years ago
I have a couple male bettas that I keep in smaller tanks right now. But after watching your other video saying they can be mixed with a community tank makes me really eager to try and see if I can possibly try one in each of my 20 gallon tanks. That would be amazing. I HATE feeling like I have to keep them alone.
Krijn Harlaar
Krijn Harlaar - 5 years ago
my tank is about 45 liters and for me plekkos work realy good. guppy's and crayfish work to
Turbogeek 21
Turbogeek 21 - 5 years ago
29 gallon with one female betta four painted platies two borneo aries tetras (had five more) and a nerite snail along with two other snails I got when I went fishing

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ClassicFoolXD
ClassicFoolXD - 5 years ago
I have a Pictus catfish and he’s in a 20 G tank with a couple of guppies and he seems to have gotten white spots or “ick” I bought medicine for him and I don’t know what else to do help?
Chloe Marie
Chloe Marie - 5 years ago
Can I put ghost shrimp and mollies in a tank with my beta?
Chloe Marie
Chloe Marie - 5 years ago
What do you suggest for a five gallon tank?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Not recommended
AJ Smith
AJ Smith - 5 years ago
I want to get a 20g long. do you think rainbow tetras would be ok with a betta in that size?
I am The truth
I am The truth - 5 years ago
Hey it didn't work for some one
Rei Genesis
Rei Genesis - 5 years ago
I’m interested in introducing a betta into my tank. It is 75 gal and currently inhabits 4 mollys, a rainbow loach, a small blue crayfish, an eel, and a few small bala sharks. They all coexist pretty peacefully with no altercations between them. What do you recommend for this and having a betta introduced to them? I have plenty of ornaments within as well might I add
Mixonisse
Mixonisse - 5 years ago
Would african dwarf frogs eat loaches?
QMoneyPatna
QMoneyPatna - 5 years ago
10 gal.. Gurgle (betta) and Fred the shrimp ( the night shift janitor) looking for more friends for these guys.. also wanting to put together a nice aquascape with live plants to make a nice community for my fish. Thanks
Cris Gonzales
Cris Gonzales - 5 years ago
Hi. I got a small tanks. Abot 2.5gallons
I keep 1 male betta, 5 small molly. 3 tetra and 1 apple snail. They all get along pretty well.
Ulothrix
Ulothrix - 5 years ago
1/2 a gallon. and 7 snails. a rock and a betta.
erasus0307
erasus0307 - 5 years ago
My betta is in a 5gal with 4 white clouds. Had him housed with glofish before but they bullied him. Will be moving them to a planted 10gal soon.
Kailash Lang
Kailash Lang - 5 years ago
Could I put a kulhi loach and 5 ghost shrimp with nothing else in a 5 gallon
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Sure
Colby Miller Outdoors
Colby Miller Outdoors - 5 years ago
In my 10 gallon betta tank i keep 5 bloodfin tetras 2 neons 2 cory cats and 2 algae eaters everything gets along great
Brandy Gowling
Brandy Gowling - 5 years ago
Oh sorry I have a 10gal tank! Brandy
Brandy Gowling
Brandy Gowling - 5 years ago
Hi I love watching your videos very informative for the beginning like me. I had a betta with a dwarf grammie and when the betta was dieing the grammie would always go over to the betta and wiggle its fins to help the betta get up or just check on it. It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen with fish. So 2 fish stores couldn't figure out why my Betta die. All my parameters were on point and i also had 4 zebra dinos. So if you have any idea my mum berta die, I would appreciate some advice because I would love to get another one. Thank you so very much! Brandy from Hamilton? Ontario, Canada.......Eh! Lol
Mysteriousagentorca /?/
Mysteriousagentorca /?/ - 5 years ago
Every time I think of a question you’ve already made a video on it your channel is so freaking convenient
Austin Gillote
Austin Gillote - 5 years ago
In my 20 gallon take I have 1 betta 3 gold fish 1 pleco 3 neon tetra and 1 tetra. All living very peacefully!
Aurora Orzo
Aurora Orzo - 5 years ago
Would mollies be ok? I haven't been able to find a lot of info on them being a tank mate for bettas. I have two black mollies, not planning on getting more unless i can't get a betta with them.

I have a 20 gallon tank btw, fairly tall, has some plants - real and fake - but those are more off to the side and it's mostly open water from the middle to top. The other fish i have are some ghost shrimp, a bristlenose pleco, a mystery snail, and a sparkling gourami (planning on getting three more of them). The betta will be the last addition to the tank. It'd really help me if anyone could give me good information, don't want to cause fights between my fish :)
Myra Vang
Myra Vang - 5 years ago
are neon tetras compatible with bettas?
dragon gaming
dragon gaming - 5 years ago
Could you have kouhli loaches and snails in the same tank
Ray Ray
Ray Ray - 5 years ago
What about Cory car fish

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02RokMoreno
02RokMoreno - 5 years ago
Hey guys, I have a few questions about a couple of stocking ideas for a new 10 gallon that I'm currently cycling. Keep in mind that this is my very first tank and I want to be somewhat cautious because I have no experience with caring for water as well as fish. So I definitely want a male betta, accompanied by Celestial Pearl Danios( not sure how much) and possibly neons or cardinals. What I'm clueless about is a bottom dweller. I REALLY want a kuhli loach or possibly a pleco. I've seen some cories but I really love how exotic a loach or a pleco looks. Would greatly appreciate some feedback. Don't want to rant and I know you need to know more about the tank itself so if someone can help out I would appreciate it.
Smaughunter
Smaughunter - 5 years ago
One of my males in a 10 gallon lives with a small shoal of Coryadoras habrosus and another in a 5 gallon lives with a zebra nerite. In the past I have had great success with bettas and Kuhli loaches as well.
Mike Ferguson
Mike Ferguson - 5 years ago
I am cycling a 40 gallon breeder tank that is planted right now and am looking for a schooling fish that would be Betta and plant safe. I want to add a school of around 15 and one male Betta so nothing too large. Any suggestions?
Christian Medina
Christian Medina - 5 years ago
I have a 55 gallon with 1 half moon double tail betta
11 cardinal tetras
7 giant valisneria plants
2 marimo moss balls
2patches of baby dwarf tears
2 plants I bought from Petco ( dont remember the names)
The betta will chase the cardinals they quickly outswim him
I'm also looking for kuhli loaches I'm thinking 5 and 1 clown pleco,but I can't find any near me
Katre Ambrazas
Katre Ambrazas - 5 years ago
How many khuli loaches can you add in a 15 gallon tank with betta?
Chronos Gaming
Chronos Gaming - 5 years ago
I have a point seven gallon tank. I feel terrible. I just don’t have any money right now. Mainly because I’m only thirteen. But I do have a question. Do you need a heat and a filter if your going to put your betta in a ten gallon
Tabor Talley
Tabor Talley - 5 years ago
I have a planted 40 gallon with lava rock. I have 1 Male beta, 1female beta, 7 zebra danios, 6 neon tetras, 1 bristlenose place, and 6 mystery snails. Only problem I've had is the Male beta under fin was getting damaged. Think it was from the rocks and not the other fish though. Lava rock do have some sharp edges. Make a pretty aqua scape but might be dangerous for fish that like to rest on them and have long fins.
socalrep091
socalrep091 - 5 years ago
I have a 10 gallon. I had 6 Molly’s and a Beta female u til it got ich. Now I have 3 tetras, Beta male, Beta female, 2 Platy’s, albino pleco and albino catfish. All living well
Eyad Soliman
Eyad Soliman - 5 years ago
I have an orange betta
Gingerbredman47
Gingerbredman47 - 5 years ago
I have a 2 gal (temporary(ish)) tank with a female betta and 9 white clouds and they are best friends
Oxolotleman
Oxolotleman - 5 years ago
I want a beta fish but I have plastic plants and a giant danio which would probably attack
Shan Bland
Shan Bland - 5 years ago
I've had luck with copycats, neon tetras, and even some danios with my male betta, all at the same time. no fin nipping or harassment....on occasion the betta gets territorial and will chase off any fish that comes near his area. but its brief, and he stands zero chance of catching them and after a few chases he gets bored and just ignores the other fish. any fish that can be
'nippy" should be kept away from bettas as they have no defense against other fish. i love the ones you suggested.
Huehue Beep
Huehue Beep - 5 years ago
Mine is 6 gallon. Brought it today. With 3 new tetra
June DiDonato
June DiDonato - 5 years ago
I have a male betta in a 40 gallon community tank that does great. He has his spot in the pothos roots and seems very happy. I have guppies, black skirt tetras, cory cats, otos and a clown pleco. I also have a 20 gallon with a betta sorority that I am still working on. The sorority tank was started with baby females (very tiny fry). It has been really cool to watch them grow and see their colors develop. I plan on putting a few cory cats to put in with them.
Jerome Vanden Eynde
Jerome Vanden Eynde - 5 years ago
Awesome channel man!! Enjoy every video
Ethan Watkins
Ethan Watkins - 5 years ago
Great content, Cory, I just subbed. What fish would you recommend for an algae eater for a 5G with a female betta? I had 3 corydoras in there with her (pepper, sterbai, panda) but the sterbai died and the panda isn't doing so well. The pepper seems to be doing great right now, I just don't know why the other two failed. :(
Fishing and Hockey Aquariums
Fishing and Hockey Aquariums - 5 years ago
I made it work in a 3 gallons
Lflower1 Stars
Lflower1 Stars - 5 years ago
I have 5 female bettas with 6 Panda Cories and Harleium Rasboras.....first tanker here....today is their first they with compatible fishes.....hope it works....have a 30 gallon tank...
Ravocado
Ravocado - 5 years ago
I am planning on adding 5-8 ember tetras and a male betta to a 10 gallon. Should I add the tetras first or the betta first. Is this overstocked also?
Kev. Gucci
Kev. Gucci - 5 years ago
Can a betta be with a nother betta fish
Robert Bock
Robert Bock - 5 years ago
I was wondering what type of fish is the one you have with the rasbora, long spiny fins with a some red on d the edge of the fin
Sudz-E Bucket
Sudz-E Bucket - 5 years ago
I had a peppered cory in a ten with a betta no problem! the betta always stayed near the top and rested on plant leaves, and the cory did its thing on the bottom.
Worship Today
Worship Today - 5 years ago
ive had khuli loaches before and if i saw them 3 times in about 6 months that was a lot. Those guys would hide all the time to the point that i thought they died lol until i saw them once swimming around looking for food
chill zone
chill zone - 5 years ago
Hiii well I have a 10 gallon divided into 2 and on 1 side I have my betta rocket :) with 4 mystery snails. They get along pretty well. But it depends on ur betta cause on the other side I have my first ever betta peter parker and his a killer cant have nothing with him lol all depends on their additude :)
Marie Eevee
Marie Eevee - 5 years ago
In a 10 gallon tank, I usually keep 5 zebra danio with a betta. I've even had luck with keeping mystery snails in the past with my them.
Fish R Relaxing
Fish R Relaxing - 5 years ago
Female beta can go with any community fish that isn’t a fin nipper. But I personally wouldn’t recommend putting a beta with much of anything other then a bottom tank only fish in a tank smaller then 20g. Interesting thing when I put a female elephant ear in my sons 55g community tank with a c360 filter just blasting the water... she swam towards the water flow. However since then she does keep to the opposite side where the flow is a lot less. Tank has 40+ fish mostly are tight schooling tetras.. bloodfins, glow tetras (not glow light the glow stripe lol) precella’s and all sorts of guppies. She is the feature fish of the tank and is doing well so far with me mix.
Dominic Tamburro
Dominic Tamburro - 5 years ago
I don't hear too much about female guppies with a female beta but it's been a smashing success with my tank.
Ne Pa
Ne Pa - 5 years ago
I have a 10g, with one male betta, and we are planning on getting more, but not yet since we are planning on traveling for around 2 weeks, and we know the betta will be OK, but the tetras and algae eater we are planning to get after, we don't know. (He loves bloodworms.)
ExoticCritter
ExoticCritter - 5 years ago
My 10 gallon community tank- 1 betta, 1 dwarf frog, and 4 kuhlii loaches. Looking to add another frog and 1-2 more kuhlii loaches.Also has live plants and "pest" snails. Ideally I'd like to upgrade to a 15 or 20 for the loaches, but that's going to be awhile before that's possible.
I love The Maze Runner
I love The Maze Runner - 5 years ago
If I had a betta, 6 harlequin rasboras, and maybe 4 ghost shrimp in a 10 gallon with plants, a filter, and heater, would my tank be overstocked? I just want to know because in the video you said a betta and about 6 harlequin rasboras would be fine in a 10 gallon but. I just want to make sure.
ミルスLaura
ミルスLaura - 5 years ago
What about swordtails? Have a fancy guppy, a betta, swordtail, and a delta. Right now think the fancy guppy and swordtail are not getting along oo well. The guppy seems to be defending the dela, and him and the swordtail chase one another around the tank, occasionally the guppy will peck at the swordtail too. As for my betta, he seems somewhat okay with the other fish, only chasing the swordtail when it tries to go into the betta's favorite log resting place. I have a 5 gallon tank at the moment, but will be transferring them to a 10 gallon in the next few days. Should i seperate the swordtail though from the guppy/delta??
house cat
house cat - 5 years ago
I have a beta who does not like tankmates. He loves his tank thou it’s full of live plants and all kinds of things for him to hide in and lay on and the flow is really soft so he doesn’t have to work very hard at all to swim. He is so spoiled that he only likes frozen blood worms. I think out of all of my tanks his is the most noticed because it’s in the kitchen so he is always swimming up to say hello.
Joey Hybert
Joey Hybert - 5 years ago
I have a betta and tetras in a ten gallon tank
Zach Fischer
Zach Fischer - 5 years ago
I just got a 10 gallon tank and I'm thinking about getting 1 Betta, 3 Platies, 6 Neon Tetras, and a Ghost Shrimp. I have a hang on filter and no live plants. Are these fish too much for my tank and weekly mainenance? Thanks
Ronald Calcagno
Ronald Calcagno - 5 years ago
In a 20 gallon with my Bette I have eight Lemon tetras and four yo yo loaches doing just fine.and in my ten gallon I have nitrites snails with my other Bette
Amy Brown
Amy Brown - 5 years ago
i'm thinking of getting a ten gallon tank and would like a betta fish but i love catfish and loaches has anyone got any recommendations?
Tristan Rogers
Tristan Rogers - 5 years ago
Amy Brown Otocinclus catfish are great with my betta
Sha Dow
Sha Dow - 5 years ago
That being said, you can only have a Kuhli with Betta if you have a sand bar or sand bottom tank.
Not letting a Kuhli filter feed is like Keeping a Greyhound in a small apartment.
speeds181
speeds181 - 5 years ago
I have gourami , tetra neon , pink tetra and angel fish in 10 gallons and I am planning to put 1 of betta is it possible?
Chloe Santos
Chloe Santos - 5 years ago
I have my blue veil tail betta in a ten gal with three salt and pepper Cory cats. At first my betta was semi aggressive, but I think he was curious about the fish and wanted to test if they would attack him, kind of asserting his dominance I think lol. At first they would chase him around playfully and he wasn’t having it but now sometimes he schools with them. They get along well.
John Cerezo
John Cerezo - 5 years ago
Mollies,platy,guppy best tank mates for my 10 gallon with my betta
Andrew Mannett
Andrew Mannett - 5 years ago
I have a 5 gallon tank with an angel,2 school fish,a baby female beta,and a allege eater and a small gopper with a big colorfoful fin.
RvB betta
RvB betta - 5 years ago
I've had them in 5-10gals with guppies, snails, neon tetras, amono shrimp( they may have been something else), and several different types of Cory cats. Currently I have a male in a 10 with 3 guppies, and a female in a 29 with 2 very small tiger barbs, 5 Cory cats, 1 small common pleco, and a quarter sized red eared slider. The only reason I have the turtle in there is because I've never had problems with it chasing the fish, and the only meat I've been able to get it to eat are blood worms. I have yet to have problems with bettas and other fish sharing a tank. If you know how it should help to temperament check a betta before you purchase. Also be sure that you have enough room in the tank before you put them together, and always put the other fish in first.
Chervaun Bryan
Chervaun Bryan - 5 years ago
I got 100 gallon
Chervaun Bryan
Chervaun Bryan - 5 years ago
Can i keep 2 Bettas?
Jeremy Wiles
Jeremy Wiles - 5 years ago
I have a 30 gallon with 5 female bettas in it, and tank mates include a nerite snail, kuhli loaches, albino bronze corydoras, ghost shrimp, and neon tetras. I think the neons are getting fin nippy, though, so I'm considering moving them. I also have a 10 gallon with a single male betta and an african dwarf frog in it. I did try my male betta with platys in the 10 gallon, but he HATED them. After removing them from the tank I saw why, they must've thought his fins were flake food. Poor guy.
Abigail spectacular
Abigail spectacular - 5 years ago
Would ghost shrimp or any shrimp go good with a betta?
Alex Rock
Alex Rock - 5 years ago
I currently have a 10gallon set up with a blue betta, cories, and neon tetras.
Irene vd dool
Irene vd dool - 5 years ago
I keep my very peaceful silver half moon Betta with guppies a mystery snail 6 ghost shrimp and a dwarf aquatic frog and 5 Otto cats in my 20 gallon. I do separate the boy guppies into a ten gallon and sell them and a cot 10 girls to my local pet store so they don’t get over crowded. With lots of anubius and java moss every one is happy.
Jakub Karczmarczyk
Jakub Karczmarczyk - 5 years ago
My purple-blue betta does great with 2 otocinclus catfish in my 60 litre/13 gallon heavily planted tank. They all sometimes inspect each other out of curiosity so it's going really well so far :) I'm planning to add a shoal of some tetras or the harlequin rasboras as Cory recommended as i've never owned a proper shoal. I hope it goes well for me! :D
jackal198666
jackal198666 - 5 years ago
I have assort corey cats yoyo loach, kilifish , mystery snales and then 4 bettas in my 10 gal, works well with live plants
and my 30gal filter
STAVROS MARINAKIS
STAVROS MARINAKIS - 5 years ago
How much litres wont betta fish

