Female Betta Fish With Guppies

A male and female can cohabitate for mating purposes but will need to be separated after the male takes the female s eggs.

Female betta fish with guppies. I d suggest separating your males and females. She kills shrimp snails guppies danios other females male bettas basically anything thats in her tank. This is because female guppy fish are less colorful and vibrant.

Can feeder guppies live with betta fish. So while it s possible to put female guppies with a male betta caution is still advised. Bettas will eat the fry but they ll attack the adult guppies too especially the males.

However if you have a female guppy that s too colorful then the end result could also be bad. Female guppies look a lot duller than male guppies. I have never seen such an aggressive betta before male or female.

So it s a possibility that you could add them to the tank with your betta. Im interested in finding a centerpiece fish for my 10 gallon guppy tank currently 1 male 4 females. Male bettas can never live together.

Guppies are not the brightest fish and don t tend to learn to stay away from anyone and female bettas tend to go from one extreme to another at a moments notice. I have been thinking about getting a female betta but i m still a bit skeptical. To be safe prep a backup aquarium for her and see how she handles being in a community tank.

I had a female betta that seemed to ignore my male guppies completely until randomly one day i walked in and caught her actively biting off one of the guppies tail. They attack anything that looks like another betta ie. Breeding guppies in a tank where a betta fish is present it is very challenging.