*Which tank mates do well with your betta fish?* Also, if you have a smaller betta fish tank, check out our previous video for more ideas: ruclips.net/video/JmUTEUoY6Jg/видео.html
You guys should consider bunker branding to print your merch thay started it because thay had the same problems you where talking about in the last live stream I think it could work out well for you thay are very quality oriented and work almost exclusively with other youtubers because t spring and others like it are out of control
I had a betta cohabitate well with 10 dwarf gourami in a 55 gallon tank. Dont know how common this is. (Moved the betta into a 20 gallon to breed the dwarf gourami)
Thank you! I rescued two severely neglected female Bettas a couple of months ago , they've made it so far and I've been wondering what tankmates would be compatible with them. I've never really wanted a betta, but when I saw these 2 poor fish in an empty house I was cleaning to get ready for sale, I just couldn't let them continue to suffer so I brought them home. 💕👍
I’d recommend snails first as a “test buddy”. They’re tough, non-aggressive, and cheap. Bettas won’t usually bother them, but if they do at least you’ll know how social the betta is before you waste money on other fish.
my betta does better with fish than a snail. the snail was slow and didn't fight back. he nipped off the antenna. The fish, though he does chase them, they are fast and can hide/break line of sight. he hasn't messed up any fishy fins lol
@@rangerlovee3324 agreed. my snail made the grave mistake of going into my bettas floating log (my bettas main territory) lucky I saw him freaking out on the snail trying to do as much damage as possible. I broke them up but needless to say the tetras I have fair much better against the betta as once they run she doesnt even bother chasing.
I went extreme overkill with a 150gallon heavily planted and hardscaped out with 1 male Betta , and a ton of guppies , a few shrimps , and a couple of snails , with dwarf Cory cats. The colors of the critters in my tank really "pop" because I have a black substrate and tons of greenery from the plant foliage. My nephew says my tank looks like a rainbow exploded
Wow that is really impressive! I'd like to see something like that. Can't believe you managed to fit a betta in a 150 gallon tank. That's a pretty big tank for it. Wow! The fact it is successful is really awesome!
I have 12 female Bettas in my 200 gallon angelfish tank and they are thriving! There are 5 spotted raphael catfish, 5 stripped raphael catfish, 2 common plecos, 4 african clawed frogs, 6 flying foxes, and 10 angelfish.The whole tank has been going for over 2 years and has been awesome.
If your considering buying a group of kuhli loaches just get ready for them to be your favorite fish. Little guys are fun to watch swim around. Just be careful with plants and give them caves. If your making a cave then make sure you can see into it, they all huddle up.
@@antivaxxnugs7859 I assume that so long as you have a well-fitting lid without noticeable gaps, the water perimeters are nice, and there’s no extreme cases of aggression/stress (so the loaches don’t have a reason to try and escape), it should be okay.
Kuhlis are my favorite fish. Such fun personalities. They love zooming around the tank and crashing into everyone. They get along phenomenally with my African Dwarf Frogs. The Kuhlis and my frogs both play together in the bubbles from my air stone and they snuggle together. What I also love about Kuhli Loaches is they don’t bother anyone. They aren’t aggressive at all. I’m cycling a 20 gallon tall right now with hopes of moving my male Betta into it because he’s currently in a small tank. I really want to put some Kuhli Loaches in there. I’ve heard that African dwarf frogs can also mesh with a betta. I still want to do more research on that though. I don’t want to be impulsive with my tank selections.
My betta is a.... unique... fish. He likes to bury himself in substrate... so I changed to smooth marble so he wouldn't keep damaging his fins. He also sought out every firmish stem plant.... So now he has silicone imitation anemones, glass marbles, and duckweed with a gentle waterfall inducing filtration system (the betta likes to 'ride the water slide)....and ghost shrimp. The shrimp like to ride on the bettas back (ride 'em cowboy🤔) and eat the algae. Finally, his tail is growing back.
Make sure you know its personality or be ready to keep a close watch on the tank. I thought my little guy would be fine with others because he had a bad eye when I got him. I thought perhaps this would impair his ability to hunt and therefore I could keep him with others. Turns out he is the one eyed red devil. After decapitating many shrimps and eaten endlers later I learned my lesson. I thought maybe snails? The harden shell of the nerile might live to tell the tale. This however was not the case and they too met their demise. My red one eye plakat betta now swims a 6 gallon long tank with only plants to keep him company. He also randomly attacks the thermostat quite often now to get his aggression out. Still love the little guy!
I have a female betta in a 15 gallon tank. I added 7 neon tetras. All seemed fine, I woke up the next morning to 7 dead, half eaten neon Tetras. I felt terrible:(
We tried tetras as well. The second I put them in the tank my Paradise betta ate one head first! By day two I had one of the five left. From that day I decided that the only community tank members would be fish that would not fit in his mouth 😅
My betta was aggressive too. He’s on a 5 gallon tank. It took me at least 3 times introducing shrimps for him not to attack them anymore. My sister taught me that I should put some hiding places for the shrimps so I put some rocks at the edges of the tank and some plants too. He doesn’t bother my snails. Got two newborn ramshorn snails.