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Kevin Dombrowski
Kevin Dombrowski - 5 years ago
I have a 10g tank with my Betta annd 5 Pepper Cory Cats. They get along great. The Cories eat anthing the Betta doesnt.
Jacob Beatty
Jacob Beatty - 5 years ago
They do good with mollies also I have a 20 with like 8 mollies, a Betta and a bunch of ghost shrimp
Elf Spencer
Elf Spencer - 5 years ago
Had a 29 gallon with platys, 4 cherry barbs, and a veil tail male. The betta used to eat the barb eggs, while they got in on in the plants. He also eventually started swimming with the platys, like he was one. He outlived them all (they were hand-me-down fish), and lived to about 4 years old.

He never lived in anything smaller than a 10 gallon, and he was a great buddy.
tuvalu
tuvalu - 5 years ago
I've kept male bettas successfully in 10- 20 gal. with Neons, cheery barbs, smaller clown barbs, rummynoses, corys of course, clown loaches, guppies. all small and peaceful fish pretty much
Katie Lara
Katie Lara - 5 years ago
i have a 20 gallon betta 9 tetras one gold mystery snails an one zebra snails i thinking adding 2 more gold mystery snails
Why am I like this
Why am I like this - 5 years ago
I have a male Betta in a five gallon with two whisker shrimp, planning on keeping my female (currently in a 2.5 gallon) in a ten gallon community tank with a couple of Harlequin Rasboras. Any possible feedback on this plan?
Sara Villarreal
Sara Villarreal - 5 years ago
I have a betta and a mistery snail in a 5 gal.

I used to have them in a 2.5 and they seemed to tolerate each other, but The snail is getting pretty big and is quite messy so it was difficult to control water quality.

I would have gotten a bigger tank, but didn’t have the space so I try to keep up with water changes to avoid getting too much gunk in the tank.
Joji Jams
Joji Jams - 5 years ago
If you have a bowl then you’re tank ain’t even fit for one fish lmao
Sherri M
Sherri M - 5 years ago
I have 2.5 gallon for my yellow Betta, and we have one zebra nerite snail with him.
Noam Chertock
Noam Chertock - 5 years ago
Do kuhli loaches jump?
Yara Borger
Yara Borger - 5 years ago
A male betta in a 5 gallon with an siamese alge eater
Yara Borger
Yara Borger - 5 years ago
2 female betta with 4 mollies and 15/20 corydoras and neon tertas in a 30 gallon. Never ever had a problem with it
The Reel Deal Outdoors
The Reel Deal Outdoors - 5 years ago
10gal, female betta, 2 lemon tetras, blind cave tetra, zebra danio. All are super active and colorful!
GhettoJanitor
GhettoJanitor - 5 years ago
What about corydoras?
cornmonsterftw
cornmonsterftw - 5 years ago
Are there any specific shrimps that work well with Bettas?
cornmonsterftw
cornmonsterftw - 5 years ago
Aquarium Co-Op Thank you
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Amanda have the best odds I find.
Kurstie Phillips
Kurstie Phillips - 5 years ago
I have a 10 gl with 4 females, 4 blind cave tetras (love these guys), a 4-4.5" yo-yo loach, and a 4.5-5" male bristle nosed pleco. I also had a male with 4 long fin danios in a 5 gl. I really don't seem to have a lot of issue keep Bettas with other fish. As long as they have the room they need they seem to be good.
Love God Bob
Love God Bob - 5 years ago
10 gallon natural planted tank, 1 dumbo half moon male betta (fluffy), 1 nerite snail, and 1 mated pair of African dwarf clawed frogs. Am adding new plants and looking to add 5-6 neons that stay small. Very peaceful tank.
Susanne Steele
Susanne Steele - 5 years ago
I have pond snails and an apple snail. There are no problems but a bit of hilarious reactions sometimes. Like the day I thought my betta was dead. He was floating in his tank near the bottom, facing the floor with his tail going straight up towards the surface. Not even a fin twitch. I tapped the tank, my signal that there was food. Nothing. I tapped harder, and stirred up the water. His eye moved to look at me then straight back down.I rushed off to get my glasses. He was watching the teenyest tiny baby pond snail I have ever seen. Nothing broke his concentration for a very long time.He is very fond of his snails and dose them no harm at all.
Johnny White
Johnny White - 5 years ago
Couple images of fish where multiple fish so, was hard to know what fish was the breed you where talking about. Thank you for all the info you share!
Sander Boas
Sander Boas - 5 years ago
Can betta’s go with rabbit snails
Ne Ne Zilla
Ne Ne Zilla - 5 years ago
My male betta is in with 5 tetras and 3 loaches in a 20 gallon....For 3 years now, no issues.
Daryll Arrieta
Daryll Arrieta - 5 years ago
I have a 12 gallon. how many can recommended fish I put in the tank with the betta?
Daryll Arrieta
Daryll Arrieta - 5 years ago
i am also giving away my pearl gourami. i bought it not knowing the gallon size it needs. it killed three fish already. they prolly died from hunger.
Daryll Arrieta
Daryll Arrieta - 5 years ago
I have a great cycle and crystal clear water.
Charlie Kelson
Charlie Kelson - 5 years ago
If I have a 8.8 gallon what should I get?? With my betta
RedTail’s Aquatic’s Tank’s
RedTail’s Aquatic’s Tank’s - 5 years ago
Shrimp too
Twiggafinga
Twiggafinga - 5 years ago
My Betta is in a 20 tall with live plants galore, a clown pleco, 5 yellow Platys and 5 white cloud minnows. They've been happy for 2 years now, the plants help filtration and I have the works when it comes to gear haha he's a spoiled fish so we named him Majesty
Irving Uscanga
Irving Uscanga - 5 years ago
Is a halfmoon Betta good in a 10 gallon with a white skirt tetra?
Haley Bergeron
Haley Bergeron - 5 years ago
I have a 10 gallon tank with some orange tetras
Haley Bergeron
Haley Bergeron - 5 years ago
I loved my khuli loach! Theyre hard to find
Sneaky snek 101
Sneaky snek 101 - 5 years ago
Had mine with another male they did fine wouldn’t recommend though
lizette gonzalez
lizette gonzalez - 5 years ago
My betta Smaug has a BN pleco has as tank mate. They get along great, swim next to each other, and mind their own business. Never had any problem with them.
Andrew Sundbeck
Andrew Sundbeck - 5 years ago
Corydoras catfish make excellent betta tankmates. Kept a male crowntail with 2 albino corys and a dwarf gourami in a 5 gallon setup with plants and driftwood and they all coexisted peacefully.
Direwolf202 AJ
Direwolf202 AJ - 5 years ago
Dwarf g, neon tetra, guppie, pleco
Freedoms Battle Pirates
Freedoms Battle Pirates - 5 years ago
Glow worm with female betta. Had them for a few month niw
Eric Lind
Eric Lind - 5 years ago
20g heavily filtered with aquaponics. 2 male bettas, 1 female betta, 3 Rasbora, 10 male guppies and 5 Julii cories. everyone lives peacefully. Key is the largest dominant male betta is rather peaceful so he sets the tone with other bettas. The smaller male betta came from a 10g tank where he terrorized his tank mates so tried to "train" him by moving him to 20g tank. Now he's docile cause the bigger male puts him in his place. Very much much like dogs.
Aaron Jaros
Aaron Jaros - 5 years ago
I've been keeping bettas for a few years and... I've gotten them to do well in almost every situation. I have a 55 gallon that has a betta in it, along with a blood parrot, three gouramis, and three angels, as well as a mildly aggressive pleco. Everyone in that tank is pretty docile, I can touch all their fins... the pleco is only aggressive if a fish is in its way when eating and at that point, it'll chase it off (usually the blood parrot).
I've never really had problems with my bettas being aggressive towards other inhabitants. That being said, there was one time I got a female and she was insanely aggressive towards everything. She did horribly with all my other girls. She did great with flirting with males, showed all the right signs... then after a good week or two of flirting and I let them meet she'd go back to her usual self and get aggressive and try to kill my males or chase them off to a corner then flare in the center of the tank. She only did well by herself (all snails were fine) until I put her in an aggressive tank. I have a 95 gallon that I just put the aggressive fish in when they can't be housed with everyone else and she did fine in there even though she is the smallest one.
Anna Fang
Anna Fang - 5 years ago
29 gallon with Cory cats, 2 horned snails, and random bladder snails. Lightly planted
Matt Jones
Matt Jones - 5 years ago
I have two female betas and two dwarf african frogs in a 5 gal tank. no issues after 4 months!
Fluff,Fins, And Feathers
Fluff,Fins, And Feathers - 5 years ago
I've kept white cloud Mountain Minnows with my betta and they get along ok, I first had them in a 10 gallon but upgraded to a 15 gallon.
Dragons Breath Studios
Dragons Breath Studios - 5 years ago
I kept my betta with about 6 neon tetras and a common baby pleco for about a year in a 10 gallon. As the pleco got bigger I upgraded to a 55 so the beta is alone now because pleco and tetras went to new tank. New tank has more tetras and some gourami and platties so he didn't work out in there with them, but he did just fine with the original crew. Will probably get a few new tank mates soon but after I re scape the 10. Now that the pleco is out I can finally have a more heavy planted tank.
Madeleine r
Madeleine r - 5 years ago
My Betta loved his snails and cory's
At first I doubt about the corys but he just inspectioned them and realized they weren't not a threat.
When you choose a companion for your betta choose a fish that don't swim on the top, don't have long tails or/and bright colors
Kaxmar Lucio
Kaxmar Lucio - 5 years ago
Whats the name of that food you use, the one you stick on the glass??!! Thank you!
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Sera o nip tabs.
Ivan Makarov
Ivan Makarov - 5 years ago
Hey can I keep assassin snails with a betta in a 3 gallon.
Anindya Barman
Anindya Barman - 5 years ago
Mollies are living peacefully with my betta in 15 gallon tank
Michael Lemont
Michael Lemont - 5 years ago
20gal 4 kuhli loaches 5 neon tetras 1 otocinclus and 2 Chinese algae eaters. Also in a heavily planted tank
Elisa Bell
Elisa Bell - 5 years ago
0:09 Bet-ta sounds betta
rong zheng
rong zheng - 5 years ago
I have bamboo shrimp, dwarf Cory, regular Cory, dwarf Mexican crayfish, and a betta in a 20 gallon.
Lucas Roslund
Lucas Roslund - 5 years ago
Platy!!! In a 45 gallon
that fish girl
that fish girl - 5 years ago
What about a 3.5 gallon?
FireRedLion101
FireRedLion101 - 5 years ago
i have 2.5 gallon aquarium (this is what it looks like https://www.shopyourway.com/top-fin-2-5-gal-retreat-aquarium-size-2-5-gal/697971775) and i have a single male half-moon betta in it. if my fish is not agressive, what other creature can i add to the aquarium
FireRedLion101
FireRedLion101 - 5 years ago
i did a bit of research and the only one i could find is the zebra snail
StephyWephy
StephyWephy - 5 years ago
Albino Cory catfish in a 5 gallon then 10 gallon when they started mating
Wayne Canham
Wayne Canham - 5 years ago
10 gallon 3 bronze corys and 1 male betta only abit of chasing in the 1st week no problems
Slightly above average Kid
Slightly above average Kid - 5 years ago
Can I have a groop of 5 ember tetras in a 3 gallon tank?
Erik Nemec
Erik Nemec - 5 years ago
I have 12litres aq. with betta with 2 ancistrus sp.
TubeLadin
TubeLadin - 5 years ago
Anybody here have shrimp or have experience with putting Shrimp in with a Betta? Thinking of setting up my first 5 gallon with a Betta and 2/3 Shrimp
Léo
Léo - 5 years ago
Help me !

