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Originally Posted by VydorScope
I do not know much about fish, but I thought I have heard that you could not put a beta with other fish cause it would kill them?
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Male Betas, which are the only ones that fight,
ONLY fight with other male Betas, and during the breeding process, beat the hell out of females by literally squeezing her eggs out of her, gathering them up with his mouth, and spitting them into a nest he's previously made out of bubbles of saliva. Quite often the female dies in the process. You can have a whole tank full of female Beta with no problems.
Betas don't fight with other species of fish, and quite often are bullied by much smaller fish in a tank.
Their beautiful long flowing fins are frequently ripped and torn by aggressive guppies!
Betas are VERY easy to keep, and don't require very much room at all. My father kept one for two years in a large Brandy snifter! I've always kept one in every 'mixed' tank I've had. I especially like the scarlet colored ones like the link above, or the silvery blue like this.
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