Betta In A Community Tank

But i ll still be sure to add her last.

Betta in a community tank. And even though there is a widespread misconception that a betta prefers small spaces he will appreciate the extra swimming room. And yet as is most often true there were exceptions. It s better to add a betta to an established community tank.

I ve recently just bought a lovely male betta. Anyway i ve decided to do the 1 betta in community tank thing instead of the 6 bettas. Quarantine all new fish in a separate tank for 4 6 weeks.

Purchase the correct minimum tank size for your community tank. Out of the bowl into a two gallon tank for fishy to swim round and round and round. My betta right now is in a planted tank with cardinal tetras danios cories and otocinclus.

Betta tank mate checklist. Generally loaches and catfish wish to feed towards the bottom of the aquarium and betta and harlequin will wish to feed at the top. I had put him in a 30g with 2 suburst and 4 black mollies.

Adding a betta to a community tank can cause it to be aggressive and agitated. By raunak raj 1 year ago on general freshwater questions. Quarantine it for at least two weeks ensure the tank is clean and ready to receive the betta then gradually acclimate the fish to the community tank s water.

The males only get homicidal truly homicidal when they are with another male. This means that unless you have a food that can sit in the middle of the water or a tablet stuck to the side of the tank either option you pick won t be ideal for one group of fish. I originally had the tank separated but he got around the divider.