Great video! I too find that larger finned bettas tend to accommodate more types of fish in their tank! Great video!

Thank you so much for this video - really useful to know, always looking for what I could keep in a betta fish aquascape! Much appreciated

I haven't kept a beta fish for a long time, but your video gave me some great ideas on how I could. Thank you

i have four banded kuhli loaches and i love them so much!!! i also used to think they looked strange, till one day i bought 3 of them on a whim, and instantly fell in love. they were shy at first but now they’re super comfortable! they are out exploring all the time, i always see them all huddling together, safe and sound in the darkest corner :) they even have a network of tunnels in the sand underneath the decor!! such cool lil creatures!

Yes!! Another snail lover! 🐌💜🤣 I keep ramshorns on purpose, and pond snails by accident, but I love them all the same! I have definitely noticed the benefits of keeping them in w my bettas or in my tanks in general 😊

In our tank we've got one male betta, about 8-12 cherry shrimp (hard to count, they hide), 3 mystery snails, one nerite snail, and 5 glowlight tetras. Perhaps we've just got a SUPER SWEET Betta, but he doesn't bother anyone. He spends his days investigating and building bubble nests. The glowlights try to eat his food, the snails try to crawl on him if he's napping in his grass, and the shrimp like hanging out with him on his hammocks. None of that bothers him at all. We were afraid to put anything in with him because of bettas' reputations, so we started the tank with the cherry shrimp. After a week, we put in our Betta. He didn't seem to care about the shrimp at all. So we thought we'd add some mystery snails. We watched their tentacles *very* carefully (we heard Bettas might confuse tentacles for worms). Nope. He never thought their body parts were food. Lastly, because he was the only one "swimming" around the water column, we added the glowlight tetras. HE LOVED them. At first he tried to shoal with them, but they'd run away. Now they swim together all the time. The tetras don't shoal too much anymore, but we can always find one or two hanging out with the betta. Our method was to make one small change at a time. Wait a few weeks. Then add another friend. Because the betta is the biggest guy in the tank, he's never felt scared, or aggressive, or unhappy. He just builds his bubble nests and hangs out with his friends.

Thanks for this! Looking forward to getting a Betta and some shrimp once my cube cycles. I have a couple of Khuli Loaches and I love them. Unfortunately I lost 3 before I realised they could get into my sump

Excellent video, been checking videos like this as I am looking for new tank mates for my Siamese Fighter!

I've had white cloud minnows in with both my male Bettas that I've had so far. They do fine, but I think they prefer non-heated water. They just seems to dart around more in cooler water. I also had a bristlenose pleco that did great with my first Betta, but then started sucking on my second one.

We keep our bettas in our community tank. Snails, khuli loaches, Corydoras, and a tetra (super fast crazy thing). That's a 35 gal bow front. With a air stone and lots of plants!

Thanks for the tips!

thanks for posting!

great video

Good info tanks.

I'm getting a 55 gallon and I cant wait I already have 2 male bettas but I cant wait to upgrade them both they are in a shared ten gallon with a divider I'm a little nervous to start putting other fish with my bettas though

dwarf chain loaches! AMAZING tank mates

My betta did great with a goby, otto cats, snails, and shrimp. He used to live with frogs too before the other tank mates listed.

I’ve kept African Dwarf Frogs with Betta fish and it’s been well. Every once in a while the Betta will chase the frogs when they swim to the surface but they’ve been great together.

My blue marble Plakat lives with a powder blue gourami, 1molly, 1 glow fish & 4 panda corys in a planted 20 gallon & everyone is happy 😃

I'm glad you mentioned the white clouds. They're nearly extinct in the wild, so hobbyists might save this species from extinction.

