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Old 15-01-2008, 10:36 PM
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Can these fish be kept with any other fish like Guppys?
Sorry if this is a stupid question lol.
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very much with guppies...bettas don't do well with many fish but guppies are excellent!!
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Old 15-01-2008, 10:39 PM
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Dont keep them with guppys as their long tails can provoke fighters into thinking they are rivals.
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Old 15-01-2008, 11:12 PM
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fighters usually like to nip.....guppies with large flowing tails are usually too tempting but it "could" be ok if given a large tank and lots of plant cover.....then they can't focus the aggression on 1 fish.
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Old 15-01-2008, 11:16 PM
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that's all crap... i've done it so i guess i must have been high or something....jeez!
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Old 15-01-2008, 11:18 PM
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my fighter is in with guppys and white clouds......absolutly no problems at all, fish like all animals have their extreemists, we had a rogue gourami one he was a bugger, but in general there should not be a problem
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Old 15-01-2008, 11:30 PM
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guppies and bettas alike need a well planted tank that is slow moving.... any fish in the wrong set up will behave differently... a great example are tiger barbs.... folks with one or two in a stupidly barren tank are just asking for problems..... female bettas make even better tank mates. may this and may that stuff is bogus....it may rain.... with fish, first the habitat- then the fish. i have a fully planted tank and keep all kinds of stuff because it's a natural environment and thus all the fish behave naturally....... how are your hatchet fish doing with your tiger barbs???
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Old 16-01-2008, 12:09 AM
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Well in the years i worked in aquariums,i saw numerous bettas displaying to and chasing and biting male guppies."Crap" i guess.
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Old 16-01-2008, 12:11 AM
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Well in the years i worked in aquariums,i saw numerous bettas displaying to and chasing and biting male guppies."Crap" i guess.

i bet that they were pet shop tanks not real tanks...eh?
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Old 16-01-2008, 12:44 AM
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Our fighter fish has been fine with our guppies, nice big tank and he is happy swimming up and down all day.
One of our mollies was the offender in bullying in fact.x
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