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[@GirlTalksFish]

*What tips do you have for increasing your chances of getting a “peaceful” betta that can live with other tank mates?*

[@lemonlizard1]

Getting a different species works most of the time. Its because bettas were bred for a long time to be "fighter fish" making most of them aggressive. Different species are much less likely to be aggressive since they were never bred to do so! Other than that, a densly planted tank, a tank at least 15 gallons in size, getting a female, plakat, and stalking the tank lightly. This all really helps raise your chances with domesticated bettas

[@garg4531]

Only advice I can give that wasn’t covered in the vid is to get a female betta Males are naturally territorial and were even bred to be more aggressive while females tend to be a lot more peaceful, though it’s important to remember that every betta is an individual with their own personality and even female bettas have the potential to be aggressive, even if it’s unlikely

[@flamingowithaplottwist6256]

Raising a fry. My Bettas community aquarium was successful, I had my fry alone till an appropriate size of course. His tank mates were 2 kooli loaches, 1 Panda Cory, 5 orange glow light tetra, 3 glass catfish. Planted and hidey holes.

[@ThentheH]

Breed betta that have I medium alert I have 2 vetail the don’t have a good sense of alarm

[@mageofdoomsie1598]

The bigger and densely planted the tank, the betta (badum tsss). Bettas like space and plants, and the more territory you give them, the less likely they’ll be aggressive with tank mates. Try and avoid shrimp as tank mates, as bettas love to chomp on them for food. Females can be kept in “sororities” (multiple female bettas) with very little hassle, so if you want multiple betta that’s the best way to go.

[@krishanth2666]

Bro didn't want a siamese fighting fish, he wanted a japanese salaryman fish

[@CorruptedKilljoy]

Bruh her user is literally "GirlTalksFish"

[@datboiloke113]

@@CorruptedKilljoy you just did the exact same mistake and the commenter 😂

[@CorruptedKilljoy]

@@datboiloke113 what?

[@AnneDalton82]

Bettas are from thailand and live in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia usually, you won't find any wild ones in Japan 😅

[@froggysprite]

@@datboiloke113???

[@fish_whitt]

I had a male betta with some julii corydoras and he was the sweetest! When the cories had the zoomies, he would kind of tag along and zip with them halfway across the tank, wait for them to loop back, and zip with them back to the other side lol. He was so mellow and playful.

[@toomuchglitters7254]

Cute!!

[@demonnquiche]

My first betta was the agression king. He even flared at things I put next to the tank, like my coffee mug. The one I have now has not flared once in the nine months I had him, but seems really healthy otherwise. These fish have such a variety of personalities

[@denn3]

Well, you can try and put a mirror besides you tank everyday for 15 mins, this might help you Betta fish in flaring

[@carolynponder4953]

My beta had dwarf African frogs and an apple snail as tank mates. Everyone got along great and the beta would actual use the snail to sit on when it was close to the surface.

[@ikilledkermit7329]

My beta ate my snails and tried to eat my frogs

[@shyofthemoon1175]

We had those frogs, they pooped the most giant poops and made the tank smell so bad.

[@ana-pk9jh]

I have non dwarf albino African clawed frogs :) they’re so sweet

[@ana-pk9jh]

@@shyofthemoon1175hat’s strange. I have 4 and the aquarium doesn’t smell bad at all

[@shyofthemoon1175]

@@ana-pk9jh You're lucky! 😂

[@michellem4118]

I had a betta who shared a tank fish with fancy tailed guppies... we got the betta from a breeder that also bred guppies so bettas were always around guppies, so this betta was very chill and even built bubble nests

[@sophialucas7353]

Both my females did not like their tank mates (or each other) my first addition, Delilah, just tried to eat everything but soon realized that they weren’t food, so now she just inspects everything. My second betta, Blueberry, did NOT like the female betta or any of the other fish, so while she finished her quarantine, I added some shrimp for her to get used to, then I added her to a breeding box in the community tank, yes, she still tried to square up the fish and flared at everyone but after two-three days she calmed down completely and is now the perfect addition to the new tank. In my opinion, you just gotta give them time to realize that “fish are friends, not food”

[@_AquaArt_]

Wait- so you put both females together? Betta fish can’t be together, unless it’s in a female society but even then you gotta have at least 8-10 of females in a densely planted, at least 35+ gal tank so they can make a hierarchy. Putting just two will cause them both to be super stressed. Making these betta societies are super hard and delicate. They mostly only work if they were raised together as siblings. Other than that introducing them together is super difficult. But I’m glad everything is good now!