These 😅 comments actually helpful ... Because i am setting 5 gallon fish tank and i am confuse what to put with male betta

I have a 10 gal with my half moon betta baby and I can’t wait to get him friends 🙃. I’ve put a couple of shrimp in his tank to see how aggressive he his and they are perfectly fine together 😁

Great video. My Plaket didn't get along with my Rasboras and eventually returned them to the pet shop. I have two tanks a 58Lites and a 28Litre. The 58 has a Betta Plaket with 2 Nerites and 2 Khulis -rarely see the khulis even at night -not seen them for 3 days? I wonder if both are dead? The 28 has a Betta with 1 Nerite and 2 kuhlis. The Khulis are new. it also has alot of very small pest snails. Considered buying Assassin snails to get rid of them but would have to move the Nerite to the 58. The betta in the 28 really gets stressed by his reflection and keeps moving backwards and forwards repeating the same movements. Both Bettas are very active which makes them more difficult to keep with other fish. Not sure if the 28L Betta is a Plaket - shortish tails and fins but longer than my 58L Betta. I might add the Bettas pay more attention to the snails than they do to the Kuhlis.

I have a beta with 4 guppy’s and a pleco in a 20 gallon I bought them all together they all shared a tank in the store

Whiteclouds are underrated. I lost my whole lot summer tubbing. Bullfrogs moved in. Not a one left. Sometimes we learn the hard way.

I have one of those bettas that hates anything and attacks anything I put in the tank. Then I put a mystery snail in with it and they are best mates. The mystery snail is now larger than the betta and the betta swims in to check what it's up to and I've never seen it attack the snail in the six months they've been together. Highly recommend snails; 3 betta tanks and all have 1 or 2 snails.

Pretty cool choices

I'm going to add 10 ember tetra's in my 14 gallon tank i love the fact they highly likely wont nip betta fins

Good 👍🏻

What carpeting plant is I the cover

I have neon tetras, glowlight tetras, albino corys, mystery snails and rasboras

I got 2 Dalmatians mollys 5 cardinal tetras. 2 neon fish and 1 lemon pleco with my betta. They all been getting along

I have two soon to be 35 gallon nano beta tanks, and each one has two Auto cichlids, catfish and a handful of snails and now Amano shrimp because they’re bigger and they don’t seem to hunt them. But the third one I am putting together now I’m going to start with pygmy Cory catfish and then add the beta once they’re established and see what happens.

I have 2 sward fish with my betta they are happy and having fun

I’m waiting for my glo fish to die naturally but he’s in there with a beta and they get along fine and 3 neons. My question is how long do glo fish live? I’ve had him for 3 years.

I feed my fish plenty before lights out, and then drop in 1 pellet per side of tank for algae eater and snail, and the fish fatties will find them and eat them. How do i get food to my cleaners?

Wondering if anyone can give me tips I wanna do a 10 gallon tank with 1 betta, 5 rummynose tetra, 3 Pygmy Corydoras, 2 Mystery Snail, and some shrimp maybe like 8-10 of them and have some live plants would this be a good amount of fish or too many for a 10 gallon and would this Community work??

When I was 9 I had a planter 5. Gallon with 1 male beta and a 2 guppies and it worked out great

I keep 2 male and 2 female platys with my male betta in a very well planted 5 gal aquarium. I do a 50 percent water change every week, and they have all been doing very well for about 6 months now.

I have a king betta with white cloud minnows (3 years old) and guppies which he leaves alone. It’s a 20 gallon but he’s a gentile giant.

Love me some pygmy corydoras and kuhli loaches. I'm so basic.

My plakat betta hated my rasboras....he killed three before I could get them removed. Something about them set him off bigtime. Now, he is fine with my neons and embers, Cory's, panda garras. The only thing I could think is that the rasboras were aggressive eaters and it ticked him off.

