siamese fighting fish in with platys and molly`s
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It depends on the fish, platys seem to pick at the fins of bettas and male bettas often fight with the brighter colored platys. Bettas will also eat small fry, but then so do platys and mollies.
I've done the same combination in a smaller tank with the addition of much more robust fish with no problems. I find that once they figure out amongst themselves who's boss, they leave the later alone.
Why would you want to in a 55? Its big enough to house a real fish that would consider a siamese fighter food. But yea people mix them with all kinds of fish as long as they dont look like other fghters.
Fish Eat Fish;1345063; said:
Well, perhaps he has a different taste for fish than you do. Maybe he likes keeping smaller fish in big tanks.
Back to the topic. With such a large tank, there should not be many problems. However, the betta will eat the fry.
Thats fine but this is monster fish keepers... To each his own though just throwing in my thoughts
thats what i thought when i first saw this post. is it just me or is MFK becoming a general aquarium discusion site?Fish Eat Fish;1346028; said:
Last i checked a 55g isn't "monster" and who decides what is and what isn't anyways?
Bettas happen to be one of my fav fish, big attitude and personality for a small package. I've seen them at work gill flaring at larger cichlids in tanks next to them.
It will work fine, just keep an eye out for fin nipping. In a tank that big i would not worry about the betta doing any harm as they are very slow swimmers compared to whats in there. And they are no more likely to eat the fry than the parents.
Bettas happen to be one of my fav fish, big attitude and personality for a small package. I've seen them at work gill flaring at larger cichlids in tanks next to them.
It will work fine, just keep an eye out for fin nipping. In a tank that big i would not worry about the betta doing any harm as they are very slow swimmers compared to whats in there. And they are no more likely to eat the fry than the parents.
It's always cool to see the betta freed from it's tiny bowl. The betta will probably be weak from living in essentially a cup for its life, but he will strengthen up quickly.