[@BB-pt9hv]

I also do a little test where I put my finger to the glass, if they don't swim up then they're a more shy fish, if they start flaring or getting aggressive then it won't be good for tank mates, if it swims up but doesn't flare that shows they have a good temperament

[@joeppathuis6548]

The Bettas in the fishstore taking notes how to act🧐🤓

[@zdr929]

I just bought a betta from the pet store, left him in the bag for 10 minutes floating in our tank that has 5 fancy guppies , neon tetras and 2 suckers, 2 days so far and hes loving it, doesnt even show the guppies attention, he just loves cruising through the plants!

[@cameronlavelle4855]

How’s it going now?

[@DpDepresso]

So I find that some people who breed bettas do keep them together in such a way they can actually be with other bettas and even other males. You'd probably have to find a private breeder. I unfortunately have the cup bettas at our local pet store. I always found that the ones who look quite depressed (inattentive even when you touch and pick up the cup) are far more mellow than any actively swimming around in the cup. I normally pick those less active bettas anyway as a way to rehabilitate them. I had a betta I kept for 3 years before he passed that was basically a cat stuck in a fish body. He rather than wait for me to finish sprinkling pellets would attempt to jump out of the tank. He enjoyed chasing my finger along the glass and I even taught him to play around with a ball at the surface of his tank.

[@AimeeOx]

We're lucky in the UK, a lot of fish stores keep male Bettas in larger tanks with other fish, so you generally know they're ok with other fish. Even if they're kept alone they're in bigger spaces than the cups they're in in the US..

[@jillw2607]

I love that the store didn't have them in tiny little cups!! Still small but sooo much better because it looks like they get water/air flow!!! I actually have a betta sorority tank and they do great but I had to take the 4th female out and give her a bachelor pad because she is aggressive, it's just who she is lol

[@sarahenson9659]

Alexander over at Fishtory (aka The secret history living in your aquarium) recommends keeping you bettas at the low end of their temperature range to decrease aggression. He goes deep into the science of why that works.

[@auhbreykumming4429]

I live in the desert in Las Vegas with a 20 gal tank. It's big enough to hold its own heat and I don't use a heater for that tank. It does stay a bit chiller then recommended but all my little guys loved it.

[@GogetaOver9000]

My first betta used to live with a couple of Dalmatian mollies and a few other African dwarf frogs and he was absolutely chill with them. My current betta would always chill out with my female betta when I cleaned his tank. They got along… *swimmingly*

[@uBarot]

Once I added a male betta and 8 neon tetras in my tank. For two days I separated them with a glass divider and removed the divider on the third day. They started living together and not even once my betta tried to chase neon tetras. They lived together for a long time.

[@lunaskisses]

i have some neon tetras, a pleco, and some shrimp with my female betta since i broke her tank. shes been amazing! zero aggression! (though she was used to living with shrimp) 😁

[@kaid.4033]

I had a Betta (Clark) with 2 platies (flare & mustache) but at the time Clark was 7 years old. He was quite friendly compared to other bettas I’ve had in the past but his favorite thing to do was to sit on his best friend (Kermit the African dwarf frog). Over food and such I fed them in 2 locations. The platies stuck to some natural rocks and the others near a lily I had in the tank. I don’t know how they all got along but up until Clark and Kermit’s deaths they remained peaceful.

