Can betta fish live with shrimp? 🦐 Will bettas eat shrimp?

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  • @ricokaboom_
    @ricokaboom_ 2 роки тому +192

    I had such a lovely betta and he was like aquarium peacekeeper. He was calm until platies start to fight, then he goes and flare at them until they stop. When my shrimps finally started breeding I was scared that betta will eat them, I looked at his behavior a lot and saw multiple times when he sees newborn shrimp and just curious about it, observed and never tried to charge at it. such a good boy, I miss him. my current bettas in general goes well with shrimps but I saw attempts to charge at shrimps

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому +18

      You had such a good boy

    • @musician200X
      @musician200X 2 роки тому +8

      That's what my plakat, Midas, does for my guppies. They'll start chasing each other and he will go up and flare at them or get in between. I had never seen this before and found it so funny. Thanks for sharing!

    • @lilybeaumont683
      @lilybeaumont683 2 роки тому +2

      My female would gang up with my angel if other fish started a fight..

    • @ajshelby135
      @ajshelby135 Рік тому

      Hi, how many times a day did u feed your male betta?

    • @ricokaboom_
      @ricokaboom_ Рік тому +1

      @@ajshelby135 one time a day. in general it is better not overfeed fish and have fasting day once a week

  • @MarksShrimpTanks
    @MarksShrimpTanks 2 роки тому +60

    Yes over the years I have changed my mind a little on this, as long as you provide cover for the shrimp the fish cant get to them they should be fine.

    • @jeromeverzosa7901
      @jeromeverzosa7901 2 роки тому +5

      I've tried this, but I rarely saw any of my shrimp again. They just hid under cover all day.

    • @giogremory
      @giogremory 6 місяців тому

      @@jeromeverzosa7901 I've tried with larger shrimp (same size with my betta) and my betta scared of him at first lol. But now they hanging around their tank together everytime

    • @ryu-ken
      @ryu-ken Місяць тому

      Problem is if they're hiding they aren't cleaning

  • @musician200X
    @musician200X 2 роки тому +28

    I love the recommendation of letting the betta sit in a breeder box to get used to them. I've used this to check agression with other tank mates, like guppies. Your channel has such fantastic advice, thank you for sharing.

  • @ticket2space621
    @ticket2space621 2 роки тому +14

    I've had 3 Bettas with shrimp and they've all been great. Heavily planted tanks is the key. And a sweet little Betta is like a double safety. I've seen two of my Betta fish snap at snails but never hurt them and was only a one time thing. Well fed fish and plenty of hiding spots and I think it's fine

  • @apss5736
    @apss5736 2 роки тому +42

    This is my analogy with bettas as farmers and shrimp as chickens
    The betta is a farmer called joe. Joe has a flock of chickens ( or shrimp). Joe generally leaves them alone but if he gets hungry he will have an occasional snack of chicken nuggets. Bob is also a chicken farmer but he's incredibly greedy and eats them all. James loves his chickens and never eats them. Tim can't stand chickens and destroys them all ( naughty James ). Just a silly little analogy about how it greatly depends on the personality and the setup of the fish and thank to make it work

  • @1Bonnie777
    @1Bonnie777 Рік тому +6

    I bought a troupe of blue dream shrimp and put them in with my betta. It was the most expensive meal he's ever had. But just when I thought he killed them all, out of a rock comes this RED cherry shrimp, which I never bought. I don't know where he came from; he must have been a teenie tiny baby who was with them and I overlooked it. I immediately put him in another tank where he now lives with some amanos and rasboras. He's my little red shrimp who became king.

  • @alisonnicholson
    @alisonnicholson 2 роки тому +9

    My veiltail wont tolerate tank mates. Tried shrimp he ate them. Tried snails he was aggressive with them too. Tried pygmy corys nope wouldnt tolerate them either. Think I got myself a bad ass lol. Great video, thank you

  • @fishdaddyjackaquatics664
    @fishdaddyjackaquatics664 2 роки тому +11

    Very nice presentation. You are right, it all depends on the temperament of the betta, but in general I don't think bettas and dwarf shrimp are a good mix. The bettas may leave the adult shrimp alone, but they won't hesitate to make a meal of the fry. Also, they have 2 different temperament requirements. Bettas do best kept at Temps of 78-82 F while dwarf shrimp do best at Temps of 70 to 75. Shrimp can take warmer temperatures, but it speeds up their life cycle. I'm glad I ran into your channel. I just subscribed subscribed.

