Species profile
Betta
Betta splendens
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | freshwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | easy to moderate |
| Minimum tank | 5 US gal / 19 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 7 cm |
| Temperature | 24-28 C |
| pH | 6.5-7.8 |
| Hardness | 3-15 dGH |
| Salinity | 0-0 ppt |
| Temperament | territorial |
| Aggression notes | Male bettas are solitary centerpiece fish. Some tolerate calm tank mates in larger planted tanks, but they may chase flashy fish and eat small shrimp. |
| Diet | carnivore-leaning omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle/top |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | low |
| Reef safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Plant safe | Yes |
| Invert safe | No |
| Compatibility tags | freshwater, solo-centerpiece, long-finned, slow-water, small-predator |
| Avoid with tags | fin-nipper, male-betta, aggressive-fish, shrimp, flashy-long-finned |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Betta.
- Can Betta and Angelfish live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Bristlenose pleco live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Bronze cory live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Cardinal tetra live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Cherry shrimp live together? not recommended
- Can Betta and Chili rasbora live together? caution
- Can Betta and Ember tetra live together? caution
- Can Betta and Harlequin rasbora live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Guppy live together? not recommended
- Can Betta and Honey gourami live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Molly live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Kuhli loach live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Neon tetra live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Otocinclus live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Pearl gourami live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Peppered cory live together? caution
- Can Betta and Platy live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Pygmy cory live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Swordtail live together? compatible
- Can Betta and Tiger barb live together? not recommended
- Can Betta and Zebra danio live together? not recommended
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.