Another Betta Question, looking for tank buddies?

I have always kept shrimp and a few snails with my bettas, and have had no problems. That combination in a well-planted tank is, IMHO, beautiful and interesting. Cherry shrimp are my favorite readily available choice, as they add a little more color.

Dwarf African frogs are hard to keep, especially in a community tank.

No other fish besides a Betta can be kept in less than 10 gallons.

My favorite impossible to kill plants are any of the Anubias species. While Anubias tends to be a little pricy, you can count on it looking continuously fabulous. Anubias can also be secured to a rock or driftwood where it will readily root, which is quite beautiful. Other good low-light plants include Hornwort, Java Moss and Java Fern. Most good fish stores list their plants according to light requirements, which is just one more benefit over big box stores.

Please remember that regardless of your location, constant fluctuation of temperature can lead to stress and disease for your fish. I highly recommend a heater.

in case you want to maintain different fish jointly with your betta I advise you step as much as a pair of 10gal tank. maximum smaller fish that are perfect tankmates for a betta are education fish. so which you go with area for quite a few of them, and the better tank potential they are in a position to swim faraway from the betta if he gets grumpy. in case you have a 10gal+ tank then a team of cory catfish are large tankmates for a betta. as a results of fact they are backside living they dont get interior the bettas way and there is seldom any agression. Ian

I think I know the tank you're referring to, and I love it! It's a great setup for a betta, and I'm looking into getting one for my dorm next year.

Java fern is a really hardy, low-light plant that's good for bettas. I also put hornwort and moneywort in my sorority tank, but they tend to grow a pretty tall. Anubias nana is pretty good, too, and java moss spreads out to fill the tank pretty quickly.

In a tank that size, you don't have many options for tankmates. Most people seem to recommend African Dwarf Frogs or shrimp, but I've never kept any myself, so I don't know how well they fare. Cories and otos do well with bettas, but you don't have room for many, so I would read up before trying it.

Bettas are generally solitary fish. They like it that way, especially in a 6-7 gallon tank. In fact, in a tank so small, I would actually not recommend tank mates for the betta.

But if you're dead set on it, they can usually go peacefully with:

white cloud minnows, tetras, danios, angelfish, rasboras.

I've heard some people say that they can live with livebearers such as mollies and guppies, but I've never had success with it. They ripped my guppies to shreds. Literally.

u need a filter and maby a heater then get neon tetras:)

Tetra or danios would probably work well. =)