  • @Brotherdrew561
    @Brotherdrew561 2 роки тому +13

    It’s a chance we take because every betta is different, I had shrimp with a male Betta for over six months never had a problem and my shrimp were thriving having babies I probably had about 25 to 30 shrimp in my tank. added a female betta she killed all my shrimp. That’s my experience fish FAM 🤜🏼🤛🏽

    • @IsaacDionne
      @IsaacDionne 10 місяців тому

      Did she kill them all over night? Were you monitoring, or did you not care if they all got eaten?

  • @BenBetta
    @BenBetta 2 роки тому +2

    Great video. I'll share to my local group since there always customer who been asking about bettas and shrimp 😅

  • @jamesvan2201
    @jamesvan2201 11 місяців тому

    I feed my turtle, feeder guppies. I bought a dozen and instead to my (now pleasant) surprise, I got 10 guppies and 2 shrimp (by mistake). I placed the shrimp in with my betta and they seem ok with one another. The betta is more curious and swims up to the shrimp. He flared at first but after a few seconds, he let his guard down and swam the other way. Now he just swims around and the shrimp do their thing. Pretty awesome how I got a happy little coincidence like that as I never even considered buying shrimp. But now that I have them, I love them. It's awesome watching them scurry around the floor of the tank, eating any fish food the betta misses and clean it up. My betta is a koi betta. They have the calico like appearance of a koi fish and apparently he isnt aggressive at all.

  • @agalthy5152
    @agalthy5152 Рік тому +2

    I have a betta with many shrimps in the same tank for the last few months. Now I have baby shrimps in the tank 😊.

  • @tvtechwonv27
    @tvtechwonv27 2 роки тому

    Awwwww sweet Kasia~. Another beautiful video~

  • @Rach90
    @Rach90 2 роки тому +3

    I keep my plakat Draco with 5x Amano shrimps, he chases them but never attacks. They’ve been in the tank together for over 6 months with no problem.

  • @artwithtwix6208
    @artwithtwix6208 2 роки тому +2

    very informative! your videos are very helpful😊

  • @jeroenniemeijer2236
    @jeroenniemeijer2236 Рік тому

    My Betta has been living with Amano Shrimps for years, all good!

  • @Kiraiko44
    @Kiraiko44 2 роки тому +7

    I Crocodile Dundee my betta fish, for some reason pointing at him bothers him so I do it whenever he's being bad and it always makes him back off. So I kind of trained him to leave the shrimp and snails alone, by pointing at him whenever I saw him acting aggressively towards them. Now he mostly ignores them all, except if the shrimp move really fast then he'll start to go after them but usually lose interest immediately. And he has one snail he HATES and always wants to fight, I think because he has stripes.

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому +5

      Ur interrupting the unwanted behavior ..its kinda like dog training but with fish! 😀

  • @Evil_Genius_888
    @Evil_Genius_888 2 роки тому +4

    I did it all wrong, but it worked for me. My (late) dragonscale beta was alone in a highly planted 16g when I added the cherry shrimp. He would follow them around like a puppy. As you say it’s probably not a good thing to it that way.

  • @nataliedubious5241
    @nataliedubious5241 2 роки тому +1

    My crowntail loved to snack on shrimp, hubby's half moon has the occasional snack but typically leaves them alone

  • @comment.highlighted
    @comment.highlighted 2 роки тому +3

    I think Bettas should have tank mates. Both of my Bettas live in separate community tanks with Neons Tetras, Platies, Endlers, Otos, and Neocaridina shrimps. They don’t both anyone, enjoy swimming with with other fishes, and try to steal food from the shrimps eating 😆

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому +1

      Bettas are little food thiefs

    • @catherinesanchez1185
      @catherinesanchez1185 2 роки тому

      I put my male beta in my 29 gallon community tank. I had to add additional bubbling so my Cory’s could breath so he keeps to a quiet corner of the tank with the floating plants . He flared for a couple days when I first put him in but the other fish ignored him and he stopped . Lol

  • @Rufflzfeatherz
    @Rufflzfeatherz 2 роки тому

    Very informative content on this channel.

  • @areesharkon
    @areesharkon 2 роки тому

    Thank u so much kaisa for u r tips . Always works . Thanks a lot. Love and support from Sri Lanka ❤❤❤👌

  • @MeanOldLady
    @MeanOldLady 6 місяців тому

    I love those cute, blue shrimp!

  • @Everything-dr1wb
    @Everything-dr1wb Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing this video 🙂👍

  • @slamboy66
    @slamboy66 Рік тому +1

    My betta is in a 10g shrimp established tank with a huge Java moss ball. He will hit the moss with his tail to get shrimplets to jump for a snack. He also made a cave in the moss.