Can I have a beta with some serpae tetra and black tetra ?
Lonnie Clemens
Lonnie Clemens - 5 years ago
Thank you for sharing this video. I will remember the ember tetra's.
Jeremy Villarreal
Jeremy Villarreal - 5 years ago
I have my Betta with 10 neon tetras, 1 amano shrimp and a zebra snail in a 10g.
Mattfisto74
Mattfisto74 - 5 years ago
My Betta is in a 10 gallon with 3 green Cory's and 3 tiny mystery snails who snuvk into the tank. Works out great.
Squirrelflight the warrior
Squirrelflight the warrior - 5 years ago
I put neon tetras with my male and female bettas they really make the tank pop
Jackson Head
Jackson Head - 5 years ago
Omg aquarium CO-OP looks like Andy from the office
Mokko
Mokko - 5 years ago
Thank you so much for actually pronouncing betta correctly.
Kayla DeVault
Kayla DeVault - 5 years ago
My betta is in a 10gal and he can be pretty aggressive but I wanted more movement in my tank so I have 5 zebra Danios, 2 Black kuhli loaches, 5 ghost shrimp, and 2 snails! They all get along great, it definitely makes my betta more interested in his surroundings. It seems like a lot for my size tank but everything is going well. Frequent water changes and plenty of food to go around. The danios actually eat a lot of the food before the betta gets to it which is great because this helps with his over eating problems. I’m hoping the shrimp will breed so I can put them into an other tank.
Miriam Rose
Miriam Rose - 5 years ago
My male Betta is with Zebra Danios, Corys, Platys, and a Red Eye Tetra. He flares everyone now and then at the Tetra but doesn't mess with anyone one else.
Keenans Adventures 123
Keenans Adventures 123 - 5 years ago
Can a male be with a female in 4 gallons?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
Not recommended. They'll usually fight
Shyshy Moon
Shyshy Moon - 5 years ago
I have one male Bette with guppies, Cory fish, some commets, and shubkins. All in a 55 gallon tanks.
Finned friends
Finned friends - 5 years ago
My 29 gal houses my betta along with dwarf neon rainbows 6 ( there is in area with high flow where the rainbows love to play and a few low flow spots for the betta to chill) 6 julii cory, 5 Otos, 1 king tiger pleco, and 3 guppies. The Corys rainbows and guppies breed and the betta does not even eat the fry. He's kinda lazy I guess.
Matthew
Matthew - 5 years ago
20 long with 1 Male Betta, as well as schools of Harlequin Rasporas, Celestial Pearl Danio's, Panda Corys, and Khuli Loaches
Ethan Watkins
Ethan Watkins - 5 years ago
I've got a question. Upon being hired to a pet store, I started getting into fish, specifically bettas. My wife has a large happy female in a 3.7g with a ghost shrimp and 2 pygmy cory catfish, and they're thriving (filter, heater, the works). I just recently bought a gorgeous male feathertail for my 10g, after clearing out my other fish and doing a cleanup for him to live in. His only other tank mates are a male albino bristlenose pleco and 2 nerite snails. However, within the first hour of exploring the tank, he now sits underneath the filter and constantly flares at his reflection. What can I do to prevent constant flaring and aggression to his reflection in the glass? I've considered the aquarium sticker backdrops but I want to know if there are any other options.
Sorry for the long drawn-out story. XP
Ethan Watkins
Ethan Watkins - 5 years ago
Aquarium Co-Op funny enough, I put a paper towel behind the filter and he stopped. But he has this white fuzz growing on his back, possibly columnaris but I have no idea. :(
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 5 years ago
You can also just give it time, it'll probably just stop doing it.
Ne Ga
Ne Ga - 5 years ago
I have 1 betta and 5 neon tetras with 3 plants in my 5 gallon tank could i add 1, 2 or 3 otos to help with my algae problem?
Bobby R.
Bobby R. - 5 years ago
Hey, that didn't work for me.
Joseph Quintero
Joseph Quintero - 5 years ago
you can also add about 5-10 ghost shrimp in a minimum 5 gallon tank
Brittany Arnette
Brittany Arnette - 5 years ago
I have 5 corydoras with my betta in a 10 gallon and it seems to be going well. The corys are fairly active so it is keeping the betta active as well cause he likes chasing them. One swam at him earlier and he freaked out lol
angelleaf2000
angelleaf2000 - 5 years ago
I have a 10 gallon with a male betta and 4 pigmy cory catfish. The betta isn’t terribly territorial and I knew that about him before adding the corys, so I don’t know how well it would work with a grumpy betta
Kasey Montague
Kasey Montague - 5 years ago
10 gallon with peppered cory's! :))))
Amber Wood-Hurst
Amber Wood-Hurst - 5 years ago
If you have a large tank can you have multiple bettas. Do they pick their territory etc. 125 gallon. (beginner question).
Amber Wood-Hurst
Amber Wood-Hurst - 5 years ago
I found the answer in the comments. Definitely not a beginner situation. :) I love these videos and the commenting community.
jay malott
jay malott - 5 years ago
I have endlers with my male betta in a 10
Make It Go
Make It Go - 5 years ago
What about green neon rasboras? there's a group of them locally on auction this week that I intend to win...
Yair Hernandez
Yair Hernandez - 6 years ago
1 half moon betta with 3 African dwarf frogs :) they get along good in a 5.5 gallon with 2 nerite snails. With lots of plants
Kim Miller
Kim Miller - 6 years ago
Before March 16th I owned 2 dogs, 0 fish, and 1 75 gal scheduled for frogs. I have always wanted dart frogs. Now....
10 gal with 1 male betta,
10 gal with 1 female betta.
I was buying dog food at a big box store and rounded the wrong corner.... Male betta sitting off to the side in a half-full cup certainly headed for the trash?...no color and sad. I left with a 10 gal set up and Finnegan the now devastatingly gorgeous crowntail betta. Happy St. Patricks Day to me.
The female betta was delivered to me by Petco four days ago....by accident!!! I ordered food and they sent a live fish in 38-degree weather! I just kept saying "are you kidding me!?!?! to no one in the room. I thought maybe the box just said "live tropical fish" She is tiny, alive, and a crowntail as well. She doesn't have a name yet. I am taking suggestions.
Everyone in the fish hobby knows by now, if you are still reading this... the 75 gal will now house fish. I am hooked. Pun intended.
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Kim Miller
Kim Miller - 5 years ago
Update: The male betta is doing great. He is housed in a ten gallon with five flame tetras. The female crowntail betta has her own 6 gallon that she shares very peacefully with a veiltail female betta the same small size. This is a desk tank that I watch contstantly and may need to seperate them at some point.
Monstraucity
Monstraucity - 6 years ago
I just put a female elephant ear in my community tank.crossing fingers. 40 gallon tank with an angel, Bolivian ram, 2 platies, one molly, 3 jilli Cory and 3 albino Cory
Katherine Shaw
Katherine Shaw - 6 years ago
I have a ten gallon tank with a betta an apple snail she really doesn’t seem to mind I really wanna put some tetras but a few weeks ago I had bought 4 and put them in a 2.5 gallon tank with her (very dumb I know) but now I terrified to try in the 10 gallon
aventuras y métodos del criadero saidbetta
aventuras y métodos del criadero saidbetta - 6 years ago
Buen video mejorar peces ,igual q el criadero d gupys y Bettas said suscribanse
akash ratnakar
akash ratnakar - 6 years ago
Please also tell about those fishes that can be easily available ...N except these four too ...can you give some more options
Wild man1314
Wild man1314 - 6 years ago
Mollies in a 20gallon is good
Poseidon
Poseidon - 6 years ago
Had a 5 gallon with a halfmoon and 6 small neons. He chased them around but never could catch them.
COLIN ESHBAUGH
COLIN ESHBAUGH - 6 years ago
a betta in a 3.5 gallon tank with 2 neon tetras and a mystery snail.
Drew Begley
Drew Begley - 6 years ago
10 gallon with one male twin tail betta and three female platys. He only gets aggressive when I feed them cuz the platys get in his face. Also a heavily planted tank
Nova Spiderstorm
Nova Spiderstorm - 6 years ago
I actually keep my new betta (and old one before he died) with guppies, the first day there was fin nipping (from the betta) but no further aggression. My old betta, even though he established a territory before I put guppies in, didn’t seem to mind them, he would chase them a little but it wouldn’t turn in to anything aggressive.
Moredead Girls
Moredead Girls - 6 years ago
I actually have a neon orange betta fish I named him October
Diana Morales
Diana Morales - 6 years ago
I have a 80galn. cumit. Tank with guppys and zebras i searched if i could put in a betta everything directed me 2 a YES so i put one in every thing was fine he was no agresive at all with the others but today, he bit a guppys tail off... I had to put my betta in its own bowl i had to buy today, it was a good deal for a huge bowl, my betta needs a friend...shrimp?maybe
td644
td644 - 6 years ago
Years ago I had a betta he lived in a 10 gallon and I tried a few of these and it never worked out he was so super aggressive that he ended up spending the rest of his days alone in the 5 gallon former quarantine tank while the fish that were going to be his tank mates got a few new tank mates of their own.
MultexFishing C
MultexFishing C - 6 years ago
African dwarf frogs work fab
Lyda Swogger
Lyda Swogger - 6 years ago
My husband decided to add a betta into our guppy tank (20 gallon). Surprisingly, they all get along..... have lost quite a few fry to the hungry betta though
Elisabeth Brecheisen
Elisabeth Brecheisen - 6 years ago
I have a super super passive betta in a 5 gallon tank with a pair of Nerites, but I'd like some fish to liven it up. I'm more worried about little fish messing with him or nipping his fins, than him killing them. I would love a couple guppies or tetras, maybe some embers since he is a blue betta. Any suggestions though, I'm just getting back into the hobby
Diana Coronado
Diana Coronado - 6 years ago
20 gallon long with 1 male betta, 6 albino corys, 3 ghost shrimp, mandarin shrimp, and 4 nerite snails. I also have 4 zebra danios that were gifted, I was super worried about having them but the betta could care less and the danios don't bug him t all. Feeding time was bad at first but my betta fish learned to go to one side of the tank so I could give him his food without any issue.
Trey Lobato
Trey Lobato - 6 years ago
I had my betta Drago in a five gallon with an African dwarf frog and three ghost shrimp
Robi' Show
Robi' Show - 6 years ago
4 neon tetra 3 glohart Tetra and betta in 5 gallon
Polina Amazing
Polina Amazing - 6 years ago
It also depends on the attitude of the betta fish. my male betta is fine with any fish
Panda Pendragon
Panda Pendragon - 6 years ago
Video Request: Invertebrate tank advice? I'm wanting to do a tank of just shrimp or dwarf crawfish or a combination and snails!
Maria Conenna
Maria Conenna - 6 years ago
60 Gallon, one male betta along with platies & mollies. They all do great!
Bruno Miranda
Bruno Miranda - 6 years ago
500 gallon for a Betta and Oscar jk I’m working on a betta sorority 4 female betta and a few guppies,corydoras and rasboras
Simen André
Simen André - 6 years ago
I have 2 species with my Betta albimarginata pair. Pangio kuhlii and Nannostomus eques. I've had no problems with them all together. Would recommend.
JaggedArt
JaggedArt - 6 years ago
Used to have a 10 gallon betta sorority of five with two snails and a pair of corydora catfish
Hunter Mayhew
Hunter Mayhew - 6 years ago
Another great one Corey. I was just thinking yesterday about asking around about beta tank mates. Tganks
Phillip Irvin
Phillip Irvin - 6 years ago
Great video! I keep 3 female bettas, 1 albino BN pleco, 11 neon tetras, and 4 ghost shrimp with my male betta. They live in a heavily planted 29 gallon aquarium. The shrimp bred three weeks ago.
Adding stem plants greatly reduces the amount of aggression in a beta aquarium. IMO
lady lex 9999
lady lex 9999 - 6 years ago
what if I put it in a 100 gallon?
Alanna Hembrow
Alanna Hembrow - 6 years ago
4 amano shrimp, 1 male Betta and a bunch of mts and pond snails in a 9 gallon.
Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher - 6 years ago
I've heard people bitch about putting gold gouramis with bettas but I had them in the same tank together and they never fought I always laughed at peoples reactions when they seen I had a betta in with gold Gourami's
Green Sheep
Green Sheep - 6 years ago
That's a harlequin rasbora in the thumbnail not an ember tetra
DepravedTaka
DepravedTaka - 6 years ago
It might just have been due to the fish store environment, but when I put a betta in with the harlequins at work they nipped at his fins a lot and I had to move him. Granted the tanks at work are rather bare, with only a couple of fake plants in each section.
Matthew Sherman
Matthew Sherman - 6 years ago
I have a 5gallon fluval specV. 1 Betta and 6 neon tetras. The Betta stays at the top and the tetras stay at the bottom so it's all good
Nathan Woof!
Nathan Woof! - 6 years ago
I have a 3.5 gal. Aquarium with a betta anda ghost shrimp with no issues
Marlis Roth
Marlis Roth - 6 years ago
hi, may i post your videos in my facebook group?
greeting axel
Marlis Roth
Marlis Roth - 6 years ago
@ Aquarium Co-Op, thanks ...: o)
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
Sure
Marowak Maniac
Marowak Maniac - 6 years ago
It works with kissing Groumi, blue Groumi, black skirt tetra, white skirt tetra, giant danio, and swordtails in a 55 gallon
Nancy Ware
Nancy Ware - 6 years ago
I've kept Bettas in a 20g tropical community tank, and I've kept them with goldfish in a 50g. Yes, goldfish. The Betta had a favorite buddy, a Shubunkin that had a 10" body and another 12" of tail. They fed together, with the Shubunkin gulping the flakes and the Betta picking up the pieces the Shubunkin spit out. There were three other golds in that tank and everyone got along swimmingly (pun intended).

In the tropical community tank, I treated the Betta as a high school bully, as in if you put him in the tank first, he'll try to claim the entire thing as "his" territory and treat all the others fish as intruders. I found that if you put the Betta in LAST, it is like transferring the bully to a new school, and he tends not to try to boss the others around as much. As always, your Betta may vary.

