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Originally Posted by griffrat
Greetings all and please be kind as this is my first post here in the FL fourms.
A little background I have a blue crowntail and until recently he and his tank mate of a mystery snail were being housed in a 2L container in my office at work. I felt bad for the guy not having more room to swim in and so he got an upgrade to a 4L container. Today I am getting some live plants for a better enriched environment.
Recently a few of my coworkers have been saying the office is bare of decorations with the exception of the crowntail. So I would love to get a bigger tank and I’m looking at getting something between 10 and 30 gal. for the betta. It really depends on the answers to my questions.
I really like the idea of getting the 30 gal and setting it up over a weekend when I have to come into work. But I have heard that betas don’t do well in larger tanks. Is this true? I wouldn’t think so but stranger things are known to be true. And here is the question that relates to this topic of adding a betta to a tank with other fish. With a larger tank I would love to get some other “tank mates” besides the snail, but I can’t stand to risk my crown tail to stress. I am thinking that if I was to provide caves, plants and other hiding areas the betta could coexist with some other types of long finned fish. But for my betta, experience is better than trial and error.
Thanks in advance and looking forward to reading more about our little friends.
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That thing about Bettas hating small tank is totally wrong! Martinismomy has one in a 55gal all alone! He's one of the happiest Betta out there. As a general rule, Betta only really get on with corys and Oto cats. Get him a 30gal, and give him 8 Cory companions. Corys are CUTE little catfish that dwell on the bottom, and are really peaceful. I'd get 4 of one kind of cory, and 4 of another. If your CT is OK with the snail, then he should be OK with corys. I recommend Albino corys - as they are commonly available, very hardy and also more active than many other cory species. Another great species is the Peppered cory cat. Otos tend to be a bit more work, which is why I would steer away from them for a work tank. They are much weaker usually because they are very underfed in transportation etc., and it can be difficult rearing them back to full health.
Just make sure you give the corys bottom feeder tablets - they can't survive on what falls to the floor. I also reccomend getting quite a few caves for the fish, as corys and Bettas love it.
EDIT: Sorry for the hijack - Griff, perhaps it would be a good idea to make a new thread for further discussion on this subject.
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