10+ Nano Fish Your Betta Will Love! Peaceful Comminity Tank Stocking Ideas.
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- 10 fish that will pair perfectly with your favorite pet betta. You heard it here! bettas love company, they don't need to lead a solitary existence. A planted aquarium makes for the perfect fish community based tank for your betta splendens.
for Ten of my favorite nano fish pairings to stock with your betta, just enjoy this video. cheers!
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I've always kept my betta in heavily planted community aquariums. Yes they do eat shrimplets and fish fry but since both shrimp and fish breed copiously I have no problem housing a wee predatory fish with them and feel that it gives extra quality of life to that predatory betta
Agreed! Thanks for your input
Not to mention improving the quality of your fry, ensuring only the strongest survive
Arguably having a predator in your tank encourages more natural behaviour from other fish as well. To an extent.
Tanks evolve , preferences change , knowledge is the precursor to success.
Beautifully put
There's lots of prejudice against betta in betta keeping groups. Most betta groups on Facebook will ban you for even suggesting that bettas be community fish. Not knowing anything about it, my betta has been living peacefully with multiple fish in our tank
Yup. And i dont recommend this to brand new betta keepers.
Love this style of shorter, pithy videos. Your enthusiasm really shines in this format. And the information content per unit of bandwidth is very high (which is crucial for those of us living in rural areas with limited bandwidth and download speeds). Thanks for a great channel.
Thanks, ill try and do more of this
I love adding Bettas to my aquariums! I have never had issues with aggression in many tanks. They're extremely curious fish that love to explore and interact. I have a couple that even played with or teased others. Very fun and very pretty. Thank you for sharing this! I don't think anything should be alone that doesn't 100% require it.
Recommendations for Betta tanks... Don't allow fake decorations with holes in it. They'll go in and come out, until they don't and get lost and die. It's dark in there, they can get lost. And, long fins do best and live longer in very low/minimal water flow. :)
Thanks for sharing! And for the advice
I just tried putting an Amano shrimp in with my Betta and it was a huge success! He initially inspected it but has ignored the shrimp ever since.
Yes, ive noticed amano shrimp are pretty brave, and hold their own weight...and then some. Nice to hear!
I had an Amanon that grew so big it would wrestle food away from my diamond tetras!
I think it depends on the Betta as mine harassed and ate 2 of mine
What food did you feed your amano shrimp?
As if planned by you I bought 3 betta sisters yesterday. They now live in a community tank with 15 danio choprae, 6 otocinclus, 7 corydoras panda and some very old neon tetra. So far everything is going according to plan.
And before I forget, thank you for all you do for our beautiful hobby. Keep it up
Aww thank you so very kindly. I appreciate your feedback and support. Cheers!
I love this information on bettas and I especially like the shorter video. I enjoy your longer videos but rarely have the time to watch them all the way through. They have great content and I appreciate that. Thank you for throwing this short in, great way to start my Sunday.
Glad you like them!
I like the bite-sized Alexander Wiliamsons. When I've only a moment in my day I can still get my fix without having to break it up to get my happy ending.
Love it❤❤ very helpful!! N wonderful info!! Thanks my man!!
This was great. I have been thinking about adding a betta tank. I love ember tetras, too.
Love it! I highly suggest it. Its basically just a spotlight fish for a nano tank :)
Thanks!
Awesome video, as always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great choice's thanks for sharing 💯💗✌️👍
No problem 👍 thank you for your support 🙏
This is so informative!!! Fantastic reporting; I enjoy this kind of content!🌻🌼🐝
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is beautifully done. Really enjoyed this. Got me thinking about another future tank
Awesome, thank you!
Good morning sir ❤ love my bettas and i know you do too! ❤ corys are high on the favorite list. Ive had great luck with betta and panda garra in the 29
Thanks for this countdown! You share a lot of information and I find that helpful. The shoulder video is also helpful because, frankly, I don't have the attention span for the longer videos, most of the time.
