Community Betta Fish Tanks

“Letting your betta live in community with others”

Planning to let your betta dive in with other fish? Here are the tips on how to pick just the right tank mates and of course, how to pick a community betta fish tank.

You might wonder how in the world this Siamese fighter fish can get along peacefully with others. Yes, bettas certainly can. The secret actually is in the tank that you are going to use and the kind of company that you want your betta to happily live with.

Now we are going to deal first in selecting the best betta community tank. This tank is going to be its home and presumably we don’t want our betta suffer undue stress so it can continue to live in a happy state, remain beautiful and swim with grace.


Your decision to make your betta happier living with others must be coupled with caution. As I said, it should start in that tank. As an aquarist, you must always remind yourself of the “one-gallon-for-every-inch-of-fish rule”. This would apply more suitably in selecting the best sized community tank because obviously you want to give your betta more room as it thrives with others.

As you are hit with realization that your betta needs to be in association with others, it is however your community tank which dictates just how many you can let dive into the tank. You must also figure out just how big you are going to let them grow so that you can effective remove others from the tank when they grow up like you never have thought upon before.

Now let’s move on to who deserves a place in your community tank. Normally, our gorgeous surface-breathing freshwater friend is best suited in living alone in a tank but to make your betta even happier, you can have your fish enjoy community situations. In putting a betta in community with others, you need to know this little known fact in categorizing your fish’s swimming position inside the community tank: the top swimmers; the middle swimmers; and the bottom swimmers.

The foregoing categorization is something you may want to incorporate in your community tank. Since betta is known to stake out a small territory near the surface of the water, you can mix with him others who love to rule the middle and the bottom. Your best bet is picking sturdy but non-aggressive swimmers like slower tetras, cherry barbs, guppies, white clouds, cory cats, and platys among others.

With this information, you can now become a devoted aquarist. Decide how many fish you want to have in the community tank.  Calculate how large the tank needs to be.  Purchase and prepare the tank.  Purchase the new fish and introduce your betta to them.  Carefully monitor the interaction between your betta and the new fish.  Finally, enjoy watching your new creation.