Showboating betta!

[new2betas]

Just "another side of the coin opinion" - I have a male betta in a 10g with three peppered cories and they cohabitate very nicely together. I do, however, think it depends on the betta and the tank size, but it is doable.

[Purrbox]

There's a betta breeder in my fish club. She's found that by leaving the male in with the babies to raise them 1. The males tend to be healthier and recover from breeding better 2. the babies are less aggressive.

[mike47517]

cool.

[crazyfishlady]

I have a 46bowfront with 1 male betta, 1 female betta, 1 pearscale goldfish, 5 swordstail, 1 bala, 1 iridescent shark, 2 mollies, and 1 lungfish. The bettas get along with everything just fine. They dont even bother each other.

[crazyfishlady]

I have about 5 fry in a 10gallon right now that came from the male and female in the 46. I had about 15 originally but I don't think they were getting enough microworms. Oh well, trial and error. It's the first time I've bred betta.

[mike47517]

good luck.

[jrp1588]

I've had several community tanks with a betta in them over the years. I never had an issue until I got angelfish. One morning I woke up and the BETTA's fins were torn to shreds. Guess I always got docile ones

[Sombunya]

It seems the Betta I put in with my Goldies has been nipping the fins of one of them. I added a glass divider to the 10 gallon tank and now the Betta and the Goldfish hang out next to the sheet of glass, on opposite sides of course.

[mike47517]

did the betta ever recover after the fin incident?

[jrp1588]

yes, I put him in a spare tank and they mostly grew back, a little misshapen though