Thanks for your reaction
Excellent video and great for betta fish
Thanks 👍
I enjoy these videos with the countdown. Actually, I enjoy all your videos. Great science and experience based information. The purple tetra is a sweet fish ❤.
"You rock. I Thank you" love from Bettas (Worldwide!)
Thank you too!
You know me i like my deep dives ❤
I've got white cloud mountain minnows in with my betta. First 2 days he would swim towards them and scare them off. They hung out at the top of the water for about a week. Now they have spread out through out the tank and everything is awesome
Hey Alex, I watch you alot and I’ve noticed you often mention “The Wet Spot “ I live in NC and I recently placed an order with them (which I had to put on hold), but when I mentioned that I heard about them through your videos, they didn’t have any discount codes for you always giving them credit for new customers? I wish you got my love from people you mention!! I know that not what you are about but I wish they would help you out more because you are so free with helping others ❤️
I have mine housed with Corydoras, Endler's livebearers, sparkling gourami, platyfish, peacock gudgeon, cardinal tetras, fancy guppies, and chili rasboras in various tanks.
Thank you I love my Bettas so much 🥰🥰🥰
Yay first like ❤ great topic ❤
You're the best!
@Fishtory no you're the best 🤣
Awesome video 👍 well explained and thought out, another few fish ive found that can work good is otocinclus, khulli loaches
Yes. Otos were #3. But kuhlis were also almost on the list
@@Fishtory yeah awesome! Those are the few I've had experience with in the past and also I've had successful times with bigger shrimps,snails which aren't fish and corydoras. A major thing was to have enough hiding spots and comfortable territory for each fish type in the tank if things got rough.
I have a single male Koi BLack and Yellow male Betta by himself and I definitely think he is lonely and need to get him a couple pals. His tank is at least in an active part of the house so there is always someone around the tank.....but id like to get him a couple pals....actually, I have about 50 Venezuela Orange Cory's so I can put a small school with him
Right on! Id love to watch 50 corydoras
Good list 👍
My betta Sunny shares his planted 20 long with three African dwarf Frogs, two neon blue gobies, and a lot of cherry shrimp. (Yes the babies are often snacks but both species leave the adults alone as far as I can tell. There is a healthy population)
I know not all bettas would be ok in a set up like this but he’s a really chill guy.
Thanks for sharing, other people asked about the frog's too. So this is very helpful
Good job!
Thank you! Cheers!
I think the Dwarf Emerald Rasbora is one of the most beautiful fish in the hobby!!!! I wish they were a little bigger, but awesome for a nano tank!!!!! I think they are under appreciated. 😞I'm glad you mentioned them, though; if only in passing.
I totally agree!
I have 5 glowlight tetras (tetra?) with my male Betta in a planted 20H, everyone gets along fine.
I had betas in community tank ! I sold all but one ! But I will say they fought with my killi fish until my 3 killi fish died off :( one lone female in their now does fine with platy and guppies no problems !
Hey I kept one. In solitary but in a tank not a cup. He nibbled my finger when feeding which was fun. I thought small shoaling fish would be too fin nippy. Good to know info about other species. Thanks
Craig told me that a Betta is what we call in England a Siamese Fighting Fish. I have avoided them even though they are so beautiful. A friend bought 2 and put them in their community tank. The next morning everything was dead apart from one Betta. The problem they made was to have two in the same tank. Our local Fish Store has them in really small containers no bugger than two coffee mugs. I don't know much about them but it looks cruel to me. I would love to take one and home it. So I'll see what you have to say and reply to my comment Alex. Thanks as always buddy. Hey, my green hair algae issue has gone. Thanks again. Love ya buddy 🥰😘🤗
Righty, I have Bristlenose Pelcs along with fry. Ember Tetra, Fire Nose Tetra, Molly, Platy, Lime Rasbora, Chili Rasbora, Guppies, (all with constant fry) African Dwarf Frogs, Nerite Snails and some Pond Snails. What do you think ? Could I home a Betta and give one a wonderful life ?
