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Hi! I'm getting a betta, to stay in my quarantine tank while it isn't in use, and I was wondering if it is possible to keep a betta in a community tank. I have one of those floating isolation nets, for breeding livebearers, and I was thinking this would be a wonderful place for him, to keep him from killing my guppies! Are there any problems with this?

what gender of betta is it a female or male because when i had guppies my betta didnt bother with my guppies at all may be once in a while when they got out of line but that was all the guppies should be fien with the betta if u ask me but that depends on if the guppies deside on nipping or not to. if they nipe then i think the floating breading net will be fine but ask other people first becasue people have there opinoin about these things. some think that they should be in big spaces and others think its ok for them to be in little places well what ever i think its ok .but thats just me. good luck with it ok
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Last edited by funnyfish at 12-Jan-2006 20:05

Don't put the Betta in a breeding net & if you place it with your Guppies, he may attack them, as they have large flowing fins & he will think that it's another Betta.



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i think the best thing for a betta would be a solitary tank, or with some other fish such as tetras... in tank with guppies it might be a little too much, also a breeding container would be much too small for him to live comfortably...

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i have a male and a female betta in my 20 long with guppies, and nobody nips anyone, i say its fine, but it does depend on the temprament of yor betta ,why not try it out saee how it goes, and if there is trouble, i suppose you can keep the betta in the net for a short time, although it may jump out, so watch out for that

bettas are really best by themselves, and when u think about it, why risk the bettas health, and the guppies health. plus bettas really dont do well in community tanks.

bowl is good for him.