Betta community tank?

[SnailLove]

Hey guys! Later this year I’m planning on putting together a nice planted betta community tank together and wanted to ask for recommendations! I’m planning on getting one betta fish, one apple snail, either neon tetras or white cloud minnows, and two plants (I was thinking a water wisteria and an Anubis nana)
What tips can y’all give me? Also I want this to be a relatively small tank, but don’t know if 3.5 is big enough for all these things...

 

[Blueberrybetta]

All the fish will live nice together but not in a 3.5gal.... that would basically be a fighting fish ring ..

 

[Blueberrybetta]

Neons need to be kept in schooling groups and with a betta ? I'd say you best bet is a 10gal with lots of hiding places and plants

 

[SnailLove]

All the fish will live nice together but not on a 3.5gal.... that would basically be a fighting fish ring ..

Yeah I thought so, I didn’t wanna go as big as a ten gallon tho cuz I don’t have space for that, I was considering perhaps a 5 gallon?

 

[Rev]

No go on a community tank in a 3.5 gallon that is way too small. Or a 5 gallon. One betta will be all. Maybe a snail. But don't do an apple snail with live plants because you won't have any live plants left in a day or two. If you want a community tank 10 gallon minimum. 20 gallon even better for more schooling fish to disperse aggression.

 

[JB92668]

bettas go well with rossie barbs and red cherrie barbs do not mix with guppys or sharks with red fins

 

[SnailLove]

Neons need to be kept in schooling groups and with a betta ? I'd say you best bet is a 10 gallon with lots of hiding places and plants

Right

No go on a community tank in a 3.5 gallon that is way too small. Or a 5 gallon. One betta will be all. Maybe a snail. But don't do an apple snail with live plants because you won't have any live plants left in a day or two. If you want a community tank 10 gallon minimum. 20 gallon even better for more schooling fish to disperse aggression.

oh I’ve asked about apple snails and plants on the plant forum! Apparently if you keep your snail well fed they’ll leave the plants alone cuz they’re harder to break down. My apple snail rn has been leaving the Anubias in my little sisters tank alone

 

[SnailLove]

bettas go well with rossie barbs and red cherrie barbs do not mix with guppys or sharks with red fins

Thank you for the advice! I think I’m more heavily leaning towards white cloud minnows, I’ve heard they also do well and they have a nice look to them

 

[Blueberrybetta]

Yeah I thought so, I didn’t wanna go as big as a ten gallon tho cuz I don’t have space for that, I was considering perhaps a 5 gallon?

Still too small , especially if you have a betta with other fish . Now a 5gal would be perfect for just a betta

 

[Rev]

oh I’ve asked about apple snails and plants on the plant forum! Apparently if you keep your snail well fed they’ll leave the plants alone cuz they’re harder to break down. My apple snail rn has been leaving the Anubias in my little sisters tank alone

They can and it depends on the plant. Thicker leaf plants they leave alone for the most part like your anubias. I'd suggest a mystery snail, very similar but not gonna touch your plants. I believe mystery snails are actually technically a species of apple snails. Just without the plant appetite.

 

[SnailLove]

No go on a community tank in a 3.5 gallon that is way too small. Or a 5 gallon. One betta will be all. Maybe a snail. But don't do an apple snail with live plants because you won't have any live plants left in a day or two. If you want a community tank 10 gallon minimum. 20 gallon even better for more schooling fish to disperse aggression.

Oof... we have a ten gallon currently but it belongs to my little sister and my parents don’t want me to have that big of a tank in my room. I was thinking of white cloud minnows Because I’ve heard they do well with bettas and theyre a relatively small fish

 

[SnailLove]

They can and it depends on the plant. Thicker leaf plants they leave alone for the most part like your anubias. I'd suggest a mystery snail, very similar but not gonna touch your plants. I believe mystery snails are actually technically a species of apple snails. Just without the plant appetite.

Oh oh I’m sorry, I keep calling mystery snails apple snails, I have a mystery snail

 

[Rev]

Oof... we have a ten gallon currently but it belongs to my little sister and my parents don’t want me to have that big of a tank in my room. I was thinking of white cloud minnows Because I’ve heard they do well with bettas and theyre a relatively small fish

A 5 gallon tank with other fish is just not enough room. Way too high of a bioload and not enough space for all the fish. Remember bettas tend to be very aggressive and territorial. That will be a tank full of dead fish pretty quickly. A 10 gallon gives the betta space and the other fish space to reduce aggression. 5 gallon just not doable.

 

[Algonquin]

White clouds and bettas are not temperature compatible at all. Bettas like around 80, white clouds around 70.

 

[Algonquin]

I didn’t wanna go as big as a ten gallon tho cuz I don’t have space for that, I was considering perhaps a 5 gallon?

If 5 gallons is the largest you can get, then work with that. A betta and a nerite snail is great in a 5g. Do keep in mind that until you have the betta, you will not know how aggressive he may be towards tankmates. Some bettas are very accepting of others, some not so much. A mystery snail is a pretty big snail, and the betta may not tolerate sharing a space as small as 5 gallons with it. Mysterys also have plenty of soft bits that can easily be nipped by an aggressive betta. Also mystery snails have a fairly significant bioload. I'd stick to a nerite in a 5 with a betta.

 

[Jaykay1stBetta]

Yeah I thought so, I didn’t wanna go as big as a ten gallon tho cuz I don’t have space for that, I was considering perhaps a 5 gallon?

But your fish would love a ten gallon a d be alot happier and appriciate you for it. Would you want a twin bed or a queen size?