  • @loveshack7877
    @loveshack7877 2 роки тому +1

    Hi there... Very informative stuff.. By the way can you please give me the size of the tank @1:51 in cms and also the glass mm ..
    Thank you in advance 😇

  • @andugo
    @andugo Рік тому

    I got female beta keep chasing at shrimp but ok with fishes and amano shrimp huge ones.. this means I can’t keep shrimp with Betta?

  • @apss5736
    @apss5736 2 роки тому

    awesome video

  • @lazi5540
    @lazi5540 2 роки тому +3

    My betta seemed to pick off a lot of my small cherries right off the bat, but after a few months they are very well off and the two parties leave eachother alone, the babies are still up for grabs but there’s so much guppy grass and duckweed in my tank that they do very well at hiding

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому +3

      You have achieved a great balance in your tank 😀 the shrimp do well and the betta still benefits from some healthy live food once in a while but you still offer them protection in the guppy grass. Win win 🏆

    • @lazi5540
      @lazi5540 2 роки тому

      @@CreativePetKeeping Could you do a video on potentially keeping african dwarf frogs and bettas? even if you don’t have experience. I had a customer come into my store today and they had asked, it seems like it’s supported, but not widely. I wanted to know a more “professional” opinion. I told them i wouldn’t until they have done research and are comfortable doing it without asking if it’s even okay.

  • @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030
    @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 2 роки тому +1

    I have a red betta fish living with 3 amano shrimp. Sometimes he chases them but he usually leaves them alone

  • @mikeeljahosafats3231
    @mikeeljahosafats3231 Місяць тому

    I had shrimp for dinner last night.

  • @larryhenry719
    @larryhenry719 2 роки тому

    Will you be attending the Orlando show in February.

  • @cotofino
    @cotofino 2 роки тому

    Well thank you for this video, in the next one tall us how many shrimps did your beta eat?

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому +4

      I have a plakat w some shrimp in a 10 gallon and he leaves them alone but my female betta tank can't be trusted with shrimp at all. I used to keep the orange betta with shrimp as well but he chased them so I moved him by himself. I'm always switching things up in an attempt at making my critters happy.

  • @johnwood738
    @johnwood738 2 роки тому +1

    Nice job but I don’t think that my female Betta ( worst temper of any I have had) would put up with them Farmer Jo from The Small Scape named her lightning and it fits!

  • @shanefernandes2695
    @shanefernandes2695 2 роки тому +1

    I added the shrimp like a month before the betta but after like 2 day my betta is bitcikg my shrimp he is not hunting em but is like biting them when he sees them

  • @danielkepinski688
    @danielkepinski688 2 роки тому

    Got my daughter some shrimp. All 4 were gone within the hour 😂
    He doesn’t mind the tetras in the tank though

  • @petermorey4197
    @petermorey4197 2 роки тому +1

    We have a male veiltale that does excellent with shrimp and a female plakat that is vicious. She killed 8 shrimp and 2 nerite snails before I even realized what was going on.

  • @tinksmith4964
    @tinksmith4964 2 роки тому +3

    One of my bettas lives happily with his little cherry friends... unfortunately I think my other betta has eaten his blue velvet friends. He's never living with anything else...

  • @realessayog6947
    @realessayog6947 Рік тому

    My little purple pink betta swalled half a small shrimp today.. I was heart broken that he did that because he can no longer stay in the shrimp tank or he will definitely eat the fry now. The shrimp he tried eating did survive.

  • @garrymartinez502
    @garrymartinez502 2 роки тому

    Been awhile sense your last video

  • @Drag0nD33s
    @Drag0nD33s 2 роки тому

    what gravel do you use

  • @little76boo1
    @little76boo1 2 роки тому +2

    My betta is too lazy! She just waits for live baby brine shrimp and other snacks!

  • @unacceptablejohn9626
    @unacceptablejohn9626 2 роки тому

    I have 2 males In a 20g with a barrier and all shrimp amano and cherry were fine ... my betta sorority in the 50g has 5 and the amano and cherry have always been left alone ...

  • @SULTANbySULTAN
    @SULTANbySULTAN 2 роки тому

    Helpful ❤️❤️

  • @cccatch-js8xb
    @cccatch-js8xb 2 роки тому

    Scared the bettas gonna have endless shrimp ala Red Lobster.