I have a “giant” betta I got from petco he looks like an oversized plakat. I have him in my plant grow out tank which houses white cloud minnows... so yes it’s a little chilly in there for him atm but I’m working on moving fish from one tank to another. Eventually he will be housed in a 20 long with pygmy corys and green neons
Update he is far too aggressive and began attacking the other fish. He is now in a 5 gallon by himself which blows because I didn’t want another tank lol
@@caelanharamis5660 I believe that’s what he was could’ve probably worked as the smaller guy in the tank. I rehomed him to a local hobbyist and got a dwarf cichlid from the lfs so I’m happy
Ours tries to school with the corydoras for some reason. He hangs with them and eats with them, but when those little dudes get the zoomies he cant keep up
My betta’s in with an african featherfin, many different corydora and tetra species, african dwarf frogs, mystery and small snails, and a pleco. He is interested in everyone and likes to go around and calmly observe everyone and even has a few friends that he’s often with. He’ll eat with everyone even the corydoras at the bottom sometimes. He’s never poofed up even once and even shares his betta log with the frogs where you can often see them just laying on each other. He interacts with me a lot top. It helps that my entire community are all amazing friends even the featherfin is a gentle giant!
I've got a black and yellow betta with 4 kuhli loaches in my 10 gallon. Nice matching colors. It's super relaxed, the fish hide and come out whenever they feel like it.
You're about the color scheme too lol, it's a challenge when the primary thing is the well being of the fish and one has these color schemes :D laser corys, embers, and kubotais look very fine with ohko and red plants; I had considered my gray or green alien bettas, but once I got them they just seem so happy in their own little low flow tannic homes I wasn't feeling it.
Great video Cory! I have become a Bettaholic... Side effects are multiple betta syndrome and multiple tank syndrome 😂 I had a fish room 20 years ago and hadn't had a betta since my dad won me one at the fair when I was 7😭... So not having fish for many years a friend of mine I had not seen in a long time brought me a betta and one of those little "self cleaning"😢🤣 tanks.... So I got my Google on just to look at other bettas and discovered your Channel and so many others.. I was also introduced planted tanks.. I never had any luck with plants before until I started learning with all these amazing channels!! I just set my daughter up to 29 gallon with your large Sponge filter and some plants from you guys!!(my favorite plant that I recommend to everyone is your Pogostemon stelltatus octopus) I'm so excited that she's gotten into the hobby and my grandchildren absolutely love their betta fish!! I shared this video to her! Great information and very helpful!! She did get a trio of Guppies, a trio of platies a tiny baby bristle nose named "Jimmy"🤣💚 some mystery and Ram's Horn snails. She was really interested in knowing other fish that could be in her Aquarium!! So this was perfect! Thanks for all y'all do and share to help people get into and stay in the hobby!! Thank you for sharing!! I hope everybody there is having a blessed day! 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
Thanks for posting. I broke one of my rules of ten gallons or bigger, brought some furniture from my nieces apartment to a thrift store and the had a brand new five gallon for twenty five cents so betta tank. Plants and spider wood thinking kuhli loach but maybe one of the larger shrimp. Have to think on it.
Helpful. Thanks! I've not yet kept Bettas, but I'm advising friends entering the hobby and they may want Bettas. I like how this tries to address creating a complete tank.
Great information here Cory, I’ve found through my experiences that most peaceful tropical fish can go nicely with male betta just as long as they don’t have long wide fins/similar fins like the betta
@5:30 another reason Id like the idea of my Betta eating the Bettas is, it's fresh food for him, food that's healthy, and has lived a good life, even though it's a short life. Bettas are carnivores, pellets are just a different form of meat
I have a half moon king Betta in my 15 gal and he’s pretty chill. I have a trapdoor snail, three golden striped loaches, a hilly, and a school of fancy male guppies. I feed them all different food and they get on great. I do plan to upgrade to a 30 gal once we buy a home. I love keeping the rake in the main living area. Because they’re all so relaxing to watch
This is the most helpful video I’ve watched on the subject. I just got a 30 gallon tank and so far have just a bunch of plants and 1 betta. I’m definitely going to add snails, kuhli loaches, and those colorful shortfinned fish you mentioned towards the end. I still need to add more hiding spots as well. Planning on doing so next pay check😅
I had my betta in my community tank, he was awesome! Then my husband got a crayfish and put that in the community tank, so many things were wrong with that. The biggest problem was crayfish and betta do not mix -- so now Betta has his own planted tank and thinking of getting him more company besides snails and plants so this was a great video to give me ideas!
Thanks for the tips! I have found my bettas have done well with some of these suggestions. Obviously some bettas are just angry at everything lol, but I agree that they make a great showpiece fish in a community tank.
Ive got a 20 gal tank with a female veil tail and 6 female cherry barbs!! Ive also got 2 snails (a nerite and a mystery) and 10 ghost shrimp. Its great cause they all get along and while my betta tries to be a bully shes just too dumb to actually cause harm. Keeping them well fed really helps too
We don't appear to have either the Singapore Shrimp or the Vampire Shrimp in Australia *but* we do have a Native species that has the fans and that is Australatya striolata (Riffle Shrimp). This species is available from most suppliers. As a side note, we have a rare Native species of shrimp known as the Charmeleon Shrimp (Caridina sp WA 4) some also call it the Ninja Shrimp. You may ask why? Well, the name says it all. 😊
Been keeping fish a long time , always bigger fish like oscars and African cichlids. Over the last year since finding aquarium coop I’ve almost completely switched to community and planted tanks (12 tanks 1 with ACs) maybe I’ll give bettas a try.
I don't think I could keep a betta on his its own. Only ever kept them in community tanks and it makes them look even more amazing! Also, the footage in the clips were awesome!
I have a Betta living in my 30 gallon community tank with 3 Bolivian Rams. I know I got lucky because my Rams and My Betta are all really chilled. There was a minor scuffle when I first introduced him to the tank, the Rams tried to gang up on him, but he saw them off quickly & now they have a mutual respect for each other, he even sleeps above them.
