Thank you. I've kept bettas with guppies before and did not have this problem that you describe, although at first when I introduced guppies, betta male was very curious. :) My other concern would be - do you think this tank is/will be too crowded? -----Original Message----- From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Chris Jewell Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 3:39 PM To: apisto@listbox.com Subject: Re: Keeping apisto cacatoides with betta? off the top of my head, most of those fish shouldnt be a problem appart from perhaps the guppies. Some male Betta Splendens can get confused between the long flowing colourful fins of the male guppies and another male fighting fish, not good. For the apisto, those fish shouldnt bee too much of a problem from my (limited) experience Just a thought Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Dmitry Tumanov <dtumanov@collectivebid.com> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:28 PM Subject: Keeping apisto cacatoides with betta? > Hi. I have a 25 gallon tank, heavily planted with 10 neons, 3 apistos (1 > male, 2 female), 3 siamese algae eaters, 3 cats and 4 male guppies. I was > thinking of adding a male betta to the community. Does this sound like a bad > idea? > > Thank you. > > Dmitry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto