Betta (Siamese fighting fish)
Betta splendens
A stately surface fish that treats any long-finned fish as a rival.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 6.5 cm
- Smallest tank
- 45 cm
- Temperature
- 24–29 °C
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Surface
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres13 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres36 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres60 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres130 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres240 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Diamond tetra
- Dwarf gourami
- Cockatoo cichlid
- Demasoni cichlid
- Multies shell dweller
- Yellow lab cichlid
- Red zebra cichlid
- Dwarf puffer
- Julidochromis
- African butterflyfish
- Swordtail
- Three spot gourami
- Convict cichlid
- Yoyo loach
- Peacock cichlid
- Red tail shark
- Firemouth cichlid
- Freshwater angelfish
- Rainbow shark
- Severum
- Jack Dempsey
- Kissing gourami
- Frontosa
- Oscar
- and 1 more species
Not together
- GuppyAggressive with peaceful
- Neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- DiscusAggressive with peaceful
- Neon dwarf rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Bronze corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Silver hatchetfishAggressive with peaceful
- Pearl danioAggressive with peaceful
- Tiger barbThese two do not get along
- Celebes rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Sterbai corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- Paradise fishThese two do not get along
- Checkerboard cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Julii corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Dwarf chain loachAggressive with peaceful
- Rummynose tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Zebra danioAggressive with peaceful
- Cherry barbAggressive with peaceful
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- PlatyAggressive with peaceful
- MollyAggressive with peaceful
- Threadfin rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Forktail blue-eyeAggressive with peaceful
- Panda corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Chocolate gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- German blue ramAggressive with peaceful
- Bolivian ramAggressive with peaceful
- Odessa barbAggressive with peaceful
- Cardinal tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Lemon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Congo tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Penguin tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Harlequin rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Zebra loachAggressive with peaceful
- Honey gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Black neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Serpae tetraThese two do not get along
- Glowlight tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Scissortail rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- OtocinclusAggressive with peaceful
- Kuhli loachAggressive with peaceful
- Sparkling gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Glowlight danioAggressive with peaceful
- Clown killifishAggressive with peaceful
- Green neon tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Lambchop rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Giant danioAggressive with peaceful
- Endler's livebearerAggressive with peaceful
- Boesemani rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Turquoise rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Keyhole cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- KribensisAggressive with peaceful
- Galaxy rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Pygmy corydorasAggressive with peaceful
- Ember tetraAggressive with peaceful
- Chili rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Green kubotai rasboraAggressive with peaceful
- Denison barbAggressive with peaceful
- Sailfin mollyAggressive with peaceful
- Pearl gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Bristlenose plecoAggressive with peaceful
- Red rainbowfishAggressive with peaceful
- Siamese algae eaterAggressive with peaceful
- Moonlight gouramiAggressive with peaceful
- Silver dollarAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Clown loachAggressive with peaceful
- Bala sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Common plecoAggressive with peaceful
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap
Same familyGouramis and labyrinth fish
- Dwarf gouramiTrichogaster lalius
- Honey gouramiTrichogaster chuna
- Pearl gouramiTrichopodus leerii
- Three spot gouramiTrichopodus trichopterus
- Moonlight gouramiTrichopodus microlepis
- Sparkling gouramiTrichopsis pumila
- Chocolate gouramiSphaerichthys osphromenoides
- Paradise fishMacropodus opercularis
- Kissing gouramiHelostoma temminckii