Cory, thanks for the loach and snail ideas. I've been wanting to add to my current Betta set-up , 5g and just him, so a snail as you suggest would be perfect.
Barbara Viklen
Barbara Viklen - 6 years ago
10 gallon planted aquarium 76 degrees with 1 Betta, 8 clouded minnows, Malaysian trumpet snails (number unknown). I have also had a 10 gallon tank with 5 tetras and 8 ghost shrimp in with a betta. It was a super easy tank to keep in balance. I have also done a 30 long with guppies, 6 corys and a betta with no problems. I had to move my betta out from my mollies tank they kept picking on him :(
Barbara Viklen
Barbara Viklen - 6 years ago
Oh yes I also have an anubias nano glued to the piece of wood as well, and I do add plant food to my water about every 2 weeks. I do not get much algae build up. I have only had to wipe down the inside glass twice in the last 8 months. The betta, tetra, ghost shrimp tank had an under-gravel filter. The others had a whisper filter set up like a small waterfall, I lifted it up by placing a small (2") wood block behind it :)
Barbara Viklen
Barbara Viklen - 6 years ago
Angelo Camelo no I have chosen easy plants. In a ten gallon light is not an issue. I have Java moss tied on wood and lava rock (medium sized about 4-5 inches) some hornwort (I place under the wood or in a small decoration to hold it in place) and moss balls.
Angelo Camelo
Angelo Camelo - 6 years ago
Barbara Viklen are you running CO2 in your planted? I’m an experienced cichlid hobbyist looking to move to planted nano as my next venture. Hoping I can find the right tank mates with bettas that can keep my tank very low tech.
Ja Yi Ho
Ja Yi Ho - 6 years ago
Why specifically ember tetras?
Ja Yi Ho
Ja Yi Ho - 6 years ago
Aquarium Co-Op are other kinds of tetras ok for betta tank mates?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
They stay small, and are hardy, and fairly cheap
Frosted Phoenix
Frosted Phoenix - 6 years ago
My Betta lives with 5 neons,and 2 mollies
Queina The insomniac
Queina The insomniac - 6 years ago
8 gallon tank or so, Narong (the hmpk betta) and a horned yellow and black nerite snail (clithon sp) that takes care of the little bit of algae for me. He'll just sometimes stop to look at the snail, but he leaves it alone.
Nitin Kadam
Nitin Kadam - 6 years ago
I have a mustard gas crown tail beta in a 7gall tank with a female red copper beta. Guppies guppy fry neon tetras. Colb. Red finned tetras. Both the betas are very peaceful.
Alpha Kid
Alpha Kid - 6 years ago
I have a 4.5 gallon nano tank with live plants, 2 ghost shrimp, and one Betta . There have been no issues kept it simple and the tank came out amazingly
John Arnold
John Arnold - 6 years ago
Mine is in a Fluval SpecV with 2 Amano shrimp , 2 otocinculus, and a few MTS that came in on some plants. One big happy family, no issues at all.
Misty B
Misty B - 6 years ago
I have a 36 gallon with 1 male Betta, 7 zebra danios, 10 neon tetras, 6 glolight tetras, 3 female platys, 1 nerite snail, and 1 dojo loach. The only problem I have is that the platys are a little bit fat cause they eat the food I put in for the betta, plus the food I put in for the rest of the fish and loach. Lol.
Gaby Jaspan
Gaby Jaspan - 6 years ago
I’ve got a male koi betta with a Malaysian trumpet snail in a 2.5! Question about the snail: I tried to give it a veggie tablet but George(betta) kept eating it so I had to take it out. How do I feed the snail and not overfeed George? I’ve got plants in there too, can it eat that?
AlfMTS
AlfMTS - 6 years ago
i kept a betta in a 8 gallon with 3 platys and that worked out just fine
Rob G
Rob G - 6 years ago
29 gallon with 1 betta and 21 neon tetras, no issues at all. I keep the tank heated at 79 degrees Fahrenheit and run an aqua clear 50 with the flow turned all the way down.
Allison Holly
Allison Holly - 6 years ago
My bettas in a 20 gallon and it’s still aggressive
Muhammad Maharban Gohar
Muhammad Maharban Gohar - 6 years ago
I have 60 gallon tank. With one betta , 10 glow tetra 7 guppies and 3 mollies and 1 platy... Having no issue they live peacefully..
Caroline Gerardi
Caroline Gerardi - 6 years ago
My female betta lives in a 75 gallon community which has two angelfish, a gold ram, and a dwarf gourami along with small, peaceful shoalers. It’s kind of an odd combination but the tank is heavily planted and obviously much larger than the average betta setup, so I haven’t had any issues.
Peter Wong
Peter Wong - 6 years ago
Neon tetra?
fish aquatics
fish aquatics - 6 years ago
I have a betta with some guppies in a 20
Kaylan Armstrong
Kaylan Armstrong - 6 years ago
I had a betta in a 23 gallon tank and I had it with angels, neon tetra, guppies, ram cichlid, rummynose tetra, blind cave tetras, molies, swordtails, gourami and pleco. They didn’t fight. But they did go the weaker fish.( which is annoying).
HOMIE Croc
HOMIE Croc - 6 years ago
I have a gorami a gold fish a pleco a tetra with my betta
Ho BF
Ho BF - 6 years ago
30gal, 4 flame gouramis, 1 moonlight gourami, 7 panda guppies, 1 bumblebee catfish, 4 female 1 male betta, 5 zebra nerite, 4 red apple. Too much?
Adam Woodhouse
Adam Woodhouse - 6 years ago
15-20g tank
8 cardinal tetras
2 swordtails
1 silver marble molly
2 Corydoras
1 Betta
Had the tank for about 4 months and everything is great
James Sylvester
James Sylvester - 6 years ago
I've had good luck with mollies. The only molly my betta didn't like was my creamsicle lyretail. But he couldn't cath it anyways. I eventually gave him his own hex 8 gal. He seems to prefer solitude.
Johnovan Dupper
Johnovan Dupper - 6 years ago
My pic
5 gal aquarium
1 betta
2 cory catfish
Works great for me
No problems.
Elliott Eiden
Elliott Eiden - 6 years ago
Also have a male betta juvie in a 5 gallon with 1.1 pair of dwarf frogs
Elliott Eiden
Elliott Eiden - 6 years ago
Planted 10 gallon. Male betta very (passive timid male), 1.1pair gold balloon rams, 6 rummy nose tetras, baby chinese algea eater. Few chery shrimp, few dwarf crayfish, Tiger tail snail.
Amanda Masse
Amanda Masse - 6 years ago
I have my Betta "blueberry" with 8 mystery snails. He doesn't bother them at all. He's very mellow. I want to add a sandsifter... do you think I could add some Cory's to that mix??
Trevor ThreeHundred
Trevor ThreeHundred - 6 years ago
I have 12 gallon tank will cory cats be ok
tom johnson
tom johnson - 6 years ago
Just bought a 70 gallon tank. Need ideas for what fish I should get, there's so many I can't make my mind up. Any ideas? Thanks
Bonolo Mazwi
Bonolo Mazwi - 6 years ago
I have a 10 gallon tank and I have 2 platies ,12 tetras and a betta
DirtyNaan54
DirtyNaan54 - 6 years ago
I keep my koi betta with 4 Galaxy rasbora in my 5.5 planted tank
crash4hope
crash4hope - 6 years ago
One of my older bettas is in a 5 gallon with some fancy guppies that were overstock. I saw him nip at one when I first put guppies in but the put the betta into a breeder box for a couple days to let them adjust. Since they’ve been fine. The guppies help to clean up the food the betta doesn’t eat. I should note the betta is an older rosetail and mostly just lays on the plants all day as he has issues turning quickly or really doing anything quickly.
Akhilesh Thapa
Akhilesh Thapa - 6 years ago
Hi Cory. I have been seeing your videos on YouTube and have enjoyed them thoroughly. Getting back into the hobby and wanted to keep some South American fish like Cory's and Ram's with Tetras. I live in Pune ( India). The temperature here varies, from dropping to as Low as 6 in the winter and as High as 44 in the summer ( Degree Celsius). I know that you've spoken about using heaters with Tropical fish tanks but I'm sure that loads of people here don't. What's your say on this?
Emily Cassell
Emily Cassell - 6 years ago
5.5 gallon one Betty with 2 zebra danios
Hey It’s Charlie
Hey It’s Charlie - 6 years ago
Could you/did you do a video on freshwater shrimp tank mates? Thank you (:
Pigchamp
Pigchamp - 6 years ago
I have a 20 gallon, Just lost power for 4 days in (NJ) house dropped too 40 degrees and lost a few fish unfortunately...for a while i've been debating on a beta with 7 or 8 lamb chap rasbora.....but now ember tetras have definitely caught my eye...i need to decide soon
candido moreno
candido moreno - 6 years ago
What is your opinion on glo fish
Pet Momma Me
Pet Momma Me - 6 years ago
Just a question about snails, will the snails eat detritus worms?
Will Ed
Will Ed - 6 years ago
3.5 gallon 1 twintail betta and 3 Nerite snails. Before I moved I had a 20 gallon with kuhli loaches and I use to try and stay up at night just to see them be active. Kuhli loaches are by far my favorite bottom dweller
Neel Singh
Neel Singh - 6 years ago
5 gallon with Betta and African Dwarf Frog
Neel Singh
Neel Singh - 6 years ago
Mr. Cory what if your betta is red finned, not completely red
home front
home front - 6 years ago
i currently have 2 bettas in a 55 gallon tank working well with eachother plus 4 guramis, 4 dwarf rams, 4 yoyo loachs, 6 molies, 2 guppies, 2 albino cory doras, and one flash pleco, everyone gets along
captnbrandopink
captnbrandopink - 6 years ago
I started with my Betta in a small DIY tank out of an old display I snagged from work, which was roughly 2 gallons without hardscape. Since then, I've pulled my old 29g out of storage and he's now living happily with way too many fish! I have at least 20 Zebra danios (my LFS was selling the fry as feeders so I bought ~10$ worth and they've since grown out), 5 dwarf neon rainbows, 5 feather-fin rainbows, 5 khuli loaches, 5 bronze cories, 3 SAEs, a trio of young sailfin mollies, a lone white skirt tetra, and there were some cherry shrimp in there ar one point but I have only seen one lately.

He did harass the young zebras and the young mollies because they were so small, but he lost his interest once he realized how fast they were. So far, everything has been going great and its a beautiful community to watch with the lone bright red and blue sheriff patroling the tank.
Jason Marchenko
Jason Marchenko - 6 years ago
I have a pretty aggressive betta but he for some reason allows mollies, platys, guppies, etc and literally any other fish besides other bettas. I do recommend trying mollies but only if you have a 30+ gallon tank, or you could do platys with a betta in a 20. That works for me :)

One would think that the betta is stressed, but I haven't seen signs of stress from my betta. He still flares at the thermometer (its so weird xD) and eats, and will occasionally attempt to nip at my mollies and platys but they are too fast for him so he is active and happy :)
Peter Joseph Jones
Peter Joseph Jones - 6 years ago
I keep my male Betta with Cory' hastatus and pygmaeus and clown killi's in a 30 litre without issues! I keep my females with Chilli Raspbora's, Amano and cherry shrimp. I lose a few Cherry's but they breed enough to stay on the increase
terry sperman
terry sperman - 6 years ago
I have a 5 gallon topfin aquarium with a Grizzle halfmoon betta and 3 otocinclus catfish. Oto's are really efficient living with the betta. He doesn't even flare at the Oto's, he flares at snails though. I have video of my tank at my channel. I recommend Oto's over any other tank mate for a betta.
Darren Hansen
Darren Hansen - 6 years ago
I have a 40 breeder with a Betta, two neon tetras, three small angelfish, and a bristlenose pleco. Angelfish and Betta are afraid of each other, don’t get too close to each other. Will eventually move them to my larger angelfish tank.
Triple 10 Tanks
Triple 10 Tanks - 6 years ago
Love the background
Cardboard Box
Cardboard Box - 6 years ago
20 gallon tall. 1 Betta, 2 mystery snails, 16 white clouds
Shannon Malone
Shannon Malone - 6 years ago
What is that small striped fish with the ember tetras at 1:54? It's so cute.
gerardo carrillo
gerardo carrillo - 6 years ago
Can a kulih loach be in a 10 gallon
Manwell
Manwell - 6 years ago
Well It’s not a Betta but have a female apistogramma pandurini in 5.5g with 4 pearl danios
Jessie Kinney
Jessie Kinney - 6 years ago
Had a betta who seemed depressed without his harlequin rasboras and another Betta who munched a rasbora 2 weeks later
MindLag92
MindLag92 - 6 years ago
You have a beautiful Bolivian Ram.
catherine peck
catherine peck - 6 years ago
I just got a half moon betta like 40 minutes ago because my dumbo died in the morning he is red blue and white kinda like a koi and he is the prettiest fish I've ever seen even the man at the fish shop said that I think it's way past show quality prettier than any discus
catherine peck
catherine peck - 6 years ago
I got 5 neon tetras and a betta in a 7 gallon tall
Marnie Griffith
Marnie Griffith - 6 years ago
I put a hillstream loach in my betta tank. He does chase him around but theres no way the betta can catch him. Its a great combo!
Jess Shrimp Granny
Jess Shrimp Granny - 6 years ago
In my 29 gallon I've kept my betta with around 12 Glo Lite tetras with no issues at all, and a tiger nerite snail. There is also an older longfin blue danio who just won't die in there too. The betta has several places to hide and be by himself when he wants to. This betta will flair at his own reflection sometimes but never at the glo lites. I've had no issues with Nerites in any of my tanks. That same betta was in with some juvenile mollies that I had to grow out (never again!) but I found the mollies started nipping his fins as they got older. I've tried keeping a betta in my 10 gallon with amano shrimp and I'm pretty sure all the amano shrimp jumped out. I never saw the betta go after them but I did find an amano on the floor several times and... my cats love seafood. I've kept a betta in with guppies in a 20 gallon, that went well. He wasn't a very aggressive betta.
Mathias's pets
Mathias's pets - 6 years ago
White cloud 8 gallon
Gracie
Gracie - 6 years ago
I have a male betta and three male and three female guppies in a ten gallon also a breeder box with around 10 baby guppies. The male betta couldn't care less about the guppies. He acts like they're not even there. I also have another ten gallon with a male betta three serpae tetras also three mystery snails and i have had this tank set up for over a year and they're all happy and healthy.
It's Ethan!
It's Ethan! - 6 years ago
Cory cats do great with bettas!
XSilveryLeopardX
XSilveryLeopardX - 6 years ago
My betta male is very calm and timid so I put him in a 10 gallon community aquarium with 2 mollies and 3 guppies. It's awesome with all their colors. My betta has never even chased them, I'm pretty lucky. My friend tried a community with her betta and hers killed one of the guppies. She got a separate tank.
Laurrren g
Laurrren g - 6 years ago
Endlers, harlequin rasboras, & cory cats in a 20 tall!
bebebutterfield1
bebebutterfield1 - 6 years ago
I have 4 bettas...3 males in their own 5 to 10 gallon tanks and one female in a community tank. One male can't even be trusted with a snail. One of the males I'm not sure about as I've never put anything in his tank, one male who is currently sharing his tank with a Stinkpot turtle. That will change Friday when my new turtle tank comes. I'm going to try a few Horned nerite snails with 2 of my bettas.
creative dove
creative dove - 6 years ago
What kind of fish can i use for my cold water 10 gallon tank
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Keep them both in schools
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
creative dove white cloud minnows and zebra danios
Karina Bissonnette
Karina Bissonnette - 6 years ago
Great video. My betts lives in a five gallon with two dwarf frogs and one platty fry.
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Karina Bissonnette I really want to try dwarf frogs, are they expensive
Jennifer Chinnici
Jennifer Chinnici - 6 years ago
I have a betta in a 15 gallon with 6 Neon Tetras and 2 Mystery snails.
Josh Hurley
Josh Hurley - 6 years ago
Trio of sparkling gourami's are doing amazing with my betta, they are in a 10g heavily planted jungle though
Caskadia Nation
Caskadia Nation - 6 years ago
And rubber lipped pleco or similar small pleco.
Bundyburger09
Bundyburger09 - 6 years ago
My betta at my harlis.. whooopsy. That was in a 40l tank.
Hes now in a 4 ft tank with glass catfish, kuhlis, bristlenose, panda and sterbai corys and praecox rainbows and one guppy i cant catch. Think ill be popping in a boesmani or two next once i sort my plants out as theyre dying off at the moment.
Calder Burton
Calder Burton - 6 years ago
I had my peaceful male betta in a 55 community aquarium with guppies, platys, corys, and a bunch of tetras
Critter Girl
Critter Girl - 6 years ago
5 gallon with white clouds and female betta
Damion Burgin
Damion Burgin - 6 years ago
What are those other fish called that are un the tank with the rasbora?
KG cichlids
KG cichlids - 6 years ago
thats a great top 4 for people to reference!
Luis Pérez Camacho
Luis Pérez Camacho - 6 years ago
Our Betta peacefully share the 10 gal with 6 cherry barbs. Bettas are not aggressive but with other bettas.
Anthony Galante
Anthony Galante - 6 years ago
Could you do a list (longer the better) for useful/"utility" fish?
For example: Otocinclus/Plecos for algae cleaning, Rummy-nose tetra for ammonia detection (they lose the redness in their face when ammonia is high in a tank), Dojo Loach for weather prediction. Stuff like that, I want to put together a tank where it's like every fish in the tank has role to play and they aren't there just for show.
Kai Yoshisato
Kai Yoshisato - 6 years ago
10 gal with 1 Betta, 2 dario dario, heavily planted with Malaysian driftwood.