I currently keep harlequin rasbora, chili rasbora, kuhli loaches as well as amano and blue velvet shrimps with a betta. The betta barely notices the shrimps but he started chasing the chilis the first few days. He seem to have gotten tired of doing so without much reward and ignores them now and instead just usually just goes around the rocks picking up tiny snails, ostracods and the occasional mosquito larva.
Currently have a male betta with a mystery snail, 2 nerite snails, and now a small school of green neon tetras. It's going very well! When I upgrade to a bigger tank, I'd like to add corys and some more tetras :)
When I told my lfs that I was purchasing my Betta for a community tank, she looked at me as if I was crazy lol. She said that it would be a menace in there (47 gallon UNS loaded with plants) and that they were called "fighting fish" for a reason. Having been in the reefing game for nearly two decades I was worried about the opposite, in that his fins would likely be getting nipped as my first concern. I put him in with lots of other community type species and all was well from day 1. With my experience I'd say Bettas may very well be the most underrated fish in the fish game. Not only are the colors insane, the price for even the most colorful and exotic is basically pennies compared to saltwater. Great personality in a planted tank as well, interacting with the plants is fun to watch.
Kuhli Loaches are actually my favorite smaller fish. I love them. Bettas are my second favorite. So I always have both in a tank when I make a Betta tank.
I have 3 female bettas in my 60 gal community with glo danios and glo tetras some plattys 4 rainbow sharks 2 dojo loches and a small dino bicher and they have been thriving the bettas all have there own hides and the sharks have there own hides that's how I avoid aggression and I make sure I over feed a little then just get out the left overs
I think with snails it really depends on the temperament of your betta that would determine what kind of snails you can get. My betta couldnt care less that theres a snail sharing his space, hes in a 10 gallon, and I have a horned snail. The most I've ever seen my betta do to the snail is look at it, before quickly swimming away.
I recommend long fin danios (Long Fin Slows Them Down) whether that be Zebra Danio, Leopard Danio, or Normal Finned Celestial Pearl Danios. Stir away from Giant danios as they get a little overwhelming for the betta. They can be nippers but with the long fins they have a hard time getting those fins. id also recommend Platy's specifically The Marigold Platy, This type of platy I find to be extremely hardy (more so the males as the females are harrased and usually die about 5-6 weeks in) so Maby have just 1 Male Marigold platy ( and 3 females if you want to be risky).
My betta lives with a group of stiphodon gobies and a breeding colony of CPD's, she does great! Doesn't mess with the stiphodons at all, and barely eats any of the baby cpd's.
I have 2 solo bettas (1 steals all the corydoras food and the other enjoys randomly spearing the corydoras) and then another betta in with just corydoras. Then in my 29gallon I have my halfmoon betta, harlequin rasboras and corydoras! I absolutely love the big community tank.
Your video was great timing for me as I bought a male Half Moon Betta 3 days ago and added it to a small 36 liter (~9.5 US gallons?) tank which has just 3 male Endlers (with small tails). I have had the 3 Endlers in there for about 7 months. So far so good with the betta. He doesn't go for them at all so far. They really kept their distance for ~24 hours because I guess they have never been in a tank with a much larger fish before. So I was really glad to see Endlers in your top 10 tank mates! Hopefully that holds true for my smaller type tank too. I'm hoping that things stay peaceful even when he tunes into feeding time. At the moment the little guys are getting most of the food and he gets the idea after a while. When he knows the feeding routine better, I hope he lets them get some without any violence. Thanks again, your videos are great.
I had a female Betta in a community tank and everyone did great, but she died very rapidly of overeating. It was really sad. It was impossible to feed the other fish without her scooping up everything she could in an eye blink, I could not stop her from doing so. I wish someone could make a video about how to get around this problem.
This would probably be a pain and stressful to the betta... but maybe get a small cup every morning scoop the betta in the cup when it comes up to eat and feed the other fish then put it back
I know it's an old comment, but maybe my comment could help someone else. I've seen some people get one of those floating Betta logs and they feed their Betta through the hole of that. If the Betta is busy eating there, throw other food away from the log and maybe other fish can get a chance to eat then.
My 2 betas tankmates are currently a 17” sailfin pleco, about 10 large clown loaches, some small cichlids, other random mid/top fish and an elephant fish + other random bottom dwellers
Just got a koi betta for my community tank and he is the cutest and sweetest thing ever. Hope he digs a 55 gallon blackwater more than a cup of blue water lol
I have owned four different Betta fish over the past 8+ years I have never once seen a shred of aggression from these fish. I have always kept them in a community tank with tons of tetras discus and angels.
I have my male betta in a planted 20 gallon tall with 6 ember tetra, 5 Khuli Loaches and an albino plecostomus. My betta is pretty chill though. He was housed with mystery snails for a while and left them alone too. I have only seen him go after an ember tetra once.
I've kept bettas in several of my community tanks, from 20 - 40 gallons. Never had a problem with tetras, corys, plecos, etc. I didn't keep them in tanks with gourami, wasn't sure that would work.
I got a molly, swordtail, guppy and platy tank with babies and 1 betta which helps with population control and they all live together in peace and since water flow is medium to high but not stressful for betta the betta is not aggressive because of the water flow
I have a few bettas in my 375 liters community tank, have had them for around 3 years. Have not seen any aggression at all, there's also a few amazon puffers in there. People need to try what works for them, and not just listen to people who say that bettas only can be alone!
I had one active red betta and today got a green glo fish, two common plecos, and a bunch of neocardian shrimp. the glo fish is getting flexed on a bit lol and the shrimp are getting chased for dear life but can hide well enough to breed i hope! cool stuff!