[@karro2648]

I keep my betta in a tank with cichlids, large loaches, rainbow fish and plecos 😂 they have never once fought and are super chill with each other. This is a 180 gallon tank so that has a lot to say, but they are chill once they have enough space

[@gamergirl209]

We had a beta named Tortuga. He ended up needing a home and we moved him into our guppy tank, very few guppys left and we were desperate. Also had a few tetras and a placo named nessy. Nessy definitely kept Tortuga in line

[@AUserName-fv8zj]

My LFS doesn’t sell Bettas in cups, they buy them in young and put them straight into a community tank with other fish. Over the decades I’ve had 5 Bettas from there, and they’ve always been super peaceful, even if I go for the super active ones! I think they do have a more territorial nature, but nurture is super important too.

[@neikkimosby7147]

The way the last Betta was poured in the tank was funny to me….he was like put me in NOW!!😂😂

[@hypnotunez]

My betta when I initially got him was quite aggressive for a few days, this was an already well matured tank he had been put into with only ottos corydoras and endler guppies. He had no issue with the ottos and I don’t think he even knew the corys were there but the endlers with their brighter colours and darting behaviour I think stressed him out initially. A few days later and they’re all friends the guppies know not to bother him and give him a wide berth and he just goes on his way. It’s been four months now and he’s grown into a pretty cool looking galaxy betta

[@thomasholden500]

LFS in my town has bettas for sale, one in each tank, but also in jars. The jarred fish are there because of aggression when they were in a tank, so that's a way of knowing what you're getting.

[@TheSexyAdam03]

What pet store is this? They keep such good care of bettas

[@Eli-zx2rg]

Oh also! For those who don't know, the tank was already set up with tank mates for a reason. It's easier to introduce a betta to an already established community because territories are already figured out, and the betta will find a territory within established parameters. If you have a tank with a betta first and THEN introduce fish, the betta already sees the tank as his whole territory and it will be a lot more stressful for everyone involved as they try to find a way to re-establish territory. There's a higher chance that your betta will eat the newly introduced fish

[@laurensimonelli5654]

I had a betta with some spotted cory and they got along really well. Whenever I cleaned their tank, they would all huddle together in the temporary tank.

[@moccaroon]

As a teen I was really into fish keeping and i had this big beautiful greyish-purple plakat with yellow fins. Loved him to pieces! I cohabbed him in a tank with a small school of Otocinclus in it, and all seemed fine. It was a pretty tall tank where he'd stick to the top, and the otos stuck to the bottom. I never saw any conflict between them. That is, until I woke up one morning and he'd murdered every single one of them. Needless to say, he didn't get to cohab with anything other than snails after that. He eventually developed dropsy and, despite all my efforts to help him, he sadly passed away 💔 RIP lil buddy, you were a little murderous but I still loved your spirit.

[@BillyBob-sx9hm]

I’ve got a few zebra danios, a male guppy, a female beta and a handful of snails. Tons of plants and decorations and they all just vibe together

[@Yeewen88]

Btw make betas are espeicially solitary territorial animals with one another for those who are unaware

[@lizzymandile2022]

I’ve always been recommended against tetras because of their potential to be aggressive. I’ve had minimal fin picking personally, but I’ve definitely seen it happen

[@raynb0w6]

really? i’ve had tetras for years and they’ve never been aggressive

[@frailthepainter597]

I got my Beta as a baby from a store and it's the most peaceful betta ever she loves hanging out with her guppy friends and has no aggressive behavior she even tolerate the gourami

[@jenharrell8595]

My betta lives in a tank with male guppies, tetras, 2 types of loaches, Cory catfish, small plecos, and 3 female bettas and there is no fighting at all among them. We picked out the prettiest male put him inside the tank in a large breeding box. Left him there for a week saw that he wasn't flaring up as the male guppies came over and let him loose. Now they all live happily in one 45 gallon aquarium with absolutely no issues.