10 gallon Betta and too many endlers lol planted Malaysian driftwood

5.5 gallon Betta, cherry shrimp breefing like crazy planted, rock mounds Malaysian drift would capatopa leaves.
Billy Villacis
Billy Villacis - 6 years ago
75 gallon with a betta, 4 guppies and a couple bristlenose plecos
Kurstie Phillips
Kurstie Phillips - 6 years ago
I've got a 5 gl with a butterfly male with 4 long fin leopard danios. I've also got a 10 gl with 4 females, 4 blind cave tetras, a 4 inch long yo-yo leach, and a 4.5 inch bristle nose pleco. At one point I had the tanks connected by a water bridge and everybody loved that especially the pleco.
Kurstie Phillips
Kurstie Phillips - 6 years ago
I honestly think the danios and the male are my favorite. They just mesh together really well and look great together. Amazing contrast.
FlipFlop FishFlake
FlipFlop FishFlake - 6 years ago
Corydoras habrosus are my personal favorite betta tankmates.
This is E
This is E - 6 years ago
The mallasian trumpet snail keeps breeding in my tank and it’s very annoying...they also give a lot of waste
roy om
roy om - 6 years ago
Corydorus 5galon
Living Foul
Living Foul - 6 years ago
I have a temporary 10 gallon housing one angelfish moving out when bigger, one crowntail betta, a tiny Electric Blue Jack Dempsey who will be moved when he is a little bigger and 2 blackskirt Tetras
Tank has been awesome minimal aggression. This betta is thriving and colored up nicely
Mario From Houstone
Mario From Houstone - 6 years ago
I have a 10 gallon tank nice little community 6 -7 guppies 1 common pleco albino pleco 5 Cory catfish n a 1 small size molly
Mario From Houstone
Mario From Houstone - 6 years ago
And of course my betta
Jesse Raderman
Jesse Raderman - 6 years ago
I have success with my Betta in a 10gallon with 2 Nerites that he completely ignores, however I learned he does not ignore RCS this week haha. Set up another 10 gallon for another Betta with 2 Nerites and 3 African Dwarf Frogs. This has been working great so far too.
graffic13
graffic13 - 6 years ago
I had mad luck with zebra Danios and bettas also they did great with rosbara hex
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
graffic13 i love danios with my bettas
Candi Overhuls
Candi Overhuls - 6 years ago
Good info. Thank you. Love the store view behind you.
DaggerOne
DaggerOne - 6 years ago
What type of tablet/tab do you use to feed the fish with? How does it adhere to the glass?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
Sera o. Nip tabs. You can see reviews in videos
varanidguy
varanidguy - 6 years ago
How do you feel about MTS in a planted tank? Do you think they'd help with GSA?
varanidguy
varanidguy - 6 years ago
Bummer...GSA is a scourge...
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
I don’t think they help much with gsa
senpai CJ
senpai CJ - 6 years ago
Guppy in a 100 gallon
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Carmelita Calica spoiled guppy
mahesh
mahesh - 6 years ago
I had a Betta in medium sized bowl what should I add as friend. From India.
Eric TenEyck
Eric TenEyck - 6 years ago
I have never had a Betta cause problems with a tank mate... ever. It has been, without fail, the other way around., the tankmate chasing and fin biting the betta. Obviously not every tank mate picked on the betta, but if there was a problem it never came from the betta.
Outdoor gentleman
Outdoor gentleman - 6 years ago
My beta ate $40 worth of shrimp, 6 neons and my snail. Not too happy but at the end of the day, he’s my boy. He rules his 10 gallon tank with an iron fin!
That Borderline Guy
That Borderline Guy - 5 years ago
Ha ha ha ha. Your Betta sounds like my rainbow cichlid. He pushes everyone around so now he has his own tank. He even pushes around my corys which is something I have never seen another fish do. But he's my boy so he gets his own tank.
MagTag519
MagTag519 - 5 years ago
Outdoor gentleman omg I made the mistake thinking I could put shrimp in with my betta. $50 of shrimp later. I can't help but love him but lesson learned lol
gig salade
gig salade - 5 years ago
my betta betta say sorry for eating my snail i got for the fish tank or no new decorations lol. the snails were actually free at the pey store but I am sad because i just had gotten it in the same day I placed it inside the betta tank.
Brenda Vazquez
Brenda Vazquez - 5 years ago
Sherri M why didn't you just keep the betta in the 9 gallon!??!?
Sherri M
Sherri M - 5 years ago
Ya, I had my beta in a 9 gal. he ate all the shrimp and some neons before he settled down excepted what was left. Now in a 2.5 gal. with one zebra nerite snail. If you had that many prob. due to the size of tank why he ate them.
Cranious Mavix
Cranious Mavix - 5 years ago
Liam what if the betta cost more than a hundred? haha
Alex Mullens
Alex Mullens - 6 years ago
Oof
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Outdoor gentleman I would flush that fish after eating 40 bucks of shrimp lol
Aubrey Bryant
Aubrey Bryant - 6 years ago
I have a male beta in with zebra danios, red platies, mollies, mystery snail, ghost shrimp, dwarf lobster, and a Pleco in a 29 long. They all seem happy
Hawken Valhalla
Hawken Valhalla - 6 years ago
I have my Betta in with Honey Gourami's, White tip Tetras, a Red Thick Lipped Gourami and some Kuhli loaches and he constantly hangs out with the Gourami's, the only time he was aggressive was when I first put him in the tank many moons ago and it only lasted a couple of hours. Maybe i've just got a friendly one? Tank is a 15 gallon.
Léo
Léo - 6 years ago
Did you have a shop close to montreal ?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
hello
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Turbogeek 21 livebearers are great with bettas just don’t expect babies
Jerome Horn
Jerome Horn - 6 years ago
just add a white dumbo betta to a 36 gal bowfront that has 14 neon tetras in it.
FishLover For life
FishLover For life - 6 years ago
10 gallon One Betta To mystery snails and I don’t know how many shrimp
Mr D
Mr D - 6 years ago
My betta "blue" hangs out with my kuhles and neon tetras with no problems for over a year now, they seem to have fun together...
Trixie Hodges
Trixie Hodges - 6 years ago
I have two ten gals one has two bettas in it and the other one has two mollies, neon tetras , a ghost shrimp , and two cats and I have two 5 gals that have half moon bettas In them
Brittanynicole 034
Brittanynicole 034 - 6 years ago
What’s the best community fish?
Brittanynicole 034
Brittanynicole 034 - 6 years ago
Liam Peters never mind
Brittanynicole 034
Brittanynicole 034 - 6 years ago
Liam Peters what are those
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Livebearers and rasboras
Brittanynicole 034
Brittanynicole 034 - 6 years ago
A Gamer's Wife ??
A Gamer's Wife
A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago
Brittanynicole 034 Corydoras FTW!
Nelson Montanez
Nelson Montanez - 6 years ago
I have a 10 gallon with a female Betta, 5 black neon tetra and 2 peppered Corys all doing well for the past 8+ months
Tobby B
Tobby B - 6 years ago
I have two betas: I in a 2.5 and another in a 10. I’m working on getting the 2.5 gal an upgrade. Nice video!
Christopher O'Brien
Christopher O'Brien - 6 years ago
I have an 10 gallon. Currently have a dumbo ear beta and two neon tetras. Tank is planted. If I put my neons in my 40 with the other ten neons, can I add 3 kuhli loaches and possibly 5 rasboras? This tank has always been healthy, never lost a fish.
northern coyotes
northern coyotes - 6 years ago
30 gal 4 female Bettas 10 guppies trio of koi swordtails 5 salt and pepper corys and 1 koi angle
Harry Stark
Harry Stark - 6 years ago
My beta was in a tank with many long finned cherry barbs and he didn't care one bit about them and they ignored him too. I watched how he acted towards them for 10 mins and didn't flare chase or try to nip at them once. I keep him in his own tank now (5 gallon with lots of plants) I've thought about tank mates for mental stimulation when I'm not around because I think he gets bored, but 5 gal is too small for other fish and I'm not a fan of snails or shrimp.
Courtney Anderson
Courtney Anderson - 6 years ago
I have a white dragon scale betta in a 20 gallon tank with ember tetras, a diamond tetra, some platy’s, a German Blue ram, and a spotted sailfin plecco. It’s a VERY fun tank! I was really nervous about putting him in this tank, but he just wasn’t doing well in his smaller tank. It took him about a week to adjust and now he cruises the tank making laps and is so fun to watch.
keswickian1989
keswickian1989 - 6 years ago
4 gal with a betta (Quiver) and a mystery snail (Fred). My betta pretty well ignores the snail as the snail cruises the aquarium doing whatever snails do...
Fireangel77
Fireangel77 - 6 years ago
2.5 gallon tank with one nerite snail works
Joey Barnes
Joey Barnes - 6 years ago
My Oscar ate my Beta, in a 30 gal. tank!
A Gamer's Wife
A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago
Joey Barnes awww, sorry to hear
BeyABear
BeyABear - 6 years ago
I have a couple of tanks each with a male betta. One is a 5.5gal and the other is a 10" cube. I housed them with red cherry shrimps and they're surprisingly thriving. I honestly thought my bettas would eat most of them and there would be a few left in hiding but they're actually doing well! Though I wouldn't reccommend it not unless you know your betta well or you wouldn't mind them being eaten to test the compatibility out.
Anthony Piti - AVP Aquariums
Anthony Piti - AVP Aquariums - 6 years ago
I’ve had success keeping a bettas in a 20 long with ember tetras and Cory cats. They would only chase the tetras if they came too close and ignored the cories completely.
R Bear
R Bear - 6 years ago
My Crown tail hated every one even me, he will chase any thing in the tank until the poor little fish drops dead. I clean his tank and he goes after my hand. so now he lives in a 10 gal with a catfish and so far every thing is good. The rest of my Betta's get long fine with their tank mates
Bradyonyx
Bradyonyx - 6 years ago
I have a ten gallon Betta sorority tank with no Bettas yet because the didn’t arrive at the pet store yet due bad weather and stuff
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Bradyonyx please don't do this. Its a horrible idea.
Adrian Cornwall
Adrian Cornwall - 6 years ago
I got a 20 gal with 1 betta 1 kuhli loach 3 rasbora 2 mollies and a swordtail
Adrian Cornwall
Adrian Cornwall - 6 years ago
And a dwarf frog
Melon Smasher
Melon Smasher - 6 years ago
I have a 20 hex with 11 blue neon tetras, a female betta and a male Betta, a small temporary home for a small African leaf fish and 3 platties
Melon Smasher
Melon Smasher - 6 years ago
I have a 20 hex with 11 blue neon tetras, a female betta and a male Betta, a small temporary home for a small African leaf fish and 3 platties
person67
person67 - 6 years ago
10 gallon 1male betta and 5 neon tetras
spartydragon
spartydragon - 6 years ago
I've got a female betta in a 20 long, dirted and (at present) overgrown planted tank with black neon tetras, harlequin rasboras, cardinal tetras, khuli loaches, an assortment of snails and an unknown number of amano shrimp (I only see them once in a blue moon, so I'm never sure how many are in there... should be five but I suspect they're down to 3). No issues. In fact, I'd say I have invented a new classification of tank known as the Laid Back Tank. XD

