5 Gallon Tank Betta tankmates question

[PurpleReign19]

Hi all,

i have a 5 gallon tank with a single male betta and some snails. The water is kept at 78 degrees fahrenheit. Is there any tank mates that could live happily with this little guy?

thanks

 

[Eliza4310]

Tetras. Tetras are always a safe bet, as are cory's but you already have snails. I've got cardinals and he doesn't touch them. I bought mine a couple of months ago along with four others. I was told they were all females. Nope. One very aggressive crown tail male. Moved some fish around and he's fine. I have seven tetras, a blonde cory, and lots of plants.

 

[jkkgron2]

In a 5g tetras and corys would most likely be murdered by the betta within the first few days, and both corys and tetras should be in a 10 gallon minimum, with a 20 gallon being best. Inverts would be my suggestion. Bettas might eat shrimp, but a mystery or nerite snail would work well.

 

[PurpleReign19]

In a 5g tetras and corys would most likely be murdered by the betta within the first few days, and both corys and tetras should be in a 10 gallon minimum, with a 20 gallon being best. Inverts would be my suggestion. Bettas might eat shrimp, but a mystery or nerite snail would work well.

Got it!

 

[PaprikaFish]

If you're interested, you could consider upgrading to a community 10 or 20 gallon (with 20 gallons being better) and have some tankmates for your betta. However, make sure you have a backup plan (like putting him back in the 5 gallon) in case your fish is aggressive. A little chasing would be expected at first, but if he is biting and relentlessly attacking, definitely put him back.

 

[Eliza4310]

Good catch, I missed the 5 gallon part. I have a 10, but a five would make that a blood bath.

In a 5g tetras and corys would most likely be murdered by the betta within the first few days, and both corys and tetras should be in a 10 gallon minimum, with a 20 gallon being best. Inverts would be my suggestion. Bettas might eat shrimp, but a mystery or nerite snail would work well.

 

[PurpleReign19]

If you're interested, you could consider upgrading to a community 10 or 20 gallon (with 20 gallons being better) and have some tankmates for your betta. However, make sure you have a backup plan (like putting him back in the 5 gallon) in case your fish is aggressive. A little chasing would be expected at first, but if he is biting and relentlessly attacking, definitely put him back.

I wish i could get a bigger tank but dont have the space. Ill keep him as a loner for now. Thanks for the help

 

[MasterPython]

In a 5 gallon snails are the least likely to be eaten.

If you have plants big snails like mystery snails and nerites when the grow up will not clean plants, they get too big to climb them. The smaller but fast reproducing kinds ofwill clean skinny stem plants and babies will clean moss. Bettas might even eat some babies, my baby frogs with no teeth will.