bmxer193

i just put my male betta in with my platies (10gal tank) and it worked! theres no nipping /fighting or anything they act as if the other isnt there!

Barbrella

Cool! I'm actually considering putting my docile male betta in my community tank of peaceful fish.

The only thing stopping me is I'm trying to figure out how to make sure the betta gets food when the others are so much faster than he.

Let us know how it goes!

bmxer193

I just tried feeding them to see what would happen the platies ate their food but the betta didnt even notice his food lol. Ill just try to put the bettas food on one side of the tank and the platies food on the other side

0morrokh

Heh don't be so sure. I had to remove a Betta from my catfish tank cause he wouldn't stop eating their food. :P

The easiest way to ensure he gets his food is to hand feed him, either with tweezers or your fingers.

COBettaCouple

lol.. true.. when we had corys, 4 cory cats couldn't get any of their food once the Betta in the tank decided he liked algae wafers.

bmxer193

They seen to eat together fine. The betta finds the food first but the platies get up there as soon as they see him eating

capekate

When I first got my male betta about 7 months ago, he was in the community tank with dalmation mollies, serpae tetras, playties and dwarf gourami. He was fine with everyone and no one bothered him but of course the dwarf gourami. That is why I ended up putting the betta in his own ten gal tank.
I think that if you do not have gouramis in your tank, and tiger barbs who can be fin nippers in their own right, you can probably add a betta to your community tank. I had a female in my community tank for awhile as well and she was fine. I was worried tho, about the distance of going up and down a tall tank for air, so I moved her as well to her own tank.
I think there is a lot of fish that bettas can be in with, but a female betta can be in with much more since she doesnt have those long fins to attract fin nippers. I do not think the angelfish and the bettas together are a good choice tho.
~ kate

0morrokh

What are you feeding? Plats and Bettas need very different diets. Bettas need more meat-based foods while Plats need a veggie-based diet.

bmxer193

I was feeding them their own food BUT the betta would only eat the platties flakes?!?! not his food

bmxer193

I had to take the betta out because i added 2 new platies and he was nipping at them

0morrokh

Sorry to hear it didn't work out, but I'm very glad to hear you removed him as soon as you saw a problem.