  • @courtneymckenzie5110
    @courtneymckenzie5110 2 роки тому

    My first betta would eat the shrimp after he passed away i got another one because they are just my fravorite fish to sit and watch and he has accepted shrimp he did chase for the first couple of minutes but quickly got bored and left him alone my shrimp sits out in the open no problems so will have to get more shrimp now

  • @isaac9973
    @isaac9973 11 днів тому

    I have 3 bettas. All of them eat every single shrimp every time

  • @krispapas9834
    @krispapas9834 2 роки тому

    Both of my bettas happily live with amano shrimp

  • @queenbe965
    @queenbe965 10 місяців тому

    My betta has never flared in his life and he's 3yrs old... I've had him for 3yrs

  • @jerryamescua
    @jerryamescua 2 роки тому

    Crawfish do fine. I believe it just depends on the betta

  • @fbasantajr
    @fbasantajr 2 роки тому

    Hi Kasia, I have been thinking of adding red cherries to a 6 gallon with my male hellboy, these were good tips. I have a quick question male Vail tail this morning I found him on the bottom of the tank upside down. Struggling to swim, I immediately removed him from the tank and placed him in a hospital tank. Check water parameters on tank all were reading good. I added a heater and an air stone to the tank along with Indian almond leaf. He's trying to swin around but is struggling. According to what I read he has swim bladder. Anything else beside the blanched peas I should be doing? As always thank you for your help.

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому

      It might help to lower the water as much as possible. Less water pressure will help but it will also make it easier for him to take breaths at the surface of the water.
      U can also fast him for a day or two or feed frozen daphnia which also helps them poop.
      I hope your boy feels better soon!

    • @fbasantajr
      @fbasantajr 2 роки тому

      @@CreativePetKeeping Thank you, Kasia

    • @rachel_7533
      @rachel_7533 2 роки тому

      @@fbasantajr currently having the same issues with my boy, finnster. Did things ever improve for hellboy?

    • @fbasantajr
      @fbasantajr 2 роки тому

      @@rachel_7533 Hi Rachel, unfortunately, he passed away. Remember if you have him in a "hospital" keep the water low so he can go up a breath air. Check with Kasia whether or not to add salt, I had an Indian almond leaf in his tank.

    • @rachel_7533
      @rachel_7533 2 роки тому

      @@fbasantajr sorry to hear that, and thank you for the adivce. Finnster is currently in hospital tank after id kept him in a bowl for a day or so. He looks to be improving some (swimming more) but still hasnt been eating. Which currently is my concern.
      Did you ever get or want another fish? Before finnster i had my first ever fish fish named gibbie (miss him for sure.) Having him had taught me much when later getting finnster.

  • @stephaniebrittain5854
    @stephaniebrittain5854 2 роки тому

    My betta is totally fine with my amano shrimp 😊

  • @zoe_vg8906
    @zoe_vg8906 3 місяці тому

    I had 15 blue shrimps and my galaxy betta ate ALL of them it’s crazy haha

  • @krispapas9834
    @krispapas9834 2 роки тому

    My angels on the other hand....

  • @Daaboo
    @Daaboo 2 роки тому +1

    My betta is way to lazy and slow for the shrimp. He doesn't seem interested in them at all. When the cleaners are to crazy he just go there and stare at them and they calm down. He is the tanks boss and make sure everyone is calm.

  • @enigma533
    @enigma533 3 місяці тому

    Betta living with Panda garras in my tank

  • @Spicy__fm
    @Spicy__fm 2 роки тому +1

    My betta just ate one of my cherry shrimp :( I fed her 3 blood worms today so she mustn't of been that hungry. So sad poor lil guy

  • @garrymartinez502
    @garrymartinez502 2 роки тому

    I got my first spawn though!

  • @garrymartinez502
    @garrymartinez502 2 роки тому

    I got my first spawn 🥰

  • @milkb4cereal_23
    @milkb4cereal_23 2 роки тому +1

    My alien betta killed all the cherry shrimp babies

  • @ChromeCobra420
    @ChromeCobra420 2 роки тому

    I have a ton of shrimp in my sorority.

  • @xisotopex
    @xisotopex 2 роки тому

    just about any fish, no matter how small will eat shrimp if the shrimp are small enough to fit in its mouth. some may even attack shrimp that are too big which is no good for the shrimp either... even some grazers will eat tiny shrimp if they come upon them...
    my betta eventually got used to the shrimp, and just ignored them. he seemed to view the shrimp more as invaders into his realm rather than food, so once he got used to them, they were good to go...

  • @ItzSkrilla_
    @ItzSkrilla_ Рік тому

    I had bought my betta but i didn’t know he was already old when i got him so the day after he passed away r.i.p

  • @PsychedelicMakai
    @PsychedelicMakai 2 роки тому

    i wonder if that one method work on female betta

  • @lilybeaumont683
    @lilybeaumont683 2 роки тому

    I've always had beta fish as mostly community fish..I've only found a problem with a young female who went after everything..just as I got her OK with young guppies she died because of the heater..I got a new young male he is the most aggressive male beta I've had.. so I watch him careful with my female guppies..and 99% of the time he is fine..he has no interest in the cat fish or shrimp not even tiny ones..they are out on the wood all day..not hiding..I've had a male with shrimp before..my guppy fry killed most of my adult shrimp so I had to throw the last one in with my betta..they were together with my disabled fish forever..you can never tell what fish can be a problem..

