Betta Fish Attacking Guppies

Freshwater fish and invertebrates.

Betta fish attacking guppies. He was eating swimming all right albeit a bit awkwardly and no sign of illness. I know it is kinda of cruel but the guppy did not die i bred him with a female after then i sold him. Yesterday i woke up and found only 5 neon tetras in my tank i checked in the plants in the filter and around the gravel but i found nothing.

Last night i looked at my favorite guppy in my 29 gallon to see his beautiful long tail had been torn to shreds. Fin rot a disease that eats away the fins of your fish leading to death if not treated is more occurrent in fish that have their fins nipped. Bettas are best kept like lucy said in a 5 gallons all by themselves or in a 10 gallon with cories or ottos which are among the only fish that are considered safe to put in with bettas.

Introduced my new male betta with two females to keep him happy shop advice and after just 48 hrs i am shocked to see chunks missing out of my 2 lovely blue guppys tails o. He still seemed perfectly healthy though. I recently put a fighting fish in my tropical fish tank and it has started chasing my fantailed guppies and biting chucks out their tails it seem s to have not damaged any of the other types of fish i have in the same way.

You should also think about whether they re going to attack your betta. Size is the first thing to consider when purchasing a betta that will live with your guppy. Doe s anyone know how i can stop it before they have no tails left or worse.

Bettas most of the time are not considered community fish and are usually not suitable to put with nippy agressive or colorful fish like guppies. When you add guppies to your tank you shouldn t just worry about your betta attacking them. Hi i got a betta a few weeks ago to go with my 3 guppies.

So in this first section we ll discuss which breeds of betta are best to put in with your guppy fish. I have a betta fish that i keep together with a few guppies and 6 neon tetras. Guppies and betta fish can indeed live together but not all species of betta are suited for your guppy.