So the betta may chase some guppies around if they have really flashy looking tails that flitter in the water...and it may eat newborn guppy fry... that being said, in the opening shot of fish footage in this video, i showed and old tank with guppies, tetras and plecos all living together fine.... all female bettas... or one male betta alone will rarely cause a problem. However i do wonder if the frogs would trigger their hunting mode...just because their legs could be grabbed easily....at the same time, i know of people who have kept those 2 creatures together peacefully.
If you can get a betta thats not from a huge farm/big box pet store...its more likely to also be more peaceful usually, since most european and home breeders raise betta together until 4 to 6 months old...so theyre familiar with community stimuli.
Id say give it a go, but just keep an eye on it for the first few days... and give it a decent clump of floating plants and or guppy grass/pearl weed/hornwart so they can make a little nest in the top corner and feel safe, and ideally a bit shaded from direct light too.
Good luck my friend!
@@Fishtory I can do all of that Alex, thank you so very much. Hopefully after time with some issues along the way, thing may settle down. I am still thinking about it and if I do decide to get one, I will let you know how we all get one 🤗 I always appreciate your candour and advice. If thing go wrong, it's not your fault. Wait, that's not my motto "It's Not My Fault" 🤣
My last Betta lived with ABSOLUTELY all sorts & ruled the roost 🤦♂️😂😂😂
I had one share a 50 gal with 3 angels, a decent sized gold gourami and others of various species for about 3 years.
One of my favorite setups.
Great list? Do you think chili rasboras could become fodder?
No, they work okay...unless you have a really agressive male...then sometimes he chases them. But if they have some plants to hide in, they'll outrun the betta , no problem
What are your thoughts on Glowlight tetras (not glowfish) or Cherry Barbs with a Betta in a 45 gallon? (23inx23inx18inH)
I have a 75gal community tank. Very peaceful and lively. Mollies, Tetras, 2 Angels,2 juvenile Tiger Barbs, Cory Cats, and a couple of Pecos. Well planted. I badly want to add my betta. Don't like that he is alone in his 5gal bowl. But I am afraid to do so. Any advice, please!!!
I have my crown tail beta in my 20 gallon long community tank. I have a couple of male guppies, 4 corys, 5 long fin danios, 10 amano shrimp, and everyone lives in peace and harmony. I did add him in last though. So i don't know if that helped with the territorial issues or not. If he was the first one in, then it could maybe make a difference in his attitude towards the other fish. 🤷
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Sure!
Ok, awesome vid Mr Alex shisho, but what about a plakat Betta boy in a 6g cube? He's very, very food oriented so I'm afraid neocaridina are out, but I really need some clean up helpers and buddies, but I'm cramped on space. Mostly clean up help as he's in a very planted with lots of leaf litter tank with natural light, so we tend to get algae.
Also, what do you think the smallest tank would be ok for those golden danio to live their best life? I live those guys but for health reasons (flipping arthritis and lupus😖) I'm limiting myself to 10g max. I have a 10g moss carpet tank w 6 CPD'S and a ton of snowball shrimp, could I add a cpl danios? Would they eat CPD fry? I'm trying to community breed.
Any opinions on Rice fish with a Betta ?? Planning a 20 gal cube.
They occupy the same space, so while the betta won't be bothered by the Ricefish, i could see that a betta may nip on their fins of you end up with a more agressive than usual betta. So i would say, yes it's possible, but observe closely for a the first few days
The thing I really want for my giant betta boys tank upgrades is some micro worms to hunt.. I saw a comment saying how theirs had changed completely and hunted for worms and I want that for my guys🥹any downside? have you done a video on it? If so could you link please? I'ma noob with substrate analysis paralysis😁now microfauna?😵💫but some company suggestions were perfect timing, now to find none of them locally available🤭😑
Edit: oh, I just joined! 😊
My male betta is in a 10 gallon with glass catfish, Cory catfish, and African dwarf frogs. My betta swims all around the tank bottom exploring and doesn't bother any of them.
Very nice
How does everyone feed their betta community tanks?