[@christophermoralesclark]

My betta is ready to throw fist every time he sees his own reflection in the tank glass. That same betta, just accepts fish after fish as his new subjects. Unfortunately I had an issue with a khuli disappearing during a water change, & my betta preceded to search of off the khuli’s hiding spots looking for him days after. He’s since stopped. He just seems to enjoy watching his tank mates & looking for food in his duckweed. So far he’s had Guppies, Khuli, Cory, Blue & Crystal Shrimp, & Thai Micro Crab tank mates. He gave up on hunting Shrimp after he couldn’t get the biggest one down. He was really trying to eat it whole & alive. He’s super chill for a betta. He’s a halfmoon dumbo.

[@Behindyouarethings]

My fish stores bettas are in tanks with other fish so I don’t think I would have a hard time

[@hieonkd9572]

they can still be unhappy even though the store keeps them together

[@luciavargova8919]

I have a betta with one singular guppy together at my tank 😂 and they just chill all the time

[@midnightpeters228]

Ouu I lucked out with my beta. PERFECT! with the tank mates 🙌 all thanks to you guys🥰💗

[@OR6600]

Maybe I got really lucky I put my sons male Halfmoon Betta in our 55 gallon community he’s the centerpiece, the coolest fish in the tank he swims around and checks up on all the other fish. I tap the tank and it comes up to one spot to eat separately through a little ring I put in the floaters so it’s always open he learned pretty cool, watching him act like an African bush fish when he’s stalking the guppy fry very cool! I didn’t do anything special to make him a cool fish just plenty a room and plenty of plants Hope that helps somebody.

[@marinasharapova8088]

When I had multiple fish as a kid my mom got me a neon tetra, a (male) beta, and a guppy because she said the beta would be nice to the guppy since it thought it was a female beta and the neon tetra would stay out of the way, it worked very well

[@Noahhhhhuh]

I have a male beta fish named Percy and he was temporarily housed with a minnow and he didn’t touch him but I wanted him to live alone in his 10 gallon so I eventually caught the minnow and got him out and my chickens ate him (he came from a creek so I wasn’t going to risk it in my other tanks either) so now I have a black crowntail named Percy in 10 gallons, a Blue VeilTail named Bellamy in another ten, and A community tank that’s like 25 maybe(?) with snails tetras Mollys guppies and zebra dynamos, they all get along very nicely 😂

[@Eracer590]

I got a steal on a betta at pet smart. It’s a perfect red and white dragon scale that has one of the best personality’s I’ve seen on a betta. He only gets annoyed with his tank mates if they go after his food but other than that he is completely chill. I never really see him flare. I know petsmart isn’t the best but the cup was clean and he looked healthy

[@nuggetsimp]

I am planning on getting a betta next year! Your tips have really helped me🐠❤️ I have chosen that I want it to be corydoras and neon tetras first and then adding the betta so it isn’t very territorial

[@raynb0w6]

neon tetras are awesome fish!! i’ve had them for years and they’re amazing, i’ve been thinking of getting some for my betta fish!

[@nuggetsimp]

@@raynb0w6 its gonna be my first aquarium so i spent alot of time researching all my fish and tank

[@raynb0w6]

@@nuggetsimp i’ve had neon tetras since i was like 6 or 7 years old and i still have some but they’re kinda like the family fish and i finally got my own fish tank and it currently has a betta (his name is bowie) and a mystery snail! (his name is jon davis) my betta is really curious about the snail so this is a really good sign that he is okay with tank mates!

[@dentyy3]

Your bettas are so pretty!

[@chaosgremlin9032]

I had a really chill male beta but a much less chill mollie, the mollie (named Tommy) ate the betta, his name was Frank. It was so sudden and I was asleep when it happened and didn’t even get the chance to remove Tommy. I still have yet to get another fish. It’s been over a year now.

[@pastryfactory]

I have a betta with some female guppies. It works I guess because he likes to spend most of his time under various plants while the guppies swim around but they do fine together when feeding

[@adorkablemochi1561]

I love your voice!!! It’s so calming yet gorgeous!!

