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Betta_Fantasy Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 44 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Dec-2005	I just bought a ten gallon tank and currently only have my male betta fish there, and I want to stock more, any good companions? Would a ten gallon be too small for a dwarf gourami? Thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Betta_Fantasy Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 44 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Dec-2005	How about a sparkling gourami? I also had hoped to add an upside down catfish and a few hatchets, would this be overstocked?
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	It's best not to mix bettas with other Anabantoids in small tanks; they tend to be aggressive towards one another. Good tankmates would be tetras, rasboras, and other small schooling fish. Last edited by Cory Addict at 30-Dec-2005 15:06 I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Betta_Fantasy Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 44 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Dec-2005	Really? Aren't tetras fin nippers? I have seen about five different compatibility charts and they all have different answers, and I don't know what to put in with my betta
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Some tetras are fin-nippers. A general guidline to follow is that the larger, deeper-bodied tetras tend to be more nippy while the narrower-bodied tetras are fine with bettas. There are exceptions to the rule though, for example Black Phantom Tetras (deep-bodied but very peaceful and fine with bettas) and Silvertip Tetras (narrow-boddied but very nippy as far as tetras go). I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Betta_Fantasy Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 44 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Dec-2005	thanks for the info um how about neons? I really want a hardy fish no bigger but a bit bigger than an inch to go in the tank without overstocking. . .
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Neons are fine. You could put about six or seven in there. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	in a ten with a betta, i would try 2 ottos 4 white cloud minnows.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	You can have a school of 6 Neons, with the Betta. http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
weird22person Enthusiast Posts: 163 Kudos: 106 Votes: 11 Registered: 21-Feb-2005	Maybe some cories? 20 Gallon Long: Aquaclear 300 2 Bolivian Rams, Mikrogeophagus altispinosus: Gumby and Pokey
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
Inkling Fish Addict Posts: 689 Kudos: 498 Votes: 11 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	If it is well planted go with the neons, or a platty trio might look really neat! Definitly get some corys or snails though! Inky
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:48
chelaine Big Fish Posts: 383 Kudos: 343 Votes: 78 Registered: 23-Jul-2005	i think cories would be good, cuz they'd eat the leftover betta pellets!!!!! good little scavengers. Chelle _______________________________________________ I love the fishes cuz they're SOOO delicious...
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