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i was thinking about getting some sailfine molyies and or dwarf gorames but im not shure if eather of them can co with female bettas so please help me out and tell me what u know thanks

I would go with sailfin mollies over gouramies, as the gouramies are from the same area as bettas and can sometimes pose a threat... mollies are going to be a better choice i think. Also what size tank is this going to be in?

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

the answer to this question can only be
what size is the tank?
Sailfin Mollies get very large (4-5 inches),
and are really not suited to any tank less than 36" long, or around 30 gallons long.
Dwarf Gouramis however can be kept in much smaller tanks, such as 10, and 15 gallons.
It is possible that a female betta and a gourami might fight though, as they are closely related.
There are many other fish that are suited to living with female bettas, if we know your tank size we could better help you!


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With a good sized tank(definitely not a 10g) either one might get along. The betta and gourami are more likely to fight but it really depends on the bettas personality and how much space you give them.

id say a couple of sparkiling gourmais or a NORMAL molly

Sailfin = bad beacuse the betta will rip it to shreads!!

Gourmai = Territory

i have a 10 gallon and i might be going bigger but not shure yet thats why i wanted the dwarf goramis becasue they stay farly small

oh ya i do have 2 10 gallons so if i did want to get some dwarf gouramis and they did fight with the femals then i could put them in that other tank right?

funnyfish,

Just a word of caution:

Even if they are called Dwarf Gouramies (Colisa lalia), they still get to be over 2” long. How many are you planning to get?

I seriously doubt that a 10G is big enough to house more then 2 by themselves comfortably (without having them fight for supremacy), not to mention in competition for surface space with a betta. And even that might be pushing the limits. I would suggest you read up on these fish and their environment before you go to the store and buy them.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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alisha,
um, sailfin mollies can get around amybe a good 6-7 inches, well a full grown male n.e way.

dwarf gourami can get on the bigger small side as well.

did u try sparkling gouramies.

dude_dude: bettas are slow moving fish and really not fin nippers....

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

from my experience, mollies nipped the fins off of my female betta. so i wouldnt get them. and i tried to keep female bettas together and they ripped each other to shreds, so if the gouramis and bettas are closely related then i wouldnt chance that either. but then again you never know.

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I tryed to keep a female betta and male dwarf gourami together once. It worked for about a week, then the gourami starting chasing the betta and took a big chunk out of her tail fin. She was pretty small, but if she had been full grown, there would have been a fight between who really owned the tank. He got along with the small tetras that were in the tank - still does, just not the betta. I have them in a ten gallon and he is fine with the glowlights and head and tail lights. The betta had to be moved to another tank.
I also tryed to keep two female bettas together in a ten and that did not work either.