Cory I want to thank you for doing this video since I was still trying to pick out what I wanted to put in my second tank with another betta. I have never had Rasboras or corys until now. Picked up some cute Chili Rasboras and was amazed at how tightly they school, made me wish I had gotten a few more but there is time later to add more. Also picked up some Pygmy Corys and they are so cute and fun to watch. I am a Rasbora and cory fan now.
I like the idea of developing a tank with a balance between live bearers, egg layers and a Betta [or some other show fish] - I think there is something natural about fish consuming fry or eggs for sustenance. I used to be squeamish about seeing a fish eat a fry but got past that - yet I would not go as far as having mature guppies or goldfish be feeder fish for larger predators. Sound weird?
We love your channel and your store! We've both taken up caring for fish (tetras, shrimps of all kinds, endlers, kuhli loaches, and bettas) in our little apartment.
I'm thinking of getting back into making an aquarium. My last aquarium included a Betta and surprisingly a red fin shark. They got along pretty well. I was gifted some guppies from a classroom tank when I was helping my stepmother clean out her classroom. Those things had babies and those babies had babies and so on. The guppies served as the primary food source for the tank and the guppies got flakes. Unfortunately I introduced another fish that I got as a gift a little algae eater. That turned out to be sick and the fish quickly died from the sickness. I was pretty attached to the Betta and Red fin so it was a tough loss.
I'm really sorry that happened :( I really was attached to my bettas too and was really upset when they passed away. They really have distinct little personalities and are pretty smart.
I have a wonderful blue Betta fish and banded kuhli loach. Unfortunately the loach has decided it likes to feed on the bettas bottom fin. How do I resolve this issue?
I got a dwarf gourami, flying foxes, corys, ottos, danios and even some goldfish hanging out with my betta. And they all swim together with no problems. I do have a 60 gallon though.
Lol everything i've got in my 26 bow front with one of my bettas was mentioned in this video. 6 otocynclus, 5 chili rasboras ( I had 6 but lost one within 2 days ) some red cherry shrimp, which he doesn't care about at all luckily. also some ramshorn snails but those aren't really in there by choice haha. there's a couple dull blues and pink/orange ones, but most of them are brown.
*Which tank mates do well with your betta fish?* Also, if you have a smaller betta fish tank, check out our previous video for more ideas: ruclips.net/video/JmUTEUoY6Jg/видео.html
You guys should consider bunker branding to print your merch thay started it because thay had the same problems you where talking about in the last live stream I think it could work out well for you thay are very quality oriented and work almost exclusively with other youtubers because t spring and others like it are out of control
I have mine with angel’s, rummynose, corys, and a bristlenose pleco
Was hoping you would say cpd
I had a betta cohabitate well with 10 dwarf gourami in a 55 gallon tank.
Dont know how common this is.
(Moved the betta into a 20 gallon to breed the dwarf gourami)
And what about angel fish?
Getting a Betta started my aquarium hobby
Same
Black neons started my hobby
Getting a betta brought me back into the hobby after 20 years 💚🌿🐟🌿
Started with one, now i have 4 and looking at racks on amazon now for probably 6 more
@@norussian4109 🤣👍♥️
Thank you! I rescued two severely neglected female Bettas a couple of months ago , they've made it so far and I've been wondering what tankmates would be compatible with them. I've never really wanted a betta, but when I saw these 2 poor fish in an empty house I was cleaning to get ready for sale, I just couldn't let them continue to suffer so I brought them home. 💕👍
Bless you
This warms my heart. I’m sure those two appreciate it
Thank you for saving them.. ❤
What about danio
I’d recommend snails first as a “test buddy”. They’re tough, non-aggressive, and cheap. Bettas won’t usually bother them, but if they do at least you’ll know how social the betta is before you waste money on other fish.
my betta does better with fish than a snail. the snail was slow and didn't fight back. he nipped off the antenna. The fish, though he does chase them, they are fast and can hide/break line of sight. he hasn't messed up any fishy fins lol
@@rangerlovee3324 agreed. my snail made the grave mistake of going into my bettas floating log (my bettas main territory) lucky I saw him freaking out on the snail trying to do as much damage as possible. I broke them up but needless to say the tetras I have fair much better against the betta as once they run she doesnt even bother chasing.
My betta tried to eat baby snails, but he's perfectly fine with my neons.
Nah my snail died
I went extreme overkill with a 150gallon heavily planted and hardscaped out with 1 male Betta , and a ton of guppies , a few shrimps , and a couple of snails , with dwarf Cory cats. The colors of the critters in my tank really "pop" because I have a black substrate and tons of greenery from the plant foliage. My nephew says my tank looks like a rainbow exploded
Lol, you always want that!
Wow that is really impressive! I'd like to see something like that. Can't believe you managed to fit a betta in a 150 gallon tank. That's a pretty big tank for it. Wow! The fact it is successful is really awesome!
Haha was that a first time buy?
@@talonshadows4587 I bet that's gorgeous. Wow!
Its like “the all powerful algorithm” told Cory exactly what I have been researching for the last weeks! 😳
same! haha
Same
Same I’m just scared because my betta is aggressive😭
I have 12 female Bettas in my 200 gallon angelfish tank and they are thriving! There are 5 spotted raphael catfish, 5 stripped raphael catfish, 2 common plecos, 4 african clawed frogs, 6 flying foxes, and 10 angelfish.The whole tank has been going for over 2 years and has been awesome.
uh nvm
soooo cool!!
Be warn angelfish are known for eating fish that can fit in their mouths.