Dragon (the betta) is the large and lazy queen; no one chases her, but she will take a notion to whip everyone up every now and then just to remind them who's boss. I used to have a male plakat and he was a little more active, but definitely more playful than anything else. He liked to scatter the tetras for the hell of it. Like, he'd pop up in the middle of them in a full flare, watch them scramble away then, zip back down into the plants - wouldn't chase any of 'em. Eventually the tetras figured out he wasn't going to get them so they wouldn't scatter anymore. He stopped doing it after that - got boring, I guess.
StayBusy_ Stayreal
StayBusy_ Stayreal - 6 years ago
I have a blue half moon beta, 4 danios two zebra and two dotted, I also have 4minnows, two tiger barbs two clown loaches ones very small and ones a few inches big, then to top it of i have a calacio koi goldfish who's colour is mainly blue, my tanks just under 70L and I will definitely be adding clown loaches to a new bigger tank once they've grown And my koi goldfish will be added to a new pond which I'll be buying in summer for a pair of koi carps, overall u couldn't be happier all my fish are healthy All get along well and all eat sometimes I can sit and just stare into my tank four hours and it's a regular stress relief for me
Hailey Waterworth
Hailey Waterworth - 6 years ago
29 gallon:​ 1 male HM betta, 5 male fancy guppies, 6 corydoras, a clown pleco, and a few nerites. Planted tank, with lots of room to hide lol. Tried to determine the betta's personality before buying and it was a success, always have a backup plan though!
Deacon's Fish Tanks
Deacon's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago
5 White clouds 1 male betta 10 gallon
Isabella Pagnanelli
Isabella Pagnanelli - 6 years ago
its just that they are cold water minnows.. max temp around 72, while bettas prefer around 78. glad its working out for you, maybe you can breed tropical temp resiliant white clouds, but typically white cloud minnows are more prone to sickness, disease, death etc. in warmer temps. My betta tank is a 10 with 1 male and 2 grass shrimp. i have my 12 white cloud in my coldwater fantail goldfish tank (67-72 degrees). if your minnows ever become disease prone, you know why is all these people are saying.
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer they don’t need cold water it’s just the fact they can tolerate it
Deacon's Fish Tanks
Deacon's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer ok well I keep my water mid temp in between tropical and cool and the white clouds have bred and the betta is 3 1/2 years and they have lived in that aquarium ever since I got the white clouds.
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Deacon's Fish Tanks okay. Just because something can survivr doesn't mean it's thriving.
Deacon's Fish Tanks
Deacon's Fish Tanks - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer I have had mine together for 2 years and they have done fine haven't had a signal fish die out of that tank
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Deacon's Fish Tanks white clouds need cooler water while bettas are tropical fish. This alone doesn't make them compatible
Setesh
Setesh - 6 years ago
I wonder if african dwarf frogs could live with a beta. I somehow ended up with 4 of them and don't know what to do with them. So far they've been living in my plant tank I use for multiplying duckweed and such.
Setesh
Setesh - 5 years ago
Danielle Walker Thank you for the info, I have a 10 gallon on the way, so I'll try putting them together when it arrives. 2 mystery snails, 4 frogs and a betta, I hope it will work out. :)
Danielle Walker
Danielle Walker - 5 years ago
Setesh mine lives in a 5 gallon with 2 adf. They get along fine. He doesn't bother them and they never bother him
Jordan Hindson
Jordan Hindson - 6 years ago
I've always kept a male betta with 5 female bettas never ever had a problem plus i have 2 gurami 6 neon tertras 2 vampire plecos three panda suckers and three nerite snails plus 4 amamo shrimp
CrazyNWildBaby
CrazyNWildBaby - 6 years ago
My only tip is that you have to base the tank additions on your betta's personality. I had one betta that never got along with anyone, even when he was in a 50 gallon, heavily planted, full of hiding spots tank. Nothing was safe with him, so he had to get his own tank. After a year or so on his own, he allowed a rescued feeder goldfish to live with him but never anyone else.
Benjamin P.
Benjamin P. - 5 years ago
Dude, Betta fish are tropical and goldfish are cold water, either way one of those guys probably weren't happy.
CrazyNWildBaby
CrazyNWildBaby - 6 years ago
Typically, I would agree. But, that is why I gave his history. The goldfish was missing a lot of it's fin on one side and very slow moving, They were kept at the betta's standard temp and fed different pellets. They did share blood worms and brine shrimp, though. They lived together for 2 years before the betta passed away. He lived his full life span (almost 5 years), so it must not have been a issue for the betta. The goldfish has then transitioned into our goldfish tank and still lives there now, almost a year later.
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
CrazyNWildBaby goldfish and Betta fish is a horrible combo
AkaoEudoxia
AkaoEudoxia - 6 years ago
I know I should have it in a larger tank a ten or more. But due to space for now. I have my male half moon blue betta with six cherry barbs a mix of two males and four females and they get a long. But my Betta is chill. When I my tank die when he had no mates. I temporarily kept him with my Rukins and black mora goldfish and he did fine. Though he did not like being touched by the other fish.
TheTechnatron
TheTechnatron - 6 years ago
What about guppies and glass shrimp? I was thinking about putting them into a 10 gal I have.
TheTechnatron
TheTechnatron - 6 years ago
Thanks for the into.
A Gamer's Wife
A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago
TheTechnatron Maybe? Some people don’t recommend guppies because they kinda look like bettas (and could be under greater risk for aggression), but totally depends on the betta. Good luck!
George G
George G - 6 years ago
I have a 12 gallon with a betta, 20 neons, some rams horn snails and a blue phantom plec, and a 15 gallon with a betta, 8 african dwarf frogs, 7 black neons, 7 beacon tetras and 2 nerite snails and 1 clam
George G
George G - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer they have been this way since I set them up 7 months ago,they are planted the 12 has a modified hang on back with intake sponge, and the 15 has a modified canister filter with a intake sponge so plenty of filter action,all perimeters are fine as I have my water changes dialled in
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
George G What the heck. Way overstocked man. What are you doing?
75g Discus Tank
75g Discus Tank - 6 years ago
I keep my betta sorority with:
Espei Rasboras
Harlequin Rasboras
Purple Harlequin Rasboras
Glass Cats
Nerite Snails
Ghost shrimp
ReverseGiraffe
ReverseGiraffe - 6 years ago
I've got a male betta in a 90 gallon with about 2 dozen celestial pearl danios, a dozen ember tetras, three mystery snails, two nerites, and a male German blue ram. There's some flaring that sometimes happens between the betta and the ram, but only for a couple seconds during feedings before they both retreat back to their own parts of the tank. Everything else is kosher between the residents.
Andrea's reborns&creations
Andrea's reborns&creations - 6 years ago
I have three zebra snails on a 10 gallon with my betta and they het along great
Shane Brett
Shane Brett - 6 years ago
10gallon/45l: crowntail male (his name is bubbles), two siamese algae eaters, 9 neon tetras and a pleco.
John-Mark Serna
John-Mark Serna - 6 years ago
I have a 20gal with African dwarf frogs, ghost shrimp and my beta "JAWS"
Reaver
Reaver - 6 years ago
Betta in a densely planted 90 gallon with a ton of neon tetras, black neon tetras, green neon tetras, a school of harlequin rasboras, rummy nose tetras, 5 Siamese algae eaters, ember tetras, a few cherry barbs, cherry shrimp and honey gouramis. It sounds crazy but everyone gets along fine and it looks awesome.
ZAPsYOU!
ZAPsYOU! - 6 years ago
Would guppies be okay? 10g or up of course.
A Gamer's Wife
A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago
ZAPsYOU! Maybe? Some people don’t recommend guppies because they kinda look like bettas (and could be under greater risk for aggression), but totally depends on the betta. Good luck!
Tobias The Beardie
Tobias The Beardie - 6 years ago
Male betta, 20 gal long 11 rummynose tetras a clown pleco and Malaysian trumpet snail
Vladipiggy
Vladipiggy - 6 years ago
I have two tanks, one a ten gallon with a male betta and a albino bristle nose pleco. I know its too small working on an upgrade, but for now I do water changes weekly, and basically anytime there is poop. I think when my betta dies I might move the pleco into my other tank, but it is stocked too. My other tank then is a 20 gallon female betta sorority. I have 4 female bettas, a spotted rubber lip pleco, 5 white cloud minnows, 4 cherry barbs (one was left over from a school of 6 that didn't work out so i got him friends to stop the fin nipping), 1 emerald cory catfish (left over from a school of 6 that ended up with dropsy), and three amano shrimp. These tank all work great.
Stewart Webber
Stewart Webber - 6 years ago
What about yellow chairy shrimp and a betta in the top fin 5 gallon glass aquarium that you review.
A Gamer's Wife
A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago
Stewart Webber Depends on the betta... some of them see dwarf shrimp as an expensive snack. ^_^;;
Ridwan Arrosyiid
Ridwan Arrosyiid - 6 years ago
50 gallon 1 male betta 4 platys + their babies cherry shrimp 6 neon tetra
Mimiheart9
Mimiheart9 - 6 years ago
In ten gallons: Betta with otos (I think there's 3 in there, I can never count them) and 3 ADFs. These otos were originally in my community tank and got kicked out for latching onto mollies.

In another ten: One betta and some sort of mixture of rasboras -- they're hets and espeis, I THINK. They all school together. Also one bladder snail that got in there and we've named Turbo. 7 rasboras, total.

In the past I've done a betta with black neon tetras, which looks great in a ten.