[@HaHoang-jp6wt]

I had a male betta in a 10 gallons community tank with 9 other fishes. He is chilling and even had his food snatched by the other fishes lol. I hà swordtails, mollies, pygmy cories, cory catfish, cherry barb, yellow striped danios and even a tiny snail. The only fish I had bad experience with was the golden killifish.

[@KingKong-ut2sz]

My fish store puts a betta with different type of fish so its already friendly when you buy it

[@alderblanco2362]

I have a betta that lives with several shrimp and snails! I've had him since he was a tiny baby, though, so maybe that had something to do with it.

[@stephanievalentinamontgome6573]

On separate occasion my daughter 7 years had 2 red bettas first was kept in a tank with community fish that kept nipping his fins the second was kept alone after that

[@Tac-o-llamalolz]

I had a beta and 3 tetras they were all besties

[@themittenfireshow3597]

Similar things with angelfish, they are very aggressive and the only tankmates they should have should be quick so they can easily get away.

[@equation8591]

I have never had problems with bettas attacking my other fish as long as they aren’t guppies or other bettas

[@wxlurker]

I once had a betta that maybe considered itself a cory 😂 it would swim and huddle together with them and even shuffle though the sand for food like my panda cories.

[@aritro9219]

Well my betta , he chills around with guppies , rams , sae and one angel fish(sometimes theres light pecking)

[@nonfb]

I chose a beautiful long finned betta who was living with shrimp in a pet store aquarium, there were baby shrimp swimming around (which means he's not a killer) and the long fins slow movement, and so the betta got along well in my tank

[@daviongaskin915]

Put your bedas in with the rest of your community tank it will workout give a time they will look defensive and maybe even be a little aggressive but it will. Eventually work out if you had a big Enough.

[@alfiedupreez4298]

are neon tetras or guppies good with bettas? I've heard tetras can be fin nippers and guppies can anger the tetra.

[@garg4531]

Tetras usually turn nippy when they’re stressed or there aren’t enough of them together; keeping a large group keeps any aggression focused on each other Neon tetras are otherwise very peaceful but I’d still suggest keeping an eye on them, as even if they don’t nip the betta they may still outcompete them for food Guppies are best avoided as their long flowy fins get mistaken for rivals and lead to aggression, and they might even end up nipping at bettas for the same reason Imo the best tankmates for bettas would be peaceful bottom dwellers like corydoras and loaches loaches, which keep to themselves at the bottom of the tank and are usually ignored by other fish

[@alfiedupreez4298]

@@garg4531 Thanks!

[@garg4531]

@@alfiedupreez4298 No problem, happy to help!

[@18tayze10]

I did this with my red betta and he’s pretty great with my shrimp and other fish, he hated my guppy tho but when I switched tanks was fine with him

[@CNovembre]

My last betta flared but since he loved his tank mates. Only flared at the mirror ball

[@SS_SUKUNA]

we lost power about a week or two ago and my little step brothers fish were stuck there for about 2 days with no air circulation in the water. He tried to keep them both alive and sadly one of the fish passed. At least it was the aggressive fish towards the one that lived. And his snails are both okay. :)

[@lunaskisses]

a good way to add oxygen is pouring (safe, dechlorinated) water from up high.. but im fairly certain most fish (or atleast bettas) can live without airstones.. in fact, bettas prefer still water.

[@auhbreykumming4429]

I had a super aggressive female betta. She started attacking a new snail i added then started chasing around a small school of guppies I also added. I put her in her own small tank all alone for about 10 days I think. Then added her back in. She was fine when she was the last one added to the tank but not when I added new animals.

