farmchick Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 Hi all This may seem like a dumb question but........ Can I put a siamese fighter (male) in a community tank? He would be going in with Gouramis, Kribs, Black widows and BN's. I have also got a livebearer tank with swords, mollies and guppies. Would he be better in with them? They seem heaps more placid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I wouldn't put him in with kribs and tetras. Some gouramis may also find his fins too tempting. Mind you, I always think they should be in a species only tank and not in a community but others will disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2fishy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 I have my male fighter in with black widows, breeding pair of kribs, 12 BNs, 2 pictus cats, rummy nose tetras, neons, 1 danio and sum platies and hes been there for like 6 months and i have had no probs. But thats just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 See, I said someone would disagree with me :lol: I must also add I do not keep bettas myself so those who do would be better to advise you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yeah I don't see any probs I have a siamese fighter with gouramis and angels and a bn and he doesn't have any probs, anyway if you have heaps of plant life they like to sort of hide amongst it and are pretty good at getting away from anyone chasing them by hiding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 in my opinion.. it is the size of the tank that matters and how many hiding places there are. I think a betta would be fine in a tank with those sort of fish if they are in large tank (like 3 ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft or larger) but i would not recommend putting all that lot in a 2ft x 1ft x 1ft. Think of it in people terms. get 10 people. 3 or 4 are not exactly friends. stick them all in a small room like your average living room size. chances are if they are left for a while to do their thing there will be a disagreement. take the same 10 people and stick them in a basket ball stadium with something to do for entertainment for example and leave them for a while and (hopefully) everyone will have enough space to be happy and stay away from those that they don't like too much. In thinking of this example though, i found it amusing to think of teenagers and drunken males in these situations :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmchick Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 AH HA! :lol: It all makes sense now. The community tank is a 3 ft reasonably heavy planted one with a piece of driftwood effectively seperating the tank (its rather large). I have to keep trimming my plants as they wont stop growing. I have no idea if Im cutting the wrong bits off or not but they all seem okay :oops: The livebearer tank is only a 2ft but again heaps of plants for all the bubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Good one Loopy, very accurate. Its funny how no matter how big though you always get bullies who cross over the line, with fish and people Your tanks sound pretty cool farmchick. Do you guys find with your Siamese Fighters that you can stroke their back and they don't mind, they are the only fish I have found they like this, the others tend to shy away. And man if a plec even sees you they tend to swim for it, well float fast really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 cool Mystic, your Aro sounds more like a cat than a fish I have two siamese fighters (in two separate tanks) cherry a red one and blueboy, gee I wonder what colour he is, Original I know. cherry is in the smaller tank (60L) so thinks he is the king of the tank and likes to be patted on the back, I can't get near blueboy though as he is in a 4 ft tank and likes to hang out at the bottom at feeding time as he thinks the sprulina discs are only for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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