![]() However, make sure that there is plenty of cover and that the betta is well fed or else your shrimp may become an expensive appetizer.Ĭories (panda, dwarf, albino, etc) are another great choice for a betta community tank. If you had a choice between ghost shrimp and red cherry shrimp, definitely choose the red cherry shrimp. Not only that, but they are one of the best algae eaters, behind the amano shrimp. You can keep 10 and then sell the rest for a huge profit. Additionally, they are easily bred so that 10 will become 100 in a month or two. Because they only get up to an inch long, they produce very little to no waste meaning you can have 10 shrimp per gallon. Red cherry shrimp, my favorite invertebrate, is also great tankmate for many reasons. Additionally, because their bodies are entirely clear, bettas have a hard time seeing them so they cause any harm. A better choice would be to have a hospital tank and put the sick betta there to treat and leave the snails in the main tank.Īlthough most ghost shrimp are sold as live food for larger fish such as cichlids, they make great pets and tankmates. However, all snails are highly sensitive to copper so any medicine containing copper cannot be used in a tank with snails (or any invertebrate for that matter). They are also great algae eaters and have interesting shell patterns. These snail only get up to around an inch in length and are excellent scavengers. Another type of snail that fits well with a betta is a nerite snail. For this reason, you could need more than a 2.5 gallon tank to house a betta with an apples snail. Apple snails come in a variety of colors and can get up the size of a softball. Snails make great tankmates with a betta because of its hard shell which protects it from curious bettas maybe even hungry bettas. Since they aren't particularly good swimmers, the betta will usually his own food and then proceed with eating the frogs food before the frog notices that food is ready. Additionally, african dwarf frogs produce little waste meaning that you don't have to worry about nitrates/nitrites/ammonia. The betta will just let the frog do whatever frogs do. Because frogs look nothing like bettas (obviously), there's little to chance of a fight to occur. Now, on to the common tankmates!įish listed here are the best possible tankmates you can have with your betta.Īfrican dwarf frogs make excellent betta tankmates. ![]() It's up to the owner to decide whether or not to get a tankmate. As long as your betta doesn't show any signs of distress or become aggressive, everything will be alright. But that doesn't mean you can't get your betta a tankmate. Additionally, adding fish to a betta tank may cause the betta to become aggressive because it thinks that another fish is swimming over his/her territory. However, bettas are solitary fish meaning they do best by themselves. An overly aggressive betta should only housed by itself while a shy/ peaceful betta can possibly live with guppies or other colorful fish. Because every betta has his or her own unique characteristics, whether or not a tankmates will peacefully live with the betta varies widely. Another important condition is the betta's personality. If a possible tankmate qualifies for all 4 conditions, then they should make great tankmates with a betta. Lives roughly in the same water conditions as a betta (no brackish or saltwater fish).The right size for the size of the tank (No common plecos in a 10 gallon tank since they get to 2 feet in length).Not a fin nipper (Tiger barbs are a big NO).Not colorful or resemble a rival betta's colors (guppies).The general rule is that a betta can live with anything as long as it's In fact, there are quite a few species that can successfully coexist with a betta. Includes data sourced from the Data Spreadsheet for Animal Crossing New Horizons, compiled and edited by 6480, noizhub, Ricky, chaiinchomp, saberslime, robotic_scarab, mollumisc, sunmarsh, kyrokey, obstinateRixatrix, jackiwi, Zalex, SuperHamster, kait, hyuum, Azarro, Czarcasm, cinnamon_swirlix, astronomyfortwo, Welcius, glowtopia, BriKun, Alyrei,, StevieCoops, sneeze, Shiny190, TwistedPeach, LavaToaster, capstone, vmario, rocklamp, Alexis, Aeon, and PanchamBro.Although many believe that bettas can only be housed by themselves because they'll "kill" anything alive in the tank, bettas CAN be housed with other fish/invertebrates.
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