[@victoriagambrel2731]

I also had an upside-down catfish

[@hannyoongi]

I had a female betta fish named Zuko and cardinal tetras. They lived in a shared aquarium which has silk plants, live plants, caves and large stones for hiding. I made sure to have a test run to observe Zuko's reactions to the tetras and vice versa. I had an extra tank to separate them if ever they don't get along. So after days of observing them together, I saw they're peaceful with each other. They lived like that for how many months. Until one day I found all the tetras floating and their stomach ripped apart. I'm suspicious of Zuko because I can't think of anything that will cause that. 😅

[@Fishvanger]

I had exactly a tank of tetras, khuli loaches and pygmy corys and was looking for a show piece fish and I think I made my choice 😂😂

[@porrimmaryam101]

I have a female betta who was alert but not aggressive when I chose her. She lives now with some snails and Japanese white cloud minnows. It's an odd pairing, but thr minnows are both fast enough and big enough that they don't get eaten and they are shy enough they leave my girl alone.

[@_Clayton.Bigsby_]

I have two female Bettas that deal with cpd's, they do fine for the most part, the Betta's chase the rasboras occasionally, but they're waaay to fast, then i have a male Betta who spends his day making sure his snail tank mate knows he's the boss.

[@elliewellie_YouTube]

My alien betta hangs out with my grey frogs and catfish. Hes very chill and basically only interested in food

[@nos_trada_mus1980]

Bro, I've raised 30 bettas through breeding and selectively took 7 bettas out of them and they are well adapted with my white widows , algae eaters and neritti shrimps.

[@balevenick]

I have a betta with neon tetras, otos, and a few ghost shrimp. They only have issues at feeding time because the neons are faster. Luckily I noticed my betta will follow my hand so I just lead him away from the other to make sure he can eat. The tetras are more aggressive than the betta. Still need to figure out how to get both of them to quit grabbing the algae wafers and running with them when I try to supplement the cleanup crew.

[@Goldie1511]

My betta flares at me when he wants the light off😂 i fully believe he would hurt the other fish if i put some in there cozof his huge attitude

[@jayfuller3709]

I took a chance on my "Clearance" Betta. Hr is a hyper Betta, He's been alone for 9 months. I recently upgraded his tank. It got bad after 4 months. I added 2 Amano shrimp, i Panda Cory. & 1 Indonesian Loach. Tank got better with no losses. He pretty much ignores his tank mates.

[@jayEliza]

ive found as long as i dont put two bettas together i can have a "peaceful" betta tank. I tried putting two together after seeing no signs of aggression from them in their tanks placed side by side. Once they were together They kinda just ripped eachothers fins apart

[@_AquaArt_]

Wait- so you put both bettas together? Betta fish can’t be together, unless it’s in a female society but even then you gotta have at least 8-10 of females in a densely planted, at least 35+ gal tank so they can make a hierarchy. Putting just two will cause them both to be super stressed. Making these betta societies are super hard and delicate. They mostly only work if they were raised together as siblings. Other than that introducing them together is super difficult.

[@melancholicrussia]

I miss my friendly betta, he never bothered anybody and would sometimes just sleep. R.i.p bubba glubs

[@VeraBean]

Had a female beta that can typically live in a sorority or community tank and she ate my khuli loaches like noodles. 😢 Was a 55 gallon planted tank sometimes they are just Uber territorial.

[@alyssa_the_noodle5228]

I used a 10 gallon tank for two types of tetras, snails, shrimp, and a beta. They did great! Until the beta are the shrimp…

[@coaijet7830]

I had a betta with corydoras, endlers, and a bluefin killifish. He was always quite peaceful and only had problems when l tried to introduce a female betta. I think I just got lucky

[@annabagley5996]

We have a beautiful female koi betta in our community tank and it's so peaceful. ☺️

[@GoingSwimmingly]

Don’t think I’d seen someone try it before, good luck!

