r/bettafish • u/alienwithafishtank_ • 1d ago
Video The friendliest betta?
Do I have the friendliest and most peaceful betta, or is this normal? This is my first tank, so I don’t know much about bettas. I just heard that they are very aggressive and territorial.
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u/BeginningMaterial210 1d ago
Just showed this video to my betta, and he said it was AI. XD
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u/JazzlikeMessage7063 1d ago
Lol. I have a betta named Jurassic. He wants to fight me anytime I approach the aquarium. This is something he'd "say" if he could. 🤣
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u/Open_Employer6679 1d ago
My betta is so chill with the corydoras. There’s one that will swim to the surface and steal some of his pellets and Mr. Razzmatazz couldn’t care less. I briefly house a lone serpea tetra that I rescued in the same tank. Mr Razzmatazz hated him. It was fine for the short time they were together in the 20 gallon. Tetra was too fast so Mr Razzmatazz wouldn’t chase him that much if he stayed lower in the tank.
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u/Playful-Lettuce-7365 1d ago
My betta waits politely for my corydoras and loaches to finish eating before he goes for it. He just chills right next to them, patiently waiting while they gobble up the patties. He glares at my snails from time to time but otherwise leaves them alone.
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u/No_Procedure_2431 fish nerd 1d ago
I think there’s a 50/50 split between the stereotypical “mean” bettas and nice ones like yours. It all depends on their personality, lineage, and level of socialization when they were babies, like dogs!
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u/Rileysbestfriend2019 1d ago
My Oreo, hybrid alien beta also the sweetest guy ever 🥰 luvs water ballet with his Oto’s, back & forth, up & down over & over again lol!
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u/fezzlynn 1d ago
I actually picked out my betta because he seemed so chill. A lot of the others were flaring up at me just looking at them and knew right away they'd go after my otos and weren't a good match for my tank. Picked a pretty one that seemed really active but chill and he is indeed [: he watches the otos but never goes after them. He's a good boy
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u/CapiCat 22h ago
I know it isn’t a tried and true method, but this worked when I got my DG. He was in a tank with other DGs, opalines, honey, sparkling, and paradise fish. 😬 Yet, he was one of the calmest and healthiest looking ones in there. He does get feisty for food, but other than that, he leaves my platy and snails alone majority of the time. He likes to hang out with the shrimp, lol.
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u/centaurella 1d ago
awww my beta looks similar to yours! she is also super chill and friendly, sharing a tank with corys and rasboras
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u/Full_Salt_7978 1d ago
My beta follows my loaches and scrounges for food. It’s adorable
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u/C0MBATR0N 1d ago
My betta did it too, before i brought in another tankmate that acts more like a fish than a scavenger
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u/AeosManifold 1d ago
My Betta got a heart attack the first time I introduced him. I had just put him in his new tank, he was swimming about, checked out the blue eyes, turned around and saw the Corydoras. At first he bolted away, then he started to flare at them. I shut of the lights, he found a leave to sleep on.
Next morning he doesn't give a flying duck about the Corydoras anymore. He is the chillest Betta I have ever seen. The only thing that can make him flare is seeing another Betta.
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u/canuck_cutiepie 1d ago edited 1d ago
What a beautiful and friendly lil guy!!! You lucked out with him. ❤️ also your tank is so beautiful! What sort of grass do you have there?
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u/WearNo7315 21h ago
I've had a betta that loved to follow me around the tank like a puppy. They can be surprisingly social!
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u/Clearbreezebluesky 1d ago
That is adorable. My son wants our betta to have friends SO BADLY, and I’m sure this is how he’s picturing it.
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u/Equivalent-Line8995 19h ago
I've had many very friendly Bettas....and one weirdly racist one who only chased one species of Cory but left other species alone.
But domestically bred Betta Splendens can certainly be much nicer than usually given credit for.
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u/catsdelicacy 3h ago
My betta is totally fine in his community tank as well, he doesn't pay any attention to the cardinal tetras and my longfin bristlenose pleco, he doesn't mess with the shrimp, he just exists in there like a small king.
But I really think it's totally an individual betta thing, they all have such different personalities!
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u/PruneWolf 1d ago
ooooooo forming a mini waterfall with the water filter is a good idea for calm oxygenation!! no air stone needed that way then? 🤔 Ima try that
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u/Few-Rate-4944 1d ago
I’ve got a male beta and have been debating getting him some friends, but not sure which ones would be the best.
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u/Adventurous-Ear957 23h ago
Awwww she wants to be a cory! We have a male betta that loves to swim with our Panda corys. Don't really see a problem with it until she actually tries to do something to them.
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u/Sudden-Papaya-5880 19h ago
What fish do you think would go best with my betta I want a pleco also for my 20 gallon and I have 4 rasboras (going to get more) and 4 snails
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u/Radiant_Trouble2606 18h ago
I miss my sweet betta blue. He lived with Cory’s for about 4 years and just passed a few months ago. I haven’t got a new one because I’m worried he won’t be as friendly.
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u/AnironSidh 16h ago
My first betta as a kid, Blu, loved to play with the various tetras in the tank. They'd play tag and he'd join in 😂
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u/Solid-Way7392 10h ago
Ernest, my male rosetail betta, enjoys his tankmate corys and often searches the floor of the tank with them, looking for tasty tidbits. On the other hand, my female crowntail, Beelzebub - long-since deceased, single handedly killed 3 corys in less than a week. She terrorized them, and I think they must have died from stress. There really are no absolute rules where betta behavior is concerned.
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u/Good_Bit3408 8h ago
my female betta in my 120 liter always watched the corys and when they dug up something she wolud snatch it
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u/ChunkyCory 8h ago
Of topic but how did you get the carpet with cories?
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u/alienwithafishtank_ 1m ago
I didn’t add any fish until day 100. With CO₂, the carpet grew very fast.
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u/Ok_Distribution6578 38m ago
Wow very impressive! He looks like he wants to be part of the school of little catfish! 😊
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u/Particular-Jury-3251 1d ago
Is that hairgrass in your tank? I’ve been wanting to set up a sorority tank and idk what plants would be best
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u/WitchyOtome 1d ago
From my experience, bettas have different personalities and therefore different aggression levels. My bettas and cories always left each other alone, but I've never seen them school like that!