If your considering buying a group of kuhli loaches just get ready for them to be your favorite fish. Little guys are fun to watch swim around.
Just be careful with plants and give them caves. If your making a cave then make sure you can see into it, they all huddle up.
Are they able to easily escape? I hear that they can escape if they want to
@@antivaxxnugs7859
I assume that so long as you have a well-fitting lid without noticeable gaps, the water perimeters are nice, and there’s no extreme cases of aggression/stress (so the loaches don’t have a reason to try and escape), it should be okay.
Kuhlis are my favorite fish. Such fun personalities. They love zooming around the tank and crashing into everyone. They get along phenomenally with my African Dwarf Frogs. The Kuhlis and my frogs both play together in the bubbles from my air stone and they snuggle together. What I also love about Kuhli Loaches is they don’t bother anyone. They aren’t aggressive at all. I’m cycling a 20 gallon tall right now with hopes of moving my male Betta into it because he’s currently in a small tank. I really want to put some Kuhli Loaches in there. I’ve heard that African dwarf frogs can also mesh with a betta. I still want to do more research on that though. I don’t want to be impulsive with my tank selections.
Odd mine like to hide very little energy. I have 2 of them in there.
My betta is a.... unique... fish.
He likes to bury himself in substrate... so I changed to smooth marble so he wouldn't keep damaging his fins. He also sought out every firmish stem plant....
So now he has silicone imitation anemones, glass marbles, and duckweed with a gentle waterfall inducing filtration system (the betta likes to 'ride the water slide)....and ghost shrimp. The shrimp like to ride on the bettas back (ride 'em cowboy🤔) and eat the algae.
Finally, his tail is growing back.
Make sure you know its personality or be ready to keep a close watch on the tank. I thought my little guy would be fine with others because he had a bad eye when I got him. I thought perhaps this would impair his ability to hunt and therefore I could keep him with others. Turns out he is the one eyed red devil. After decapitating many shrimps and eaten endlers later I learned my lesson. I thought maybe snails? The harden shell of the nerile might live to tell the tale. This however was not the case and they too met their demise. My red one eye plakat betta now swims a 6 gallon long tank with only plants to keep him company. He also randomly attacks the thermostat quite often now to get his aggression out. Still love the little guy!
I have a female betta in a 15 gallon tank. I added 7 neon tetras. All seemed fine, I woke up the next morning to 7 dead, half eaten neon Tetras. I felt terrible:(
We tried tetras as well. The second I put them in the tank my Paradise betta ate one head first! By day two I had one of the five left. From that day I decided that the only community tank members would be fish that would not fit in his mouth 😅
My betta was aggressive too. He’s on a 5 gallon tank. It took me at least 3 times introducing shrimps for him not to attack them anymore. My sister taught me that I should put some hiding places for the shrimps so I put some rocks at the edges of the tank and some plants too. He doesn’t bother my snails. Got two newborn ramshorn snails.
I paired mine with African dwarf frogs and honestly it’s been going great. My betta is a very calm betta
@@VictoriaJames Smart. I moved her into a Molly tank and she thinks she is one of them. :)
I have a “giant” betta I got from petco he looks like an oversized plakat. I have him in my plant grow out tank which houses white cloud minnows... so yes it’s a little chilly in there for him atm but I’m working on moving fish from one tank to another. Eventually he will be housed in a 20 long with pygmy corys and green neons
Update he is far too aggressive and began attacking the other fish. He is now in a 5 gallon by himself which blows because I didn’t want another tank lol
@@GrandMasterPeep That's unfortunate. The 'giants' are usually giant halfmoon plakats.
@@caelanharamis5660 I believe that’s what he was could’ve probably worked as the smaller guy in the tank. I rehomed him to a local hobbyist and got a dwarf cichlid from the lfs so I’m happy
Ive had success with adding male danios as a tank mate for my male Betta. They are much quicker than them, and can stay away from the Betta.
@@GrandMasterPeep if you have small nano fish instead, he wouldn't be able to catch them anyways they would be too fast
my cardinal tetras has made my betta as their leader. they follow him everywhere!
How large is your tank? Right now I have only a 5 gallon tank for my betta, and im not sure how big of a tank I need to have other fish in with him.
@@aidanburley1939 15 to 20 long in my experience.
@@aidanburley1939 In a five gallon I wouldn't add anything but maybe a couple snails. You want a 15-20 gallon to add more fish.
@@mittenista thanks!
@@wnemethvargo284 thanks!
My betta is a chill guy - he's with a variety of neocaridina and snails. He's one of the very few that won't bother eating shrimp or attacking snails.
Same, mine lives with endlers and neocardina's!
Ours tries to school with the corydoras for some reason. He hangs with them and eats with them, but when those little dudes get the zoomies he cant keep up
Yet
My Betta lives with guppies and cherry shrimp. She never touches the babies.
@@kirin1230 I know this is late, but how did u get ur beta to not attack your guppies?
My betta’s in with an african featherfin, many different corydora and tetra species, african dwarf frogs, mystery and small snails, and a pleco. He is interested in everyone and likes to go around and calmly observe everyone and even has a few friends that he’s often with. He’ll eat with everyone even the corydoras at the bottom sometimes. He’s never poofed up even once and even shares his betta log with the frogs where you can often see them just laying on each other. He interacts with me a lot top. It helps that my entire community are all amazing friends even the featherfin is a gentle giant!
I've got a black and yellow betta with 4 kuhli loaches in my 10 gallon. Nice matching colors.
It's super relaxed, the fish hide and come out whenever they feel like it.
