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I'm rebuilding a 29g tank and was wondering if anybody knew of other fish that go good with a male betta?

Meh, some people have success putting bettas in a community tank, but I personally don't recommend it. Sometimes the filter can be too strong for them and those fins can be a little too tempting to the other fish. Instead I suggest that you go to Walmart and buy him a 1-5g tank, depending on what you can afford and then go crazy with your 29g. You could turn it into a community tank with a couple schools of tetras, some bottom feeders and a centerpiece fish
or
a specialty tank with, for example, all gouramis, or all rainbows
or
a chichlid tank with kribs and/or rams, or shell dwellers
or
a heavily planted tank with a school of about 10-15 tetras for flashes of color
or
a breeder tank...

As you can see there are many possibilities. I'd say take this chance use your imagination and create your dream tank (within 29 gallons of course)

Good luck

><>Dani<><

Well, while I agree in that male bettas don't appreciate strong filter currents, I know that they eventually get used to it, and/or find an area in the tank with mild current. I have a male betta in my 29 gallon, and he is pretty happy in there.

Some good tankmates for bettas include: Cories, since they don't hang out near bettas, and are peaceful; Smaller, non-aggressive tetras, as they will stay out of a betta's way; and plecos, as they won't bother a betta, either.

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well i originally had a single male betta in there when i got the tank. he loved it and i had put a few large plants in front of the filter to breakup the current and again he didnt seem to have any problems with that.

but when i had put some tiger barbs in there with them (found they had ick reall bad), i ended up losing up all of them even after trying to save them. and i found out later that they are not a good choise. but i had just talked with one store near me that pictus catfish are good with them

thanks for the other ideas for tank mates.

i also have another tank, a 10g with a single male all by his self. i'm also building a custom tank that will house 6 of them with about 4g of water each. and in january i'm getting my large tank to house just community fish and no bettas.