  • @bananafloat27
    @bananafloat27 2 роки тому +1

    My black samurai Hulegu is so peaceful with shrimp that they land on his head and swim all around him and even steal his Xtreme pellets with no consequences. Put a guppy in with him, on the other hand, and...no more guppy.

  • @yanjijay6752
    @yanjijay6752 2 роки тому

    Nice video they can but bettas would consider them as food

    • @garrymartinez502
      @garrymartinez502 2 роки тому

      Not always, o have shrimp in two of my betta tanks

  • @abfmkarin
    @abfmkarin Рік тому

    The male betta that I keep in a 15 gallon tank with ottos,kuhlis and dwarf rasbora has a large population of shrimp.He doesn't go after them.Has no interest. The other same size tank with 5 female bettas is a different matter.They snack all the time on the shrimp babies and hunt them all day long.The shrimp population in there is small and I won't stock up the current adults in there.

  • @Erki750
    @Erki750 2 роки тому

    🥰🐟🐠

  • @kendravoracek3636
    @kendravoracek3636 2 роки тому

    💙💙

  • @soggyfries4347
    @soggyfries4347 2 роки тому

    I have shrimp that wont stop breading living along side my betta. My betta has seen multiple generations of shrimp come and go. Its the god damn pymy cories that piss him off.

  • @Kyddoemiko13
    @Kyddoemiko13 11 місяців тому

    I am too late my Angel male Betta has eaten my cherry shrimp 🤦🏽‍♂️ the next batch will go into s sperate tank .

  • @ItzYuri.
    @ItzYuri. 2 роки тому

    Sorry if you feel offended but, it's a krill not a shrimp

  • @GummyBearBits
    @GummyBearBits Рік тому +1

    My betta is a jerk... all he gets are snails.. and he still tries to murder them.

    • @KeenanHaenni
      @KeenanHaenni 5 місяців тому

      No wonder why one of my three seas nails in my fish tank are dead because of my beta fish

  • @j.theseus2920
    @j.theseus2920 2 роки тому

    Nice video, pretty

  • @rohanabc2361
    @rohanabc2361 2 роки тому

    It will be much better if you put platys or guppies with Betta at least they have a chance to run away

  • @jonesmoreira1
    @jonesmoreira1 Рік тому

    não entendí nada

  • @CherryHaze86
    @CherryHaze86 2 роки тому

    Hi! I have amano shrimp with my betta, but she totally murdered the males that are smaller ... the females are fine :)

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому

      If you add some more hiding spots for the shrimp like moss (where the betta can't easily follow them) that might help.
      Bettas are really smart and won't usually go after larger and bigger food so that's my guess why she left the females alone.

    • @CherryHaze86
      @CherryHaze86 2 роки тому

      @@CreativePetKeeping I thought so but the aquarium si well planted and I thought it would be ok .... oh well, c'est la vie! Thank you!!!

  • @dargon2001
    @dargon2001 2 роки тому

    Infelizmente o áudio é muito baixo

  • @Toydvoid9090
    @Toydvoid9090 2 роки тому

    While watching this my brothers fish died.😥

  • @baronandbaronessvonwolf4618
    @baronandbaronessvonwolf4618 2 роки тому

    You use the most expensive NeoCaridina shrimp Blue Dreams
    To try and out if your Beta is trust worthy
    And your like is at 665
    I want till it gets past a few numbers before i press the 👍

  • @ZeroCarbo
    @ZeroCarbo 2 роки тому

    friend or food
    ppl have them in aquarium and also they eat them

  • @jamesvan2201
    @jamesvan2201 11 місяців тому

    Bay-tuh*

  • @suvo8497
    @suvo8497 2 роки тому

    Shivaji Amar kache vachi

  • @mortallybroken4736
    @mortallybroken4736 2 роки тому

    My female nips at the small ghost shrimp

  • @KatlinMeeko
    @KatlinMeeko 2 роки тому

    I'm so sorry I really wanted to enjoy this video but I could BARELY hear you even with headphones on.

    • @CreativePetKeeping
      @CreativePetKeeping  2 роки тому

      Hmm..I wonder what went wrong. I used the same audio settings I usually do when I record and edit my audio. When I replay the video on my devices I can hear it well. I'll look into it further.