Betta in a 10 gallon aquarium

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

What else could be put in a 10 gallon aquarium with a male betta. We were planning on getting Kribs for the 10 gllon but the betta looks so happy in there. we are open to any ideas other than cories or catfish,
Thanks

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

You might be able to try neons, but they can get nippy. Danios may work too.

A kuli loach should work. And so would ghost shrimp and apple snails. African dwarf frogs are good (not the clawed frogs).

You might be able to get away with a female dwarf gourami. I wouldn't try a male, but a female might not be as aggressive.

-Chelle

tyler_medeiros · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 329 Location: Canada

woiuld any other tetras work???

Used · Member Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Posts: 118

Black Neon Tetras, or Glowlights. You could also do some White Clouds.

gravity · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 5:28 am Post subject:

I'd avoid any and all tetras. They all get pretty nippy. I have a betta in a 10 gallon with some red wagtail platies with no problems at all. I'd suggest sticking with platies as this is the second time I've paired bettas with platies and haven't seen any aggression at all.

Aznfryboi · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:29 am Post subject:

well i suggest having a betta in a 10 gallon with tetra, 2 gold fishes, red eyes tetra, glass fishes but i haded a baby red ear turtle so it ated mah betta Crying or Very sad

accept the head it ated the tail body fins they i did not kare to bother cause i was too lazy to clean the tank i only haded gold fishes in there den like 4 days later i just back form sckool i saw he was eatting the betta head Laughing

i also saw my turtle bited mah japanese koi fish and hanged on to it while mah koi swim around the 10 gallon.. i was cracking up man... i liked mah turtle but as soon as it grew big i hated cause it kept making mah water dirty killed mah aferican dwaf frog 1 baby pleco it just went wild it climbed out of mah tank!!!! and i thought these kid stole it!!! that time i was mad... but 3 days later my sister founded in her room it was on the back of the mirror!! Razz

man the turtle was so week it can hardly swim so wat i did was i puted 5ml od ick mediceine for mah 10 gallon then a couple days laterit was not weak no more yeh i haded 2 turtle in mah tank with the fishes they were EVIL!!!! turtles.. the like 2 weeks after i turned off mah fish light for like 10 hours then i turn it on i saw mah turtle just sitting there doing nothing while the other turtle is sittinf on top of the floating log.. i was like u can full me u dam turtle... then like 10 min i went to the bath room and came out i when to my tank and put mah hands in the water trying to reach the turtle yeh so when i touched him he was dead i was like *** man i spended 8 bucks on this mabe red ear turtle man why he haded to die.. i guess he swallow a rock or some thing cause he was on the floor and his body started to spell... my god.. so after i picked his dead body.. i try to yeh his body out of the shell but i couldn't i pull his arms, head, legs but it keep sliping off my hands so i got mad.. so my dad say go throw the turtle away the i did went to the trash can and threw it away..the reason why i try to get his body out of his shell was that i wanted his shell so i can make a neckoless outta that shell hehehehe Razz

... yeh so that's the pretty much ending how 1 of my turtle die.. yeh now i don't have no more turtle so its all good for now.. i gaved mah red ear turtle to my little cussin he has in his 2 gallon it's a small turtle but soon he would need a bigger tank.. i got my hand bittewn by those turtle and belive me it HURTS!!!! owwwweeeeee.... thanks for reading...

EDITED: Watch the language! This is a family forum.

oscarboi · Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 26

Your one very sick person...

dude412 · Member Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 148

aznfrynoi- dont post unrelevent gibberish that no one wants to read or cares. 2-about how your turtle killed the fish because the owner cough cough* wasnt smart enough to reserch about its care and requirements and 3- if you dont have anything helpfull to say fro the question why bother writing at all ? and try to make your typing so a normal person can read it and 4-Welcome to the forum.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Azn, by the sounds of wut every fish that comes in contact with you goes through, you shouldnt own fish, all you do is kill them! Koi get 2feet + long! and goldfish also get to big for a 10g, and you have way to many fish in there! Get rid of all your fish and dont ever buy more!

OnixRevolution · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject:

Azn...That was one of the sickest stories I have ever heard. How old are you? Guessing by you're grammer I would say really young.
If you're too lazy to clean a tank after you found fish parts floating around, you shouldn't be allowed near any animal. And you can't pull a turtle out of it's shell just by pulling on the legs...its all attached inside the shell. Try doing som research before buying anything else.

Back on topic...Some white clouds, tetras, livebearers(except mollies), and rasboras. They say that the male fancy guppied might be confused with another betta because of its color and long fins. But Bettas have their other personality. One Betta may not care if there are more fish, while another may just loathe the fact it got tank mates.

drab911 · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject:

I have a 16 gallon tank with, neons, one betta, african dwarf frogs, though they sometimes nip the fins and hang on for a ride haha,. as well as platys and danios and ghost shrimp and snails.. any non agressive fish should be OK.. they learn quick who not fo mess around with
also having a lot of plants helps too so they have lots of hiding places

Aznfryboi · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:09 am Post subject:

hey wat can u say?? i was just a beginner i did not know nothing about fishes. i didn't know that they had aggressive fishes i just started to got into fishes.. Also beside i was at sckool didn't have time to clean the tank. i haded project on sckool so wat can i do? nothing. well that was back then though. But now the turtle is out of the tank!!! Cool

like a mounth ago, i gaved to my cussin cause it was evil... but now it's all good now.. fishes are living good.. oh my gold fishes were small and the turtle didn't attack them cause they were too fast.. The koi was too slow at swimming and got killed.. Beside i didn't buy the koi and the gold fishes my older sister did.. but now i don't have problem.. i might send the pacu back to the store or mabe get a bigger tank.. For my fishes, i might just get the basic tank for them cause i don't really need a fancy tank. Well rite now i have hiding place in my tank. i have live plants in it. i have 3 female convict and 1 male convict in it. they seen to doing fine.. they don't chase each other all they do is swim around. for now i lock my male convict in my net breeder for Temporty!!!! so mabe i'll get a bigger tank next mounth or 2 weeks from now..

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

you mgiht get a bigger tank for your pacu? like chelle said, they are shoaling fish, so you would need a few....which means you would need a 1000 gallon tank or larger to house them.

Aznfryboi · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:31 am Post subject:

hmmmm.. i bought my pacu form the petsmart and it's kinda getting me piss it's too aggressive i mabe would liek and return but i don't have the reciet for it.. can i still return it??

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

im not sure, i think they have a 7 day return policy, but if you dont have the receipt then i dont think so....mgiht as well go and check anywyas, try and get store credit.

Nameless · Senior Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004 Posts: 958

I dunno about adding the dwarf gourami with the betta cause I know a lot of stories where ppl add a betta with their gourami, and they fight, so I would do that with lots of caution at any sign of aggression, but ghost shrimp and adf should be good.

Aqueous · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject:

From my own experience I've found that even the most placid betta will fight with a gourami.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

I have had a couple for calm and and completly non-aggressive bettas that were put with any other fish, and started beating the tar out of em, so bettas are nice, but i would go for a female, males are pretty darn aggressive.

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

Aznfryboi · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject:

i didn't have no equipment it usaully takes me 3 hours of cleanning the 10 gallon fish tank cause back then i didn't gace the gravel vacuums..