Betta with Live-bearers

[fishlover25]

Can a betta be kept with live-bearers. i know it cant with guppies. colors to bright

[Coyote]

One LFS here has a betta for every platy and swordtail tank. There's no betta in their molly tanks though.

[sinasster]

I kept my betta with guppies, and didnt have any problems.

Perhaps i just got lucky

[beermanic]

I did also for about 1 1/2 weeks and then one day I found both of them torn up and battered. They both died before the next day.

RIP - at least the male guppy had a chance to pass his genes on to 6 you guppies.

[tramca]

All my lps's house bettas with guppies......apparently they get on ok.
I hope so as I'm buying a betta tomorrow( I hope!)

[PreciousGems]

Bettas are great additions to most live-bearing tanks. It helps keep the population down in them, and look pretty against the grain of the same fish!

Alexa

[catfishmike]

some times yes some times no.it just depends on the betta.like most creatures bettas have diffrent personalitys.some bettas will never touch another fish.some go into kill mode regardless of the offending fish and it's size.anything with a long finned tail will probably become a target.also sometimes they will live in perfect harmony then ond day it's like a whole new fish terrorizing anything in sight.those are just my experiences though.

[PreciousGems]

Yes, its true, it does depend on the betta. But sometimes its the bettas getting their fins nipped! So you have to really research what fish you are going to put them with and get people to share their expiriences.

[Guardian]

Betta's go great with livebearers...I just hope you don't want any of the baby's from the livebearers as Betta's are excellent hunters...

[Layla]

My betta nipped the platies when I put them in with him.