Hi Alex,
I have a question. Do the dead plant parts in my tank halp ,or contribute, to the microfauna in the tank?
I would say they help definitely if you have a natural substrate ( i know you didnt ask me but there u go:)
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We kept our Betta in a community tank. No problems.
Wurd
But I don't WANNA get on with my day, Alex!
Awww shucks
My male is with a group of 10 Harlekin rasbora, 10 kuhli loaches, 6 Otocinclus and countless caridina shrimp in a 25 gallon tank.
The 4 Betta girls in a same size tank with 10 chilli rasbora, 10 kuhli loaches, 6 Otocinclus and countless caridina shrimp.
Both tanks are 75- 80% with life plants. Each tank is around 1 year old The betta ladies established their rang order after 3 days squabbling (wouldn't call it fighting.)
Right on! Thanks for sharing
Can I buy micro worms and micro fauna online? Any info would be greatly appreciated!!!
Do you think I can keep my blind betta can live with otonciclus or peacock gudgen in a ten gallon?
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Rescued my Betta from a cup in a supermarket were he had ick and a torn fin. I quarantined him and cured the ick. And he has some permanent ripped fins that healed well without it affecting his swimming. He lives with two black mollies and a blue three spot gourami in a full planted 40 breeder. Along with four separate types of snail from small bladder and Malaysian trumpet snails to large rabbit and mystery snails. When I added the gourami I thought I might have to move the Betta to my backup 10 gallon. But all four fish swim around together and generally seem to enjoy each other. The betta like to follow the mollies around. And the gourami doesn’t mind the betta at all. It is worth it to add a betta if it is possible. Just be sure to have a backup plan if any of the fish don’t get along with your betta or vice versa.
I want to try to add my new betta to my 75gal community tank, but I don't want anyone to get hurt or killed. Should I just go ahead and do it??? What do you think?
Thank you for this video! I'm excited (relieved) to see the celestial Pearl Danios on your list! Have my heart set on using them as dither fish. 🤗
Question ~ you mentioned that corys will eat algae. Do they like the taste of hair algae? 🤔
So, corys will resort to eating filamentous and softer hair algaes if they're bored and or hungry, but honestly i wouldnt count on it, if you are feeding other fish, theyd much rather eat the scraps of flakes or something similar.
How about dw gourami in a larger tank?
Podwer blue dwarfs and honeys can work... but only use all females unless your sure you have a laid back betta or theyll fight over bubble nesting corners
What about loaches?
Loaches are lovely. Other than panda loaches, and rosy loaches, they arent "nano fish", so they didnt make the list...but yes, most small loaches are great
My peacock gudgeon terrorized my community tank 😂 Had to rehome him :/
Will bettas forage in the tank or do they need larger food?
The need visible critters...planaria, seed shrimp, daphnia, black worms or detritus worms all are great options
What about pygmy cories or habrosas corys in a 10 with a betta? ❤😅
Heavily planted of course
Sure!
Here in the UK my local fish shop wont even sell you a Betta and free swimming fish for the same tank. They will supply Ottos and other bottom feeders. Whilst they may appear to get along the Betta will always be stressed and it's lifespan shortened as a result. What are your thoughts?
I mean, in the wild betta live with many species of other fish, but specifically, gouramis, rasboras, grass carp, swamp eel species and danios... so I think its fine as long as the betta has space for a nest and 6 to 9 x 6 to 9 inch surface territory with plenty of plants and hardscape to hide near
Would a female Betta work in a heavily planted 7 gallon with 10 Chili Rasbora?
Yes indeed
The old fish store/breeder (from the 1960's) burned down 2 years ago so now all the local stores "expensive and cheap" all seem to have the same boring, sick fish. How do you guys find good fish?
Can bettas live with rosey barbs?
Yes. No problem.
I added a pair of peacock gudgeons and they are nipping and tearing my betta’s fins. My tank is heavily planted. Is there something I can do to minimise that? Thanks!