You're about the color scheme too lol, it's a challenge when the primary thing is the well being of the fish and one has these color schemes :D laser corys, embers, and kubotais look very fine with ohko and red plants; I had considered my gray or green alien bettas, but once I got them they just seem so happy in their own little low flow tannic homes I wasn't feeling it.
Great video Cory! I have become a Bettaholic... Side effects are multiple betta syndrome and multiple tank syndrome 😂 I had a fish room 20 years ago and hadn't had a betta since my dad won me one at the fair when I was 7😭... So not having fish for many years a friend of mine I had not seen in a long time brought me a betta and one of those little "self cleaning"😢🤣 tanks.... So I got my Google on just to look at other bettas and discovered your Channel and so many others.. I was also introduced planted tanks.. I never had any luck with plants before until I started learning with all these amazing channels!!
I just set my daughter up to 29 gallon with your large Sponge filter and some plants from you guys!!(my favorite plant that I recommend to everyone is your Pogostemon stelltatus octopus)
I'm so excited that she's gotten into the hobby and my grandchildren absolutely love their betta fish!! I shared this video to her! Great information and very helpful!! She did get a trio of Guppies, a trio of platies a tiny baby bristle nose named "Jimmy"🤣💚 some mystery and Ram's Horn snails. She was really interested in knowing other fish that could be in her Aquarium!! So this was perfect! Thanks for all y'all do and share to help people get into and stay in the hobby!! Thank you for sharing!! I hope everybody there is having a blessed day! 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚
Thanks for posting. I broke one of my rules of ten gallons or bigger, brought some furniture from my nieces apartment to a thrift store and the had a brand new five gallon for twenty five cents so betta tank. Plants and spider wood thinking kuhli loach but maybe one of the larger shrimp. Have to think on it.
Perfect timing. I was just considering setting up this exact thing. I hadn’t though of the Killifish. Might have to try that.
I think you are improving the lives of betta fish. Thanks Cory.
Helpful. Thanks! I've not yet kept Bettas, but I'm advising friends entering the hobby and they may want Bettas. I like how this tries to address creating a complete tank.
Great information here Cory, I’ve found through my experiences that most peaceful tropical fish can go nicely with male betta just as long as they don’t have long wide fins/similar fins like the betta
@5:30 another reason Id like the idea of my Betta eating the Bettas is, it's fresh food for him, food that's healthy, and has lived a good life, even though it's a short life. Bettas are carnivores, pellets are just a different form of meat
I've got my betta in a 15 gallon cube aquarium with a handful of guppies. Everyone gets along fine, and they seem to be doing well.
I've never really been interested in a Betta solo tank. But, I can definitely get behind this concept. Will keep in mind for future!
I have a half moon king Betta in my 15 gal and he’s pretty chill. I have a trapdoor snail, three golden striped loaches, a hilly, and a school of fancy male guppies. I feed them all different food and they get on great. I do plan to upgrade to a 30 gal once we buy a home. I love keeping the rake in the main living area. Because they’re all so relaxing to watch
This is the most helpful video I’ve watched on the subject. I just got a 30 gallon tank and so far have just a bunch of plants and 1 betta. I’m definitely going to add snails, kuhli loaches, and those colorful shortfinned fish you mentioned towards the end. I still need to add more hiding spots as well. Planning on doing so next pay check😅
I had my betta in my community tank, he was awesome! Then my husband got a crayfish and put that in the community tank, so many things were wrong with that. The biggest problem was crayfish and betta do not mix -- so now Betta has his own planted tank and thinking of getting him more company besides snails and plants so this was a great video to give me ideas!
Google are listening! I was talking to a pro about getting bettas and what to pair them with, then I get this awesome video.
Nice.
My male Halfmoon Plakat lives with Brilliant Rasboras and Cory Cats. They get along great.
Thanks for the tips! I have found my bettas have done well with some of these suggestions. Obviously some bettas are just angry at everything lol, but I agree that they make a great showpiece fish in a community tank.
Ive got a 20 gal tank with a female veil tail and 6 female cherry barbs!! Ive also got 2 snails (a nerite and a mystery) and 10 ghost shrimp. Its great cause they all get along and while my betta tries to be a bully shes just too dumb to actually cause harm. Keeping them well fed really helps too
We don't appear to have either the Singapore Shrimp or the Vampire Shrimp in Australia *but* we do have a Native species that has the fans and that is
Australatya striolata (Riffle Shrimp). This species is available from most suppliers. As a side note, we have a rare Native species of shrimp known as the Charmeleon Shrimp (Caridina sp WA 4) some also call it the Ninja Shrimp. You may ask why? Well, the name says it all. 😊
Been keeping fish a long time , always bigger fish like oscars and African cichlids. Over the last year since finding aquarium coop I’ve almost completely switched to community and planted tanks (12 tanks 1 with ACs) maybe I’ll give bettas a try.
I don't think I could keep a betta on his its own. Only ever kept them in community tanks and it makes them look even more amazing!
Also, the footage in the clips were awesome!
I have a Betta living in my 30 gallon community tank with 3 Bolivian Rams. I know I got lucky because my Rams and My Betta are all really chilled.
There was a minor scuffle when I first introduced him to the tank, the Rams tried to gang up on him, but he saw them off quickly & now they have a mutual respect for each other, he even sleeps above them.
I always love the Betta with a nice large school of neons!
I currently keep harlequin rasbora, chili rasbora, kuhli loaches as well as amano and blue velvet shrimps with a betta. The betta barely notices the shrimps but he started chasing the chilis the first few days. He seem to have gotten tired of doing so without much reward and ignores them now and instead just usually just goes around the rocks picking up tiny snails, ostracods and the occasional mosquito larva.
