Dont understand the comments about bettas and neons! Mine get on brilliantly. Maybe it's because I have quite a few.
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no its because every Betta is different. The type can play a massive part in it as well. Yours might be fine, but you could go out and buy another if/when yours passes, and it could murder everything over night. The point is, putting anything in with Betta's is a risk.
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Hmm I kind of disagree with the statement putting anything with a betta is a risk or atleast no more of a risk than other territorial fish, like my kribensis. I would say it's only a risk if the tank is to small, like with any territorial fish. Bettas arent aggressive fish, territorial yes but they are slow and lazy. Their fighting fish/aggressive reputation is more stemmed from how they are with each other, 2 males fighting it out. I think someone should worry more about putting a betta with another betta rather than with something like a neon or other peaceful species unless they are fin nippers. But obviously tank size is everything. I cant personally see a betta constantly swimming around a larger tank and chasing other fish and killing them unless it's a tiny tank.
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If the tank is big enough anything might work, but, as with all living creatures (and to quote Monty Python) "We're all individuals".......
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I will say that although I had a group of neons in with my betta, the tank was too small and that's why I ended up with the problems I did.
Thankfully my boy has recovered 100%, his tail and fins have regrown beautifully and you'd never know there had been a problem. The neons are now in the big tank and are doing well. They will be even better in the new big tank when I get it in a few weeks, hopefully.
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I did have a betta in a 70ltr planted tank with neons - and he chased them around relentlessly and killed a few in the process. That was a veiltail betta, so long fins and all.
Having said that, that was my only bad experience of a betta. Others have been well behaved or even timid.
Having said that, that was my only bad experience of a betta. Others have been well behaved or even timid.
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IndividualRic wrote: ↑Thu Nov 19, 2020 19:23 pm I did have a betta in a 70ltr planted tank with neons - and he chased them around relentlessly and killed a few in the process. That was a veiltail betta, so long fins and all.
Having said that, that was my only bad experience of a betta. Others have been well behaved or even timid.
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You should meet Barry. He uses every inch of my 3ft tank.
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Ditto that, mine also uses the entire tank which is just shy of 3ft. Mine is also called Barry.
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