Also my peacock gudgeons are not really staying together. The male chases away the female on sight which I don’t know if it’s normal
Yeah they can be grumpy...it depends on how they grow up, and if he's wanting to spawn ...or get rid of her. If it's for spawning, look for nose to belly attacks by the male, and then twisting around one another ...lastly if the male is posing with fins all big and just floating near the female's view.... but if it's straight fin nipping and or gill plate attacks, the I split them up for a few days minimum. Add some more plants that are fine leaf... water sprite, ludwigia or wisteria ...guppy grass, just interpret their line of sight
@@Fishtorythanks for your reply! Do you have a discord or some platform where I could get a little more in depth advice? The female peacock gudgeon seems to be escaping fine (it’s just chasing) but I am actually concerned for my betta’s fins because he is slower… I have wisteria and ludwigia already
@ybor8054 we have a Facebook group with chats and one for breeding. I wil likely be doing a discord sometime, but I've been waiting to get folks who Want to manage it, with me not honestly having time
My koi plakat betta female lived peacefully with corys but the one time I placed ember tetras in the 10 gallon tank with her she immediately went into annihilate mode and was LUNGING at the tetras, hunting them down with great gusto- I had to get them out of there immediately.
Did she just flase charge? Or actually eat them/ rip up their fins? I just ask because it's very unusual.
@@Fishtory She never got one, fortunately, but it didn't seem from a lack of effort. She was actually flinging herself out of the water lunging after them, they were darting as fast as they could go all around the tank. It was heavily vegetated so they were able to use that cover to keep one "step" ahead (plus they were just overall faster than she was). Definitely did not seem to just be a false charge or just "showing who's boss" or anything, she acted more aggressive than I'd ever seen her. At that point I wasn't waiting to find out what happens next, lol, and removed them to another tank where they were very happy (and not chased by anything).
I keep my Betta with Espi rasboras, pearl Danios, Kuhli loaches, cory catfish and Shrimps and everything is perfectly fine.
At the begining my Betta kept hunting my shrimps but eventually he has realized that he is too slow for them and now he shows no interest in them anymore.
Yes 9 out of 10 bettas will be social. But that 1 out of 10 is gnarly trouble lol
yee, my sister had a Betta once too and that guy attacked everything that moved.
His own reflection, plants and even his SpongeBob statue.
Thats unlucky because she wanted them to make some babies but it never worked out with that betta she had.
Betas are more at risk from community fish. I never had a beta harm another fish, but many of the other fish would nip at the beta's fins so much that they eventually killed them.
That's a good point. I agree
A friend had a female betta that went on a rampage and killed guppies in her tank. She gave the betta to me and I kept her in a 5 gallon with some snails.
The 2 male bettas in my friends tank were fine with each other and the other fish but this little female was crazy 😂
@@giftofthewild6665 they all have their own personality, for sure
I need your help, please! I prepared a 5gal. Bowl for my first betta. Dirt and sand substrate ,live plants . Wood, small sponge filter, heater . Maple leaves. Pretty much like my 2 other bigger tanks. Then I added the betta . All was well. A couple of days later i fed my betta. Frozen Bloodworms. Couple of days later I fed him brine shrimp. The next day all hell broke loose. Ammonia and nitrites. Waterchanges daily, treatment with Seachem 😊Stability and Pristine. No food. Water is no better the next day. Repeat. Water is not better the next day. Today I did a 90% water change and repeated treatments. Water is testing good.
Am I doing something wrong? It's my first betta. Please advise me. Thank you so much for any help you can give me!!!
Sounds like the soil is leaching through to the water and has ammonia. Id remove the fish into a jar for a few days of tap water dechlorinated... keep testing the bowl...but itll need to sit up to 5 or 6 weeks for bacteria to colonize the plants and rocks you have in it, with beneficial bacteria usually.
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Betas and Pearl Gourami???
Probably a fight waiting to happen if you get a male betta... perhaps a Female sorority tank would work best
my hmpk betta "Kubo" hates everybody, cherry shrimp snails all fish..