Currently have a male betta with a mystery snail, 2 nerite snails, and now a small school of green neon tetras. It's going very well! When I upgrade to a bigger tank, I'd like to add corys and some more tetras :)
I have a 30 gallon tall community. My betta loves it!!
Thank you for this video! I just got a free 29 gallon and am looking forward to doing my first community tank. This helped a lot!! :)
Lucky guy
I'm very grateful to have found this channel because it has given me inspiration and ideas about my channel Betta Fish
I just learned about the Borneo sucker loach which is only an inch and a half. I'm excited to try one
When I told my lfs that I was purchasing my Betta for a community tank, she looked at me as if I was crazy lol. She said that it would be a menace in there (47 gallon UNS loaded with plants) and that they were called "fighting fish" for a reason. Having been in the reefing game for nearly two decades I was worried about the opposite, in that his fins would likely be getting nipped as my first concern. I put him in with lots of other community type species and all was well from day 1. With my experience I'd say Bettas may very well be the most underrated fish in the fish game. Not only are the colors insane, the price for even the most colorful and exotic is basically pennies compared to saltwater. Great personality in a planted tank as well, interacting with the plants is fun to watch.
Some great ideas. Never thought of a kilifish with one. Might have to get some lampeyes in the future!
Kuhli Loaches are actually my favorite smaller fish. I love them. Bettas are my second favorite. So I always have both in a tank when I make a Betta tank.
Hahaha "Pokemon gonna collect them all"
I have 3 female bettas in my 60 gal community with glo danios and glo tetras some plattys 4 rainbow sharks 2 dojo loches and a small dino bicher and they have been thriving the bettas all have there own hides and the sharks have there own hides that's how I avoid aggression and I make sure I over feed a little then just get out the left overs
Thanks for making this video! I’m thinking of getting a few mates for my beta!!! 🐠
I think with snails it really depends on the temperament of your betta that would determine what kind of snails you can get. My betta couldnt care less that theres a snail sharing his space, hes in a 10 gallon, and I have a horned snail. The most I've ever seen my betta do to the snail is look at it, before quickly swimming away.
Not into Betta however, my daughter -in-law has one and I have been helping her. Thanks for the input.
I recommend long fin danios (Long Fin Slows Them Down) whether that be Zebra Danio, Leopard Danio, or Normal Finned Celestial Pearl Danios. Stir away from Giant danios as they get a little overwhelming for the betta. They can be nippers but with the long fins they have a hard time getting those fins.
id also recommend Platy's specifically The Marigold Platy, This type of platy I find to be extremely hardy (more so the males as the females are harrased and usually die about 5-6 weeks in) so Maby have just 1 Male Marigold platy ( and 3 females if you want to be risky).
You can never go wrong with a betta.
These are all fantastic choices for a community Betta Fish
My male betta actually schools with the 15 neon tetra in my tank. Hes so peaceful with them. And they dont seem to mind him swimming with them
Mine loves his zebra danios in a school too he does his own thing but loves to watch them
My betta lives with a group of stiphodon gobies and a breeding colony of CPD's, she does great! Doesn't mess with the stiphodons at all, and barely eats any of the baby cpd's.
All of our tanks have Betta in them such great fish they all have so much personality
I have 2 solo bettas (1 steals all the corydoras food and the other enjoys randomly spearing the corydoras) and then another betta in with just corydoras. Then in my 29gallon I have my halfmoon betta, harlequin rasboras and corydoras! I absolutely love the big community tank.
Your video was great timing for me as I bought a male Half Moon Betta 3 days ago and added it to a small 36 liter (~9.5 US gallons?) tank which has just 3 male Endlers (with small tails). I have had the 3 Endlers in there for about 7 months. So far so good with the betta. He doesn't go for them at all so far. They really kept their distance for ~24 hours because I guess they have never been in a tank with a much larger fish before. So I was really glad to see Endlers in your top 10 tank mates! Hopefully that holds true for my smaller type tank too. I'm hoping that things stay peaceful even when he tunes into feeding time. At the moment the little guys are getting most of the food and he gets the idea after a while. When he knows the feeding routine better, I hope he lets them get some without any violence. Thanks again, your videos are great.
Betta fish are the best 😀💕
Made a small order today it’s just a little past 3 in Iowa and it’s already shipped awesome
I had a female Betta in a community tank and everyone did great, but she died very rapidly of overeating. It was really sad. It was impossible to feed the other fish without her scooping up everything she could in an eye blink, I could not stop her from doing so. I wish someone could make a video about how to get around this problem.
This would probably be a pain and stressful to the betta... but maybe get a small cup every morning scoop the betta in the cup when it comes up to eat and feed the other fish then put it back
Oh that’s is so sad. I am about to add a beta to my endler tank. I’ll keep an eye out for this behavior.
@@quki3 I hope it works out well! Let us now how it goes. I'm still gutted about Lucy, she was the sweetest thing.
I know it's an old comment, but maybe my comment could help someone else. I've seen some people get one of those floating Betta logs and they feed their Betta through the hole of that. If the Betta is busy eating there, throw other food away from the log and maybe other fish can get a chance to eat then.
Get a fish tank divider or make one. When feeding time keep your betta in one side of the tank and everybody is happy 😊
My 2 betas tankmates are currently a 17” sailfin pleco, about 10 large clown loaches, some small cichlids, other random mid/top fish and an elephant fish + other random bottom dwellers
Just got a koi betta for my community tank and he is the cutest and sweetest thing ever. Hope he digs a 55 gallon blackwater more than a cup of blue water lol
Also we put frogs bit floating plants in our tank and our betta loves it. ❤
My favorites: Dwarf chain loaches, dwarf corydoras, Cardinal tetras, guppies, amano shrimp, My cherry shrimp culls, Horned nerite snails, Ottos, Siamese algae eater. depending on tank size... of course.