[@sunnyd9884]

ive only been gettin females because i prefer the short fins and nobody sells the wild ones that werent selectively bred siamese fighters… always have been very peaceful, even with a guppy, but ive always carefully picked fish that have very muted colors, the only colorful thing in there woth my current bb is the chilli rasboras, the tank is also pretty large. I hate fishbowls. its very colorful and shes pretty popular in my family which definitely helps hold my sanity together when my mom wanted to grab baby discuses and put them in ten gallon tanks when i first started the hobby

[@Ezzyluvxxx]

Mollies and platys can be with bettas just as well as bottom dwellers or guppies its how you set your tank up and it depends on how many fish you are adding to what size of tank. Bettas don’t do well with fish like tiger barbs or ciclids cause they’re fin nippers. Danios , tetras , mollies , platys any community fish can be good with bettas dont listen to the media hyping up betta aggression i have 2 community tanks all thriving realistically any fast swimming dominant fish you wanna avoid cause bettas are also dominate

[@miatheangel3133]

Meanwhile Panda freaks out every time I look at him from across the room

[@freddywop1738]

Yeha I made a community Betta tank and it was amazing

[@addijjj8101]

I had tank with a betta and zebra danios and it worked out beautifully

[@fish_plus_horse_is_me7850]

I have one he’s so sweet he can stay with baby guppies

[@cheyennebarklow1188]

I used to own a lot of bettas and other kinds of aquatic animals. For me one male, and an odd number of females (3,5,7+). Of course do some research to provide the right tank size… don’t need females fighting for space also for the females, make sure their colors are not brighter than the male. This is if you want only bettas. Side note: if possible breeding is a concern just make sure to take out the bubble nest when feeding or cleaning. Side, side note: some good fish to have with bettas are Cory Catfish, Kuhli Loaches and Snails. Careful of the Snails, they will breed like crazy.

[@shaunagrant5546]

I’ve put a male beta in with guppies and tetras and had zero issues- until I added a bamboo shrimp

[@Themagicunitato]

I wanted a betta who might eat some endler fry...instead I've got the reincarnation of a Buddhist monk who likes to watch the funny little fishies swim around him. It's ridiculous. The endler fry is fascinated by him and they keep checking him out, he just does not care at all.

[@BlitzoTheOIsSilentB-]

You can't even put a mirror near Cheesedoodle's (my butterfly betta) tank without him flaring

[@B4IL3Y_M00R3]

I have had 2 Betas. One passed because I didn’t know how to properly care for them (Which I am still guilty of) and he froze to death because I didn’t have a heater. RIP bubbles. My second one died for unknown reasons. He was a well cared for fish, with all of the proper equipment but he could of died of: Overfeeding Sickness Toxicity in the water RIP Finley, They we’re good fish. Finley was navy with gold fins, and Bubnles was see-through with a pinkish tinge

[@catjaorsino8252]

I chose my little Andrew because he gave me attitude in the fish shop 😅🤣🤣 and now, he's producing so much babies with little dragonfly 🤦🏼‍♀️ it's not wanted on my side, but they not to seperate 😅😅 they always broke in to each other and then mated 😅😅😅 but they both really good parents 😁

[@wattswo]

My cardinal tetras bullied my Betta so hard he slammed into the side glass when they chased him. Cardinal can be pretty horrible. And they made holes in his fins

[@user-wr6pl3iv4h]

At the very end, looks like the blue Betta did a cannonball into the water. Or am i trippin? 😂

[@raynb0w6]

i eventually want to get some tetras for my betta but i don’t know how my betta will react to them, my betta has a snail as a tank mate and loves the snail so i think this is a good sign, and i heard that light colored bettas are more submissive and dark colored bettas are more dominant (and aggressive) and my betta is all white so hopefully this means he will be able to cohabitate!

[@MrTedrow]

Sham the first beta was a serial killer is what should have been named

[@4Moraxx]

My 2 Bettas are mixed with my Molly's they never fight and never flare

[@ericadaniel3710]

How the fish landed in the water lol😂

[@PoemTheClimber]

Our 20 cm long plecko is scared of a tetra😅😂

[@Metalbarbie2319]

I had a beta in a tank with about 13 other fish and never had an issue way back when I was a little kid… idk why I guess I got lucky

[@Cj-sv9tn]

Mine does good with my african dwarfs frogs.

[@harubernardo4313]

You're white betta fish looks like my white betta fish named mayonnaise but he passed😢