newtropical
Aquarium Advice Regular
Im hearing alot of mixed things about put other fish in with my male betta midnight i would liked to have put in a few females but hear i should not If not what can i put in with him?
I would put a betta with a school (6) of neon tetra's.
But not in a five gallon tank. That would overcrowd like crazy and stress them all out. There isn't enough room for hiding places, plants, all of those tetras and the betta. That's asking for disaster.
is my tank size not good?
A betta with 6 neon tetra's is nowhere near overstocked for a 5 gallon tank.
Your tank size is fine for you to keep one betta along with a school of smaller 1 inch tetra's, 6 of them.
You'd be overcrowding the 5 gallon with the 6 tetras alone! Add the betta, and you're asking for trouble. Again, the minimum rule for space is an inch of fish per gallon of water. You'd potentially start overcrowding your tank at 5 tetras, let alone adding another one and the betta.