What I found didn't work was a betta in with mollies in a bigger community 20+ gallons. Not because it was aggressive, but because they were too food aggressive and it was hard to feed the betta while everyone was crowding.
Riley Hnatiw
Riley Hnatiw - 6 years ago
4 pepper corys 9 harlequin hasboras and a cherry barb in a 25 gallon planted tank
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
10 gal light planted with 6 male guppies and 1 male crowntail betta
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer why
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Liam Peters Guppy fraternities are not a good idea
Angelo K
Angelo K - 6 years ago
Very informative video! I was looking into getting harlequins for my 10 gallon with my Betta who is somewhat aggressive, would adding 5 be ok? I’m just worried about the harlequins getting nipped fins and dying.
Ethan Billey
Ethan Billey - 6 years ago
6 betas female 10 or so cardinal tetras ghost shrimp pleco mollies balloon mollies in a 30 gallon it is so awsome
Hammie_Kat
Hammie_Kat - 6 years ago
That's truly up to opinion whether bettas are only solitary fish. I think betta sororities are ok and the more space the better. If their fish were under constant stress they would be showing signs of illness and would be dying one by one.
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
75g Discus Tank All bettas are solitary fish. Including females. Check the hormone levels in your tank. Yes they develop a hierarchy but it's under constant stress.
75g Discus Tank
75g Discus Tank - 6 years ago
Jake Grammer What’s wrong with a sorority?
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Sororities are never a good idea.
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Ethan Billey I love balloon mollies
Mr Meow And Thumper
Mr Meow And Thumper - 6 years ago
I have a pink betta who is in a 60 gal. I have harlequin rasbora's, and lambchop rasbora's. They are pretty much the same species, and all species in that genus act the same. They sort of school together, because they can't really tell the difference, and I've even seen them try to mate with eachother. Remember, TRY. I have twelve Harlequins, and 4 Lambchops.
Mattea
Mattea - 6 years ago
I have a 36 gallon tank. There is 1 betta, 5 neon tetras, 5 glow light neon tetras, 5 black neon tetras, 5 corydoras, and 3 shrimp (small ones idk what kind). I had 5 shrimp but two died. I don’t think it was because of any of the fish because they were not consumed completely. Their bodies were just broke in half. Though, I could be wrong. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t buy any shrimp (bc they don’t do anything, for my tank anyways) and I would have got nicer looking tetras/corydoras. But, overall my tank looks great and the fish get along really well.
Tadhg Treanor
Tadhg Treanor - 6 years ago
7 gallon? (From Australia we like the rest of the world use litres) I've got a male betta, heavily planted tank, 4 neon tetras and 2 panda corys
Stale Milo
Stale Milo - 6 years ago
10 gallon, 1 make betta, 3 panda Cory’s and some ram horn snails
Stale Milo
Stale Milo - 6 years ago
+ my pandas are laying heaps of eggs
Jelena H
Jelena H - 6 years ago
10 gallon betta community tank with 6 blood fin tetras and 3 panda cories, no problems so far.
cartoon catfish productions
cartoon catfish productions - 6 years ago
I like harlequin rasboras with my wild betta because they naturally together they are in a 2.5 gallon but soon i will move them to a 10 gallon and add a kuhli loach or a few dwarf chain loaches because they also live together in the wild.
misrage
misrage - 6 years ago
Umm.. I gotta a 20 gallon with a male betta, school of guppies, couple panda cories, school of rummynose tetra, huge snail and One black widow tetra which I took from work with swimblader issues. Working pretty well.. betta does not care about any of them :D copies everything guppies do - steal cory food and try to fit under every tree trunk and evry hole :D
atkinsonboy91
atkinsonboy91 - 6 years ago
I've got a 20 gallon tank with 18 neon tetras, 3 corydoras, and a male betta. My betta is pretty chill with the other fish
Tj Simmons
Tj Simmons - 6 years ago
I keep my beta in with guppies and neon tetras. No problems so far, except guppies keep breeding to much lol
Fantastic Calamity
Fantastic Calamity - 6 years ago
666 like!! I wonder if it's a sign? LOL
William Chennells
William Chennells - 6 years ago
I got a 50g with only 1 male but i have a lot of guppys so that makes him senter of atension iv also got a red neck sevrum witch does not harm the guppys or betta
Cae Walker
Cae Walker - 6 years ago
I've got a Betta and 5 Ember teras in my 5 gal. They really work well together for me. The tetras will eat what the Betta misses and the Betta gets exercised by occasionally chasing the tetras. He took a nip at one of the tetras on the first day but has left them alone since. The tetras really make the tank pop with color too.
Caroline
Caroline - 5 years ago
Cae Walker that’s a little over stocked
Reptiles Rock
Reptiles Rock - 6 years ago
Nice footage
Emily Toth
Emily Toth - 6 years ago
in my experience, emerald rasboras and endler guppies have been the best tankmates
Vinnie Judilla
Vinnie Judilla - 6 years ago
My red halfmoon in a ten gallon has 4 guppies and a dwarf frog as tankmates. for about 6 months now and all is good.
s r
s r - 6 years ago
cory,do Malaysian trumpet snails breed sexually or Asexully?
s r
s r - 6 years ago
wait where is unboxing vedios?
Jaki
Jaki - 6 years ago
15 gallon - one male Betta + 4 Corydoras Sterbai, no issues. Mr. Betta ignored my hyper Cories swimming around :)
Matthew Simpson
Matthew Simpson - 6 years ago
I have a mystery snail and an otocinclus in a 5 gallon with my beta. They are very good together, occasionally the Betta will chase the Oto, but it has never nipped him. Oto just hangs out on the side of the glass and the Betta swims around.
Matthew Zito
Matthew Zito - 6 years ago
At different times I've kept Bettas with African Dwarf Frogs, Clown Plecos, an Ancistrus, Cory Catfish and Neon Tetras in a 10-gallon tank.
RyanWake bradtelle
RyanWake bradtelle - 6 years ago
I have a better in my goldfish grow out tank, I keep about 10 baby goldfish in a 10 gallon tank with a betta, it is mildly planted has an Overkill filter, and yes I have to do more cleaning than most tanks. But the better I bought on eBay for $15 and has been living in there for over a year and a half.
GolemBoss
GolemBoss - 6 years ago
So I just got a 7.5 gallon cube and in a month or two from now will be ready to stock, Im going to have a hill style scape (hill of substrate and rocks) with tall plants in the back and mostly a carpet. That being said, I cant have something that likes to hide since there isnt much except the back. Any ideas? Oh and im asking for tank mates for my betta.
Schalehn Rettmann
Schalehn Rettmann - 6 years ago
10 gallon, fully planted: 1 male koi betta, 5 white clouds, 3 amano shrimp, 1 cherry shrimp (testing the waters to see if I can add more), and 1 trapdoor snail
Katelyn M
Katelyn M - 6 years ago
Is there a snail suitable with bettas but don’t reproduce on their own because I don’t want a load of snails in my tank.
Karl Södergren
Karl Södergren - 6 years ago
9gallon with three platys and a corycat, he is mean to one of the platys but otherwise it works
Xabbusan
Xabbusan - 6 years ago
1 male Betta with 5 Scarlet Badis, 1 Long Fin Green Dragon Pleco, 1 Cherry Red Shrimp, and tons of ramshorn snails in a 20 gallon medium density planted tank. No problems whatsoever. The shrimp was not originally supposed to be in there but it was its only chance at survival and it’s been in there now for 3-4 months!
smiles_ tell _lies
smiles_ tell _lies - 6 years ago
Neon Tetras work great, we have a half moon in a 5 gal with an amazon sword and some nerite snails. It's a great little ecosystem.
The aquatics
The aquatics - 6 years ago
The fish got sick because one fish had ick and I thought I got it all off of the goldfish but it did not and the tank was a 20 gallon I was thinking about my guppy tank
Cae Walker
Cae Walker - 6 years ago
Blake Taylor ,too many fish in one tank. The gold fish bio load alone would have been too much for that tank. That's why the fish got sick.
Graceful Kreations
Graceful Kreations - 6 years ago
I have a 20 gallon tank with 1 betta and about 10 guppies. They all get along well especially during feeding time.
Yuji Ogura
Yuji Ogura - 6 years ago
In a 8 gallon, cube tank, with a ton of plants I have a decent colony of reproducing red cherry shrimp. For the first week the betta went crazy chasing every shrimp in sight but now (just like what you said about the ember tetras) he gave up chasing the shrimp, as they just jump under the cover of the carpet plants. Now I am kind of rooting for him to be fast enough to snack on the shrimp... so far not yet, and they shrimp just chill in plain sight. :/
Matarese28
Matarese28 - 6 years ago
Love your lists
Starheroz
Starheroz - 6 years ago
I have a plated 20 long tank with a ton of floating plants. 1 Male betta, 7 cory catfish, 20 ish guppies and a bunch of MTS.
Josh Chillington
Josh Chillington - 6 years ago
In a 15 gal I had a Betta with golden pencil fish, neon tetra, clown plec, and amino shrimp they all lived happily together
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo - 6 years ago
17 gallon =1betta 12neon tetra 2 siamese algae eater 3 kuhli loaches
At first nt tried to nip betta little bit...but my betta teach them a lesson by ripping off 1 of nt eye...now all they live peacefully :D
William Martz
William Martz - 6 years ago
I have a 40 gallon breeder with a female betta koi betta... along with some narite snails, 18 neon tetras, 8 phantom tetras, 7 pigmy corys, and 3 ottos,
Lifewithpets
Lifewithpets - 6 years ago
Nice picks for Betta fish. I’ve been trying to get khuli loaches for a while but they’re really hard to find in my area.
Feel good Inc.
Feel good Inc. - 5 years ago
Marbled crayfish get along with my bettas nicely! They do sometimes snap at them though, some of my gals have torn fins, but it's been over a year and not a single death so I'd say good! 20 Gallon tall tank btw
Fusion Pieri
Fusion Pieri - 5 years ago
bought some from Bob's Tropical's but they were weak, and died.
Fusion Pieri
Fusion Pieri - 5 years ago
Me too, Petsmart has dark ones, I have 3, but the banded ones, are hard to find. Check out Dojo Loaches. They are cool, but need, a much larger tank.
Jeremy Wiles
Jeremy Wiles - 5 years ago
That's amazing. My Petco doesn't even carry them. Neither does the nearest PetSmart. The company PetSmart does carry the black kuhli (not the striped), but most locations, at least in my area, don't stock it.
Mark Rokycky
Mark Rokycky - 5 years ago
Really! They are all over the place at my petco
Jeremy Wiles
Jeremy Wiles - 5 years ago
Lifewithpets, I've seen your videos and it looks like you shop for fish at chain pet stores. Your betta sorority videos clearly show the petsmart cups. The chain pet stores don't carry kuhli loaches. Try an actual fish store. I found a small little mom n pop shop in my area and they had an abundance of kuhli loaches. Get on Yelp and make some phone calls.
tuvalu
tuvalu - 5 years ago
the problem is that you'll never see them. I have 4 and sometimes I don't even know if they are still alive until I clean up the tank. Boring fish IMO.
nsane992002
nsane992002 - 5 years ago
You can get them online, I've seen them on eBay and on aquatic arts website. My only thing is I've had some shipping nightmares, I only go with sellers who do UPS or FedEx next day.
Lifewithpets
Lifewithpets - 6 years ago
Thanks, never seen them near me but I will keep looking.
not a sloth
not a sloth - 6 years ago
Same bro
Will Ed
Will Ed - 6 years ago
I don’t know if you’re looking for stripped kuhli loaches or not but I know that sometimes Petsmart has black kuhli loaches
Mathias's pets
Mathias's pets - 6 years ago
What temp are they
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Lifewithpets try ordering them on live aquaria.com it’s not too expensive
Darkslide
Darkslide - 6 years ago
I have a gold twin bar platy with my betta, they get along very well.
Shawn Hilton
Shawn Hilton - 6 years ago
I currently have a 40 Breeder with a Beta, his tank mates are 12 neon tetras, 12 glowlight tetras, a bristlenose pleco pair, and about 19 corys of different sizes and species, a handful of plants and the ramshorn snails. Great community. The bully of the group is the male bristlenose.
Johnnyofree
Johnnyofree - 6 years ago
i have a 20 with moderate plants. could i add my betta in there? the tanks mates he would have is Neon Tetra, fire gourami and soon to be otto cats. ( my betta is dumbo halfmoon)
Rachael C
Rachael C - 6 years ago
I'm planning my planted tank now hoping for either a 15-34 gallon tank (depends which tank I get) either Fluval Flex 15 or the Aqua One Horizon 130L (approx 34gal) (most likely get the 34 as its cheaper but bigger (plus I have air pump and sponge for extra filtration as well and I keep changing my mind on stocking thinking
a Betta with Ember Tetra, some Dwarf or Harli Rasbora's then something else (Panda or Pygmy Cory's or Kuhli Loach)
just not sure on how many fish to get (8-10 each of the tetra's/rasbora's and 4-6 of the corys/loach's?
would that be too many fish in a 34G?
TheCourageousLink
TheCourageousLink - 6 years ago
I was planning on adding Gold White Clouds with my Crowntail Betta in my 10 gallon... good idea? I may just go with the Rasbora Hets
John Micheal
John Micheal - 6 years ago
I think you accidentally showed red guppys on the ember tetra section
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
Ember tetras are in with the guppies.
Freshman Aquatics
Freshman Aquatics - 6 years ago
I have a 10 gal with 1 betta 7 neon tetras and 4 harlequin rasboras it is working out great no deaths in a year I love it
Nobody In Particular
Nobody In Particular - 5 years ago
Kingtony it’s really not
Nobody In Particular
Nobody In Particular - 5 years ago
Jake Dows they can live in a twenty gallon long. I don’t know why I said 25-30 gallons long.
Jake Dows
Jake Dows - 5 years ago
Nobody In Particular a school of neon tetras are perfectly fine in a 20 long idk what your talking about
Kingtony
Kingtony - 5 years ago
Nobody In Particular 10 gallons for a school is fine
Nobody In Particular
Nobody In Particular - 5 years ago
I’m sorry to say, but I think your tank is over stocked. Usually a school of neon tetras need at least 25-30 gallons long. Especially with the Betta, and the harlequin rasboras, this is just too small for them. It can be hard to notice, but tetras can get stressed out if they don’t have enough room. I hope you take this into consideration, but otherwise good luck with you tank :)
Freshman Aquatics
Freshman Aquatics - 5 years ago
male
ankit lila
ankit lila - 5 years ago
Is it a male betta or a female...??
WaterSkies
WaterSkies - 6 years ago
My sister's tank is a 40 gallon with 1 male betta, 9 furcata rainbows, 6 neon tetras, 1 BN pleco, 1 SAE, 1 False SAE, 6 Albino Corys and 1 assassin snail. There's lots of plant cover, little caves and swimming room. Everyone gets along awesomely. The betta is new to that tank(every other fish in there grew up with another betta that recently passed away. so they're used to bettas) and he is sooo happy in there. He swims around and explores and for the most part ignores the other fish. When he was first put in he would occasionally give the neons a little chase but that stopped after a couple of days.
Lauren Flick
Lauren Flick - 6 years ago
I have 1 male betta who shares a 40 gallon tank with, 12 ember tetras, 10 white clouds, and 2 peacock gudgeons.
Philip Ng
Philip Ng - 6 years ago
I have a male betta with 3 otos at my office tank (5 gallon), and at home have a bunch of bettas in separate 5 gallons with ramhorn snails that I keep in the kitchen in lieu of vases with bamboo and pothos.
William Linville
William Linville - 6 years ago
55 gallon with 1 male crowntail, 6 to 8 dwarf gouramis, a couple of platys, 5 zebra danios, 15 or so neon tetra, a pleco, 8 ram cichlids and a few corydoras. The betta has his one area that its a little defensive over other than that no issues. everyone gets along just fine.
Paul Mace
Paul Mace - 6 years ago
I've kept a male betta with Endler's and raised many young Endler in a 35lt tank, the male betta makes for a great surrogate dad
KalemsFishtanks
KalemsFishtanks - 6 years ago
Why do you recommend not keeping bettas with the same color fish as themselves?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
Because they are con specific
Chad Ashton
Chad Ashton - 6 years ago
Any chance you can talk about Betta sorority setups and tips? With females being bred to look better and better these days...I'd love to have a few females in my upcoming 32g tank if I can make it work as opposed to just one male.
Jake Grammer
Jake Grammer - 6 years ago
Please don't do this
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
My advice is sorority Betta setups are a train wreck that should be avoided and were made popular with the intent to sell females that otherwise go unsold
Kat Cetera
Kat Cetera - 6 years ago
Can snail carry fish diseases? I'd like to get a snail and add it to my display tank, but I'm not sure how to quarantine. I know you can't use most fish meds with snails in the first place.
Tracey Wright
Tracey Wright - 6 years ago
In my 29 tall I have 1 male betta, 25 yes 25 neon tetra, 7 pygmy corys and 2 Bolivian Rams, it's an extremely peaceful tank and I do frequent water changes to combat the heavy stocking
alyssa chiascione
alyssa chiascione - 6 years ago
could a betta live with a dwarf gourami, mollie and sword?  also a few corys?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
I wouldn't recommend it.
Dank Duckle
Dank Duckle - 6 years ago
Currently got a 35 gallon long with 7 harlequin rasboras and 5 Amano shrimp. It’s planted with driftwood and volcanic rock. I want to make it a community tank as I know I can add more fish but I’m not sure what to add?
Presley A
Presley A - 6 years ago
My room mate had a 5gallon with a betta, three neon tetras and two cory cats. The betta left the corys alone 100% and they never bothered each other, but he would stalk and hunt the tetras all day long. One ended up dying, and another now has an issue with balance, likely from being rammed into. The betta was super aggressive. We had to say goodbye to the betta two nights ago because something caused his entire body to paralyze and he died. All of the other fish look very healthy, aside from the one tetra who sometimes struggles to right himself (It sort of comes and goes, but he has all of his color back and he eats and swims with his buddy just fine). And she now has a Golden Killifish in place of the betta.
Long story short, this betta did not like his neon tetra tank mates. Not one bit. But the corys worked out great.
Moon Man
Moon Man - 5 years ago
Presley A you need at least a 10 gallon and also a peaceful betta to put them w tetras. You will find more success w rasboras in a 5 gallon w bettas bc the rasboras already naturally live in the wild w the betta, are smaller, and less active. Hengeli, lambchop, or neon green rasboras look awesome w bettas. Although I just edited and realized this isn't your tank lol.
Presley A
Presley A - 5 years ago
I mean, you're preaching to the choir. They're not my fish...
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
5 gallons is pretty small for Cory cats and they should be in schools of 4+
augoldfinger
augoldfinger - 6 years ago
I have a heavy planted 75 with 1 male and 2 female Betta's
Also 10 white cloud minnows
6 golden tetras
3 glass cats
3 albino bristle nose pleco's
6 or more Armano shrimp
1 upside down cat
I see the upside down cat more then the glass cats, which in. A way is a bummer. In another way I know where to find them and they have a good home so it's all good
isabel aguilar
isabel aguilar - 6 years ago
I had my Betta living with 9 amano shrimp in a 10 gallon
Thomas Perkins
Thomas Perkins - 6 years ago
Cool to see chocolate gouramis eating prepared food
HowiTzer44
HowiTzer44 - 6 years ago
Thomas Perkins is that what was with the embers? those were cool
Nick Cowan
Nick Cowan - 6 years ago
in my 29 gallon planted tank i have 1 betta, 3 bolivian rams (all males), 3 neon tetras, 5 nerite snails, 10 amano shrimp, and a japanese flower shrimp. I originally had my rams in my 55 with my blood parrot and my spotted ctenopoma, but i moved them just as a precaution so they would not get eaten :). I was a little hesitant putting the rams in with my betta but it's been working out well and i've even seen them school/swim around together
HolyCrapItsTori
HolyCrapItsTori - 6 years ago
So we have a 10 gallon and have 2 Cory catfish and my Betta Xavier doesn't seem to mind at all has plants and rocks of course so everyone can hide if needed
Sarah Bialke
Sarah Bialke - 6 years ago
I'll be the one comment on MTS not working. lol I have a betta I named Psycho who within 10 seconds of being introduced to his new home went on a snail biting rampage. I removed all the snails to another tank and discovered I missed one when I found Psycho carrying it around and banging it on the glass. Almost everyday he flares at his pellets before eating them. lol
Shawn Hineidi
Shawn Hineidi - 6 years ago
I got a heavily planted10gal which houses one halfmoon betta with 1 Otto, 1 Clown loach, 1 SAE and two nerite snails. all happy and thriving.
Alan Gallardo
Alan Gallardo - 6 years ago
1 half moon female betta and 7 black neon tetras in a 10 gallon
Aquahobby
Aquahobby - 6 years ago
I “had” my betta in a 20 long with 5 rummy nose tetras, 3 rasbora hets and 3 black khuli loahes. I come in after work to feed and i notice my betta is laying down in the sand in the corner of the tank. Then i see the tetras are nipping at him and bascially were beating him up all day, he basically looked like he gave up on life. Luckily i had a baby snail tank going in a 10 gallon so i took him out and put him in there for now while he heals up. They were doing fine together for about 2 months until this happened, really dont know why things turned either? Now he’s doing fine, his fins are growing out and hes freely swimming around again hiding in his floating log and sleeping in his coconut cave. So glad i didnt lose the little guy
Jerome Perner
Jerome Perner - 6 years ago
Ive heard koi bettas are more aggressive. I have a female who chases tetras. It is now on its own. Have a baby pleco that was born in another tank and didn't want to risk it with the betta. Also she beat up a male betta instead of breeding. Is that true about koi bettas?
Madison Rudd
Madison Rudd - 5 years ago
That's odd my koi betta is one of the chillest... my Male Vail tail is the worst... solitary cant even have snails in the tank lol
Caroline Gerardi
Caroline Gerardi - 6 years ago
Koi are typically a plakat form, which tend to be a bit more high strung. My koi female is super active for a betta but very peaceful, as she lives with tetras and a pleco among other fish without even a flare.
75g Discus Tank
75g Discus Tank - 6 years ago
Jerome Perner Did you check to make sure it was a female?
Liam Peters
Liam Peters - 6 years ago
Probably just the fish not the fact that it’s a koi try getting another koi betta and see how that goes
maniatikoleal
maniatikoleal - 6 years ago
I had some green neon tetras, since they were 6 (around 13 gallon) they got feisty and my betta being very passive was bullied to death by them :( (and then some other neons died to other neon's bullying) but overall I would think they are quite good tank mates.
Bare Bottom Aquariums
Bare Bottom Aquariums - 6 years ago
I have a betta in a 55 gallon with 4 rainbowfish 12 emperor tetras 12 otocinclus and 3 baby kribs. Oh and 1 rubbernose pleco . And 6 assassin snails.
Dave Bigtas
Dave Bigtas - 6 years ago
Can I use pencil fish as tank mates for my betta? Mine is a 13g tank...
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
Possibly, I would avoid red arc or purple pencilfish due to them being aggressive.
b_ball34
b_ball34 - 6 years ago
6 black neon tetras and a betta in a 10 gal planted works great for me
Amos Chiang
Amos Chiang - 6 years ago
Nooooo, no 60FPS again Cory!? Great information though!!
Chris Craft
Chris Craft - 6 years ago
I have 5 Amano shrimp with my Betta is a 5 gallon.
Foracal Satoe
Foracal Satoe - 6 years ago
Lol I am just setting up a betta community tank now as of Saturday!
Charles Harris
Charles Harris - 6 years ago
I have a 30g mine is a red beta in with different guppies and platies. Along with some Cory cats a bristlnose pleco and a couple apple snails. They live great together.
Colossus2xL x
Colossus2xL x - 6 years ago
Just started 20 gallon tall aquarium with 6 Panda Cory's was wondering if I could put a betta in there and neon tetras and how many neon tetras
LeeROBD
LeeROBD - 6 years ago
I love the background. You should do more videos right there Cory. Nice.
K0ST
K0ST - 6 years ago
75g loaded with guppies and neocaridina shrimp and one male Betta. He can’t decide who to attack so he just swims around looking beautiful. When I feed the tank I try and put the food by the Betta.
Joana Nathan
Joana Nathan - 6 years ago
what is the 5th one?
Lisa C
Lisa C - 6 years ago
7 gallon planted tank with a male half moon and 6 juvenile guppies :) another 7 gallon with a half moon and 1 pygmy cory (need to get more)
Alex 018
Alex 018 - 6 years ago
Is it just me or was there only 4 tank mates?
Mary RNH20
Mary RNH20 - 6 years ago
Your betta impression is the best! Spot on !My male dragon scale betta is kept with a baby bristlenose , but soon Patrick the Pleco will go in the 40 gallon, he’s still tiny right now
profishkeeping
profishkeeping - 6 years ago
or you could get better imbellis, which looks identical apart from slightly shorter fins, and it is really really peaceful to all other fish
McMouse
McMouse - 6 years ago
5 gallon fluval spec, 1 koi betta, 5 nerite snails, 2 platy's, and 2 otocinclis. They have been living happily together for almost a year. I have 2 crypts (green and red wendtii). and 1 small piece of driftwood.
Uel Jordan
Uel Jordan - 6 years ago
120 galon planted tank. I have a male koi plakat male along with my many wonderful loaches. I have khulis hillstreams yoyo boyotoa skunk loach basicly everything but clown loaches i have a small dojo loach im growing out. Along with about 6 ottos 8 emerald corys God only knows how many trumpet snails 3 nerites 15 neon/neon green tetras 4 blind cave tetras and 8 purple het rasboras. Its a big tank and no one really bothers the beta. The only one that really hangs out around its cave (i put a half of a plant pot in along with the wood and plants and stuff) would be my one albino reticulated hillstream who cleans the cave pretty good. The blind caves also have their own terracotta pot. Granted it much larger but they never use it. I mostly find the khuli loaches and other nocturnals in it.
Haley Bryant
Haley Bryant - 6 years ago
10 gallon with different species of Cory cats. My betta is very chill and likes to swim with the corys during the day. he has never chased any of them and he uses them to see if there is any food in the tank.
Liam Andrade
Liam Andrade - 6 years ago
Hey have you guys seen anything about common pond snails, I haven't seen much about them but I had one in one of my tanks a while ago and really really enjoyed him!
Northie
Northie - 6 years ago
I don't know why anyone would want to keep a betta in a bowl unless it was at least 10 gallons which is the minimum size where you are allowed to keep fish in my country.
Joe Norby
Joe Norby - 6 years ago
Mo' Betta.
Leetsarge
Leetsarge - 6 years ago
Just want to throw out there that Rasbora Hets are lovely fish and consistently entertaining!
Weldon Aquatics
Weldon Aquatics - 6 years ago
Love me some Top 5 lists! Great information for the hobby
Del James
Del James - 6 years ago
What about neon tetras?
Jonathan Nguyen
Jonathan Nguyen - 6 years ago
I have a crown tail betta and a pea puffer in a 20 gal. Thinking of adding cardinal tetras. What do you think?
Adam Willcome
Adam Willcome - 6 years ago
I have a red veiltale betta male with 3 of my guppies and he was agresive with my guppies when I got him and now he is chill and he eats with them now and he goes where my guppies go with out being agresive and the guppies are even breeding around him he dosent seem to care so I think guupies would work for some bettas. I have a 10 gallon with him the guppies and 4 spoted Cory.
Bando Jamez
Bando Jamez - 6 years ago
I got goldfish with my betta
Benjamin P.
Benjamin P. - 5 years ago
Please tell me this is a joke...
Nikola Kuehne
Nikola Kuehne - 6 years ago
What are the best tank mates for pea puffers?
matthew smith
matthew smith - 6 years ago
Darn! I was going to make a hilarious joke about keeping Oscars with a betta! You beat me to it Cory. I've never kept anything beyond snails with them, I hear too much anecdotal stuff about some bettas being crazy! Awesome as usual
Jhonny Zelaya
Jhonny Zelaya - 6 years ago
20 gallon koi betta ottos and guppies works great for me also 10 gallon with 6 celestial pearl danios
FuZzY-03
FuZzY-03 - 6 years ago
3:19 what is that bigger fish with red points?
Marucu Nucu Agadisan
Marucu Nucu Agadisan - 6 years ago
6 galon 1 beta and 7 rasbora
Bentley Pascoe
Bentley Pascoe - 6 years ago
I have a couple Bettas. 29g with SAEs, German Blue Ram, Cardinal, Neon and Black neon tetras and some Harlequin Rasboras. Its a busy tank and Captain Fluffles (yes, that's the betta) often loves to dive down into my dense field of crypts and hide between the leaves/stems and poke his head out. Another is in a Fluval FLex 15 lightly modified to lower the flow with sunset guppies and he's super active. He swims with the guppies and has been nicer to the fry than the parents are. He loves flopping on the crypt or Melon sword leaves and lounging when he's not showing off his awesome red twintail finnage. Love Bettas in planted Community tanks!
Mister B’s -fish and things
Mister B’s -fish and things - 6 years ago
Beta? Or Beta? Mmm...
Jaclyn Teichgraber
Jaclyn Teichgraber - 6 years ago
1 Betta
8 Golden White Clouds
9 Neon Tetras
4 Ghost Shrimp