I really don't know what to do about my samurai dragon scale plakat Astroid he killed a nerite and then I tried him with one my largest otocinclus but he harassed her to the point she was so stressed she wasn't swimming properly so obviously I took her out.
I really don't like having a tank without some sort of clean up crew but am scared for anything I put in, wondering if i should try a single mystery snail given how large the are ir can be?!
I know he will never be a community guy 😅 but I don't like not having some sort if clean up crew, do you think a mystery snail could manage ir even survive his extremely heightened attitude, remember he is a killer of a nerite (I had that nerite 8+ months in another betta community tank he was dead with 4 days if being in Astroids digs)
Astroid is in a 25l equivalent to 5 US gallons.
Whoa bummer. Usually they dont hunt nerites. Are you feeding frozen and or any live food? It can sometimes alter a betta to expect small bite size food units and not try hunting down other fish and inverts as much. Also believe it or not- large amano shriml usually will hold their own with most bettas. Also if his tank is heated, keeping it closer to 74 f. Or so, can help with aggression and reducing their urge to harass or hunt other critters. Just some ideas to consider if any of those things are not in place.
But sometimes you just get extremely agressive bettas too.
@@Fishtory hey. I think Astroid just wouldn't stop going for the nerite because it was brightly coloured that's my take on it and he was just relentless, I really thought the oto would work because they kind of blend in but whenever she moved or was swimming across open space he would just go for her so had to remove her. I feed a range of granulated pellets like fish science the tropical fish granular and frozen blood worms usually every other day and they get live brine shrimp, daphnia, blood worms and fruit flies about once a week when I go to my LFS (this diet is mostly for my bettas, but my pygmies eat bloodworms and the granular sinking pellets too), I also put about 1/4 of an algae wafer in my community tank for the otocinclus etc but everyone has a go at it. So that is mostly my diet for my fish overall.
So for Astroid when I get up I give him around 3 of the fish science granules and maybe depending on how his stomach looks (because he's incredibly active always torpedoing around his tank) then I might give him another two and then in the evening before their lights go out hand feed a couple of bloodworms and I don't necessarily do that every day but I recognise I feel Astroid more than my other Betta Neptune because he is 10× more active given him being a plakat he is more than half the size of Neptune and that isn't even including dragging a long flowing tail which Neptune has because he is a delta.
So I would say Astroid is a little bit over 1/3 of Neptunes overall size, just trying to give you a picture of how and why I feed them differently, as you know different fish different requirements.
I'm relatively new to TFK September in fact but am a fast learner and incredibly passionate but would rather ask for advice from someone like you on YT who I know has experience and knowledge of what you are talking about.
So I really cannot stand not having a clean up crew but I really have to take the well-being of whichever animal goes in there and I know amano' are quite hardy but would still be nervous, when I first got Astroid it was between him and and betta a beautiful purple delta and I let a little boy choose and one of the guys who work there tried to encourage me to get him and I know why it's because they knew he wouldn't be suitable for any sort of community tank, he was the only betta in the betta row who was on his own the others has pygmies, cherries and amano' co-inhabiting with them and the reason they were saying that is that fish shop always want people coming back for more and they knew me getting this fish would mean that.
I am not the kind of person who will go back and forth to my LFS and just buying and trying tank mates in the hope that it'll work but a high probability he animal will be severely harassed or killed, I'd like to a tank mate with at least some certainty it may work?
So you think an amano may be something that could work out?
*tried to encourage me not to get him.
I’m pretty sure these plakat Bettas are more wild type, more aggressive than the ones bred in fish farms for years and years. So I think they tend to be more aggressive.
This video inspired me to get some fish for my 5 gallon betta/red cherry shrimp tank. I didn't find the type suggested on this video at my LFS but fell in love the the Golden Calico Endlers I found. th-cam.com/video/1GKOd0Nonl4/w-d-xo.html
hey , how about a thank you for us abnormal and unusual freaks ...I mean folks ?
Hahaha there is a standing thank you, always for folks like us
i have six females in my 55 gallon with harlequins corys bristle nose shrimp gbr and endlers
Harlequins are the best 👌