Plakat Betta Community Tank

Bettas don t belong in community tanks.

Plakat betta community tank. I don t overstock my tanks blah blah blah. My white male plakat in a community tank the tank has been running since november 2010. A 10g or bigger is suggested.

A single female betta needs a tank of at least 10 gallons. A guppy photobombed my betta pic and they asked what other fish is that well a guppy. Ignore the phone pictures.

Plakats can often be mistaken for female bettas to the untrained eye however males will display elongated ventral fins a rounded caudal fin and a sharply pointed anal fin. The plakat or plakad is a short tailed betta and is the most closely related to wild betta splendens or traditional fighting bettas. I was on fishcord and i shared a pic of my plakat betta.

Although it s male bettas that grab the glory when it comes to looks female betta fish can be just as rewarding to keep especially if you want a nice community fish. My betta is in the community tank. In fact under the best circumstances your betta will have a far better quality of life in a community tank than he would have in a tank by himself.

Keeping them as part of a community will require a bigger tank. A 1g or bigger is a better choice. How to keep your betta safe in a community tank.

Other fish in tank include 3 angelfish 13 gold pristella tetras 4 neon tetras 4 guppies and 1 spotted. You can consider that aggression but it never goes beyond that to chasing or nipping. There is the traditional plakat.