White Clouds & Ramshorn snails. Works great! Also guppy-endler hybrids work well, especially in a sorority.
I have owned four different Betta fish over the past 8+ years I have never once seen a shred of aggression from these fish.
I have always kept them in a community tank with tons of tetras discus and angels.
Betas are fun, someday I’ll get one when I have a compatible community tank.
Hmm blue betta, yellow guppies, and green plants. Makes a pretty tank.
Thank you so much, I recently bought a Betta and just today bought Neon Tetras, so far so good
I have my male betta in a planted 20 gallon tall with 6 ember tetra, 5 Khuli Loaches and an albino plecostomus. My betta is pretty chill though. He was housed with mystery snails for a while and left them alone too. I have only seen him go after an ember tetra once.
Cory love your videos watching you from Australia 🇦🇺
Bettas started me in the hobby - all mine have an oto and a mystery snail for company
I've kept bettas in several of my community tanks, from 20 - 40 gallons. Never had a problem with tetras, corys, plecos, etc. I didn't keep them in tanks with gourami, wasn't sure that would work.
Thanks I have been planning on adding a beta to one of my 20 gallon tanks and this gives me some great ideas.
I got a molly, swordtail, guppy and platy tank with babies and 1 betta which helps with population control and they all live together in peace and since water flow is medium to high but not stressful for betta the betta is not aggressive because of the water flow
Jimmy! Loved the B-Roll at the end with the sign. Another great vid -Brandon
I have a betta with glow tetras no problems i have a good eye for calm bettas
I have a few bettas in my 375 liters community tank, have had them for around 3 years. Have not seen any aggression at all, there's also a few amazon puffers in there.
People need to try what works for them, and not just listen to people who say that bettas only can be alone!
I have 6 betta fish in one aquarium. 3 males and 3 females and everything is fine, they aren't fighting.
one betta started my hobby now i have the same betta a year later in a twenty gallon with Cardinal tetras
That red betta at 1:42... nice
Adding a betta to your community tank is like Clint Eastwood walking into a bar!!!
Kuhli loaches are probably one of my favorite fish
That was a water bug the one on the leaf. You helped me a lot
I had one active red betta and today got a green glo fish, two common plecos, and a bunch of neocardian shrimp. the glo fish is getting flexed on a bit lol and the shrimp are getting chased for dear life but can hide well enough to breed i hope! cool stuff!
I have a Green Dragon in a 5g with 5 White-Clouds and a Pygmy Cory. It’s my favorite tank in my house.
Cory I want to thank you for doing this video since I was still trying to pick out what I wanted to put in my second tank with another betta. I have never had Rasboras or corys until now. Picked up some cute Chili Rasboras and was amazed at how tightly they school, made me wish I had gotten a few more but there is time later to add more. Also picked up some Pygmy Corys and they are so cute and fun to watch. I am a Rasbora and cory fan now.
My betta shares his tank with some long fin danios and an african dwarf frog, no issues with nipping
My embers and betta got along very well (they're still fine, they just got moved to different tanks lol).
My betta attacked my cardinal tetras in my 29gal planted tank so now he's in a 10gal with a mystery snail. That's all I trust him with.
I like the idea of developing a tank with a balance between live bearers, egg layers and a Betta [or some other show fish] - I think there is something natural about fish consuming fry or eggs for sustenance. I used to be squeamish about seeing a fish eat a fry but got past that - yet I would not go as far as having mature guppies or goldfish be feeder fish for larger predators. Sound weird?
We love your channel and your store! We've both taken up caring for fish (tetras, shrimps of all kinds, endlers, kuhli loaches, and bettas) in our little apartment.
I prepared my dad's old 10gal to get a betta and some plants, looking for some good friends 😊
Great video thank you for the visual on all the different options you gave!
I'm thinking of getting back into making an aquarium. My last aquarium included a Betta and surprisingly a red fin shark. They got along pretty well. I was gifted some guppies from a classroom tank when I was helping my stepmother clean out her classroom. Those things had babies and those babies had babies and so on. The guppies served as the primary food source for the tank and the guppies got flakes. Unfortunately I introduced another fish that I got as a gift a little algae eater. That turned out to be sick and the fish quickly died from the sickness. I was pretty attached to the Betta and Red fin so it was a tough loss.
I'm really sorry that happened :( I really was attached to my bettas too and was really upset when they passed away. They really have distinct little personalities and are pretty smart.
I have a wonderful blue Betta fish and banded kuhli loach. Unfortunately the loach has decided it likes to feed on the bettas bottom fin. How do I resolve this issue?
all 3 of my tank mates are on this list :P 14 ember tetra, 2 hillstream loaches and 6 julli cory!
I got a dwarf gourami, flying foxes, corys, ottos, danios and even some goldfish hanging out with my betta. And they all swim together with no problems. I do have a 60 gallon though.
Getting a Betta started my love for Bettas so I started an aquarium.
Lol everything i've got in my 26 bow front with one of my bettas was mentioned in this video. 6 otocynclus, 5 chili rasboras ( I had 6 but lost one within 2 days ) some red cherry shrimp, which he doesn't care about at all luckily. also some ramshorn snails but those aren't really in there by choice haha. there's a couple dull blues and pink/orange ones, but most of them are brown.