I raised betta fish in the past and until I got to that point I kept them in a ten gallon tank with guppies, mollies, neons, small angel fish, red tailed sharks they get along with anything other than another male betta and even a female betta. The male betta with chase the female betta unmercifily because he wants to mate with her. Their mating is very aggressive. I would NOT put a male and female betta in a tank unless it was for breeding purposes and then immediately remove the female (the male cares for the eggs) because he will chase her and never give her any rest. She will die eventually under these conditions. Other than that I’ve kept betta with any fish and it has been a very peaceful addition to my tank. oh yeah don’t put it in a tank with fish that would be large enough to eat it! Breeding bettas was an adventure and taught me an appreciation for the fish. They get a bad wrap because of their name but they are truely peaceful fish by themselves in any aquarium. I have had several over the last 30 years and recently bought another which my grandson named “Superman” he replaced “Spiderman” who perished after 5 years of residence in a small bowl on my kitchen counter. They are alright in small containers as long as you change their water frequently and avoid overfeeding them. I think 5 years speaks for itself who knows how old he was when I got him. Enjoy your betta!

I assume your tank is heated and filtered…in which case, just about any tropical fish would make a good companion for a betta, excepting danios and most barbs (which like to nip fins) and male guppies (which look too much like other bettas and will be attacked). Half a dozen Harlequin rasboras, which are a reddish-pink and black colour, usually set off a brightly coloured betta nicely and they get along well. A couple of otocinclus catfish or a single bristlenose ancistrus will help keep algae under control.

If it’s a male betta you shouldn’t put anything withit besides a female or two. But if it’s a female betta you can pritty much put any small non agresive tropical fish with it such as:

guppies
plates
mollies
sword tails
dworf guroumies

A small shoal of 6 noens, and 2-4 ghost shrimp will go great in that tank with a betta.

Please do not listen to the people that say bettas can’t be kept with other fish. This is simply untrue. Bettas are not overly aggressive to any fish other than bettas.

You can keep many of the mid sized species of tetras such as glo light, lemon, head and tail light. You can also keep fish such as white cloud minnows, zebra danios, sparkling gouramis and pygmy cory cats.

Make sure that you don’t overstock your tank though, as you can’t have more than a few fish in a 10 gallon tank.

Beta fish are often picked on by other species of fish, so you will probobly want to stay away from anything that is agressive or semi-agressive. Maybe a cori catfish or a small school of neons?

betta are notorious for being aggressive and often do not mix well with any other fish, except possibly another betta, but even this isnt a sure deal

I have had aggressive oscars,paranahs, pacus, convicts, green and red terrors, african chichlids and tropical fish. Honestly the boring tropical fish are prob the easiest to take care of, I have them now. The aggressive fish I listed are cool but you really need a larger tank to maintain them because they need alot of hiding spaces. I do really like african chichlids they are pretty and cool, they can only be mixed with their own kind because they will kill other fish. No more than two in a ten gall….
Well hope you find your match.. PS Im not an expert just had many diff fish!

gold fish

female guppies! like two or three of them!