I seem to have a SUPER mild Betta, has no interest in any of it's tank mates (who often school close to him). I have 8 Golden White Clouds, 9 Neon Tetras and 4 Ghost Shrimp (though the day I introduced the Betta he did try to go for the biggest shrimp, who was having NONE of it. Gotta see the shrimp biff the Betta in the nose and he's never bothered the shrimp again).
Aurah
Aurah - 6 years ago
My male halfmoon betta lives with a couple nerite snails, an amano shrimp, and a couple brown neocaridina shrimp in a moderately planted 5gal. Interestingly, he leaves the amano shrimp alone, but he'll take a swipe occasionally at the brown shrimp. I think it may have to do with the fact that the amano shrimp is clear, so the betta just doesn't register that he's there.
ryman8
ryman8 - 6 years ago
25 US gallon tank with 10 male guppies, 5 endler guppies, 3 Julii Corys, 6 kitty tetras, ~100 assassin snails, 7 cardinal tetras, 3 Otto's and a female betta :)
I added the female betta as soon as I thought lots of baby guppies were big enough, but she proved me wrong and ate around 30 3 week old guppies in around 2 days!
Jonni C
Jonni C - 6 years ago
12g with a Betta & Amano shrimp.
Jeremiah Oddo
Jeremiah Oddo - 6 years ago
My beta eat my mts
Dango Bycon
Dango Bycon - 6 years ago
Are the they 29 gallon tanks behind you at your store Corry?
Aquarium Co-Op
Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago
20 gallons
Dango Bycon
Dango Bycon - 6 years ago
12 gallon heavily planted Fluval Edge with Betta and Endler Guppies, not had a problem, the Endler's are too fast for the Betta.
Isaiah Yoder
Isaiah Yoder - 6 years ago
I keep five bumblebee gobies, three African dwarf frogs, blue neocardinia shrimp, a million ramshorn snails, some Malaysian trumpet snails, and three assassin snails with my female white and red crowntail in a high PH ten gallon.
Alex
Alex - 6 years ago
20 gallons with 10 red eye tetras and a black molly , just added my Betta couple hours ago, he keeps flaring at is own image (kinda funny) but he seems to be okay with the molly tho ,which is pretty nice. I will be adding a few Corydoras in a month or so. fingers crossed
Lycramosa230
Lycramosa230 - 6 years ago
10 Gallon tank one male halfmoon, 3 harlequin rasboras, one black racer nirite snail, two otocinclus, some ghost shrimp, an undetermined amount of assassin snails (They keep breeding lol) and two albino cory cats (plus lots of plants!).

5 gallon tank with one dumbo halfmoon male betta, three kubotai rasboras, one endler guppy, three horned nirite snails, some cherry and ghost shrimp, and a bunch of malaysian trumpet snails, bladder snails, and ramshorn snails (and plants!)

5 gallon tank with one veil tail male betta and three small horned nirite snails, and plants. Planning on putting some ghost shrimp and maybe an african dwarf frog in there too.

I test the water every week and do the appropriate water changes to keep levels down, I've had them all for a few years now and all doing well!
Hi Everyone
Hi Everyone - 6 years ago
I had a 35 gallon tank with one female betta, 8 neon tetras, 10 glow light tetras, 2 Khulli loaches, 3 pepper Corys, 2 balloon mollies, 1 male guppy, honey gourami
K o r i c
K o r i c - 6 years ago
I had a 40 gallon and kept Indian Glass fish (unpainted), with a betta for several years. I have a lot of bettas and none of them have ever really been opposed to any tank mate and I've luckily never had to deal with fin nippers
Jeremy Niewinski
Jeremy Niewinski - 6 years ago
10 gallon planted. 1 halfmoon twintail betta, 1 peppered cory, 1 albino cory (both cories were kind of “leftover” from a previous tank, so I tossed them in, they had friends but they’ve died off over the years), school of 8 ember tetras (doing GREAT), 2 zebra nerites, 1 tiger nerite. I thought MTS were considered a “pest” snail? (Forgive me if I’m wrong.) I personally have a snail issue (I think they may be MTS and some “pond snails,” they hitchhiked on the plants I bought.) Will kuhli loaches try to chip away at that? I manage a pet store and do all of our fish orders and I purchased some black kuhli loaches actually so we have some right now. Thanks for any feedback and love the channel!
V. Stag
V. Stag - 6 years ago
Awesome video Thanks for sharing #FishFam #NJAE18
LateNight Mei
LateNight Mei - 6 years ago
top10 tank mates for pea puffers~
Ricky Kaufman
Ricky Kaufman - 6 years ago
My Male TwinTail Halfmoon lives with guppy/molly fry, and green cories in a 20 HEX.
Nihar phansalkar
Nihar phansalkar - 6 years ago
Great Videos Man! Love your channel a lot!!!!!! Please Keep It UP!
byron wilkinson
byron wilkinson - 6 years ago
15 gal 1 Betta/ 10 ember tetra/ 10 Cory habrosus/ 3 Otto
Mike C
Mike C - 6 years ago
I had about 5 or 6 ember tetras chew off my bettas tail when I was gone for a few days. He was a beautiful fish. Just a heads up.
Safi Rizwan
Safi Rizwan - 6 years ago
I got 2 Female Betta´s with 10 Neon tetras, 5 silver red eyed tetras, 2 black mollies, 2 White Balloon mollies, 2 sunburst Mollies, 5 snake skin Platy, 6 ghost shrimps in a 30 gallon. I clean every week with lots of hiding spots, and it works fine :)
cmpi82
cmpi82 - 6 years ago
Great Video as usual. I have a Dumbo Halfmoon Male Betta & I keep him with Malaysian Trumpet Snails aka MTS, Mystery Snails, Chopstick Snails, Nerite Snails, Otocinclus Cats, Bronze Cory Cats, Kuhli Loaches, a Horseface Loach, Green Neon Rasboras aka Kubotai, & tons of Guppy fry. I had some problems with a pair of Indian Dwarf Chain Loaches aka chain/indian/dwarf loach picking his fins & the guppy fins so I sold them to my LFS.
natedogg2329
natedogg2329 - 6 years ago
Love this channel, I tell everyone to follow you guys, plz do a discus care sheet, and compatible tank mate's
Destiny Kingston
Destiny Kingston - 6 years ago
I have a 5 gallon and I keep a male betta and 2 plecos and a snail
Stale Meme
Stale Meme - 6 years ago
I've had success with FEMALE bettas with glo fish, cherry shrimp, corys, and even 1 month old mollies
bald and dangerous
bald and dangerous - 6 years ago
thanks for the upload cory,as a total newbie i get loads of great information from you,love all your channels..dougie from the uk
Melissa Berry
Melissa Berry - 6 years ago
My Betta kills everything so for that reason he's in a 10g all by himself
Clarke Road Trojans
Clarke Road Trojans - 6 years ago
I have a 20 gallon aquarium tank with a couple Siamese algae eaters, three mystery snails (one black, one yellow and one ivory) and a halfmoon male betta fish. I have a divided the tank, so my male betta fish is alone. He shows no aggression, so I can add more tank mates in the future.
C.D. Reimer
C.D. Reimer - 6 years ago
I would get a school of panda cory catfish. They're small and very cute.
Lflower1 Stars
Lflower1 Stars - 5 years ago
Have 6 Panda Cory in my 30 gallon tank with 3 female bettas...all is fine.
John Nguyen
John Nguyen - 5 years ago
C.D. Reimer be careful about the fish you pick for your betta. It’s not only what will they do with/to your betta but do the fish feel comfortable in the same type of water?
Something Random
Something Random - 5 years ago
C.D. Reimer I have a peppered Cory catfish and his name is gumbo and I love him I really recommend Cory catfish because Thayer are very easy to take care of they don’t get big and they do a very good job cleaning
Ex-Muslim Libertarian Atheist
Ex-Muslim Libertarian Atheist - 6 years ago
I've got 2 female bettas and a mystery snail in a 20 gallon. At first they tried to catch the snail's antenna, and the snail would hide in its shell. But now they don't bother it at all.

Then again, female bettas are more peacefu.
Tomas Wray
Tomas Wray - 6 years ago
I have a 28 Liter tank and I have a betta so this vid is great for me
Aquascaping TV
Aquascaping TV - 6 years ago
Cool channel.
Heather Nielsen - Scarlet Aquatics
Heather Nielsen - Scarlet Aquatics - 6 years ago
So far I have had good luck with my Bettas. They get along well with everything I have put them with.
Sakura Blossom101
Sakura Blossom101 - 6 years ago
I had a female and male Betta in a 55 that was super fun and they left each other alone. The tank was heavily planted so the female could hide if she needed to.
Dylan Phillipson
Dylan Phillipson - 6 years ago
The classic Oscar and betta pair
MrRussianGerman
MrRussianGerman - 6 years ago
Old joke is old
Rick Booher
Rick Booher - 6 years ago
When oscar gets Big not bug they will be betta al mode in tqo gulps
Rick Booher
Rick Booher - 6 years ago
Once that oscar gets bug it will be betta al mode in two gulps
Lycramosa230
Lycramosa230 - 6 years ago
One of my co-workers had an angelfish that would kill anything else in its tank except for the betta lol.
Criterion515
Criterion515 - 6 years ago
expensive diet you have for that oscar.
Museless
Museless - 5 years ago
Kuhlis are active little guys. I’d really recommend a 20g+ for them, just bc they do better in groups of 5+.
Thomas Alder
Thomas Alder - 6 years ago
Just make sure you have a good lid or lip on that 7g, as they (the loaches )can actually jump out of the tank. I've lost a couple that way.
Harley Monteiro and his fish
Harley Monteiro and his fish - 6 years ago
I have actually kept a betta fish with corys, clown loaches, mollies, neon tetras, plecos, synodontis catfish, a German blue ram, a goldfish, and even a gold gourami! The tank size was a 55 g community tank and I was lucky enough to have a nice betta fish who allowed me to put this great variety of tank mates in with it! I was very happy with my success! I caution anyone who reads this to hesitate to try and replicate this success but I hope atleast I can give ideas for others to try! Good luck
Louise R
Louise R - 6 years ago
In densely planted tanks, shrimp are a great option, especially for the smaller ones. But I wouldn’t try your favourites/expensive ones first since some bettas really take to hunting them. But even that’s good food and enrichment for them if you have a lot of culls.

In 50L+ tanks (slightly bigger than a 10gal) neons are a great choice. I’ve found that most bettas will restrict the neons’ space too much in anything smaller, which leads to them fighting amongst themselves.
Definitely agree with the ember tetras though!

Most will be fine with any bottom dweller, provided you have the space and hides for them.

Guppies are often successful in 10gal+ tanks, but again I’d go larger.

Chilli Rasboras, and endlers are also good options for nano tanks.


Overall, if you provide enough hides and plants for them to inspect and hide amongst, they’ll be great with other fish
Bre Galloway
Bre Galloway - 6 years ago
20 gallon long planted, 2 Bolivian Rams, 1 Betta, 5 cherry Barbs, 5 rummy nose tetra.
Allison
Allison - 6 years ago
I don't recommend Nerite snails! Cory is right about the betta confusing the antennae with a worm. Luckily I noticed the nipping before any major damage & moved my snail to another tank. Harlequin rasboras seem promising!
Mr. Very Kool
Mr. Very Kool - 6 years ago
I have a ten gallon, I have pond snails, guppies and ghost shrimp. The upkeep is about 50% per week but it's worth it for the fun tank

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