I’ve got mollies, guppies and tetras in a 20 gallon…no issues so far

Can i put one betta and one ram in a 12g tank? I've read that it woulf be fine due to the betta staying at the top and the ram staying at the bottom- so they just stay away from eachother and it works Just wanna check to see incase

Like you said, sometimes they will work with other fish and sometimes they won't. Bettas have different personalities. I do have many Bettas in different rainbow tanks, they do just fine. But that will not always be the case. And you do have to watch that the Betta gets some food. I am sure if the rainbows were full grown it would be a different story for the Betta. I have noticed in the past that more often than not, the Bettas will go after longer finned fish. I have one tank with a Betta that also has Rasboras, glass cats and corydoras. They get along great.

Ember tetras works great 6-9 of them in a 10 gallon tank. I believe there were too many for him and he never even chased any.

Hi, this is off topic but my fish tank water has been cloudy for a bout a week. It's not clearing up. I tested water and all levels are fine. I only have 3 tiny fish and only feed every other day. What do I have to do to clear up the water?

Can u put likr more then 1 type of tank mate in??

I have a male betta with corydoras paleatus+tetra glowlight+ottocinclus. They live peacefull. No attacks between them.

What I keep with my Betta fish is 10 neon tetras and 5 mystery snails and 1 otocinclus 🖤🐠🐠

I have pest snails in my tank and my betta kills they lol

Hi i have guppies, Cory cats and mystery snail with my betta

I have my female betta with platies in a 20 gallon

I keep snails but I hould like to have some corydoras

I have one female betta in a 31 gallon and i have no idea what else to put , she's very hyperactive so i think she'd be agressive

its interesting how different fish keepers spell Coolie Loache. Ive seen it spelt Cooley Loache, Coolie Loache, and my favorite Kuhil Loache

i put three Nerite snails in a 75 gallon fresh water, i now have 50

I wondering if anyone will answer my question so I have a 20 gallon tall tank i already have one male betta in their i was thinking of adding some molly, hardlpuin rasbora and corydoras but I don't know the right amount to put in the tank

Any updates?

I love snails. I want to start selling them

What about tetra with a koi beta in a 10 Gallon

All these guys for sure need a 20 gallon. A betta should be alike in a 10 gallon. I tired ember tetras with my betta in a 10 gallon and they were nipping his fin. My long finned betta are an ammono shrimp and that guy was huge.

I have 2. One male, another à female. The male Dumbo is so cute and fun and like a pet dog, but ate my blue shrimps in his tank... While the female Betta easily gets along with like 20+ shrimps of all sorts in her tank.. But she isn't that interested in me, unlike the male one

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I like my tiny bladder snails.

My tiny betta in her 5 gallon 🥰

i prefer 10 gallon for a betta

Great video but just a suggestion... focus more on the tank because my eyes go automatically to your tank and i think its the same case for other people.

I have juvenile platys in with my female betta, the males try to mate with my betta! Lmao

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My male beta is just a bad guy. I got him a snail to help control the algae in the tank, and the beta just wouldn’t leave him alone. He continuously knocked him off the side of the glass. He is just a bully. We had to relocate the snail to my other peaceful tank.

DARFT CICHLID TETRA BARB ONE NEW BETTA

Neon and cardinal tetras make horrible tank mates! Harlequin raspboras are one of the best tankmates for bettas. Very hardy fish and not prone to diseases like the tetras. Not only are they from the same region as the bettas, but they are not sneaky like those tetras! Always sneaking in for a fin or tail nip. Mystery and nerite snails are good for bettas. They won't be bullied by them. Panda corys are good but don't recommend those larger corys.

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Kuhli is actif at night,betta sleep at night,so a lot of stress for the betta! Not a good comination for a betta

FYI - it's pronounced "bet-tah". Love the vids as always. Big fan!

Gak bisa basa inggris

Yeah, nah mate. Good content but why do (so many of) you Americans misspronounce Betta? Silly really, but it drives me mad! It's not a case of 'tomato tomato' it's just wrong. Just cultural differences I guess, like horseback riding, instead of horse riding or Tuna fish instead of just Tuna. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed your video, and it's better than calling them 'Siamese Fighting Fish'. Anyway greetings from Australia, lots of stuff in common!