I thought that female siamese fighter's are ok in a community tank?

I went to pets at home to buy a siamese fighter and an angel but was refused!
After the 15 minutes of questioning she told me that siamese fighter's cannot be kept with angel fish or any other fish in fact because they'll fight and kill any other fish. Also she said i can't get the angel fish because my platties would eat it??
She also said that angel fish grow to 12 inches!
Is any of that right or am i wrong about them?

I don't know about the angel fish, but female betta's can only be kept with each other. Some sites say otherwise but I've never known anyone to have any luck keeping betta's with anything other then betta's.

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Never seen angels for sale that are small enough for platies to eat but they do get to 12 inches in height

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think that bit was the other way round... my pet shop guy told me angel fish would eat my tetras,yep they can get quite big!

have never known a betta to be ok in a community tank... friend tried keeping a male (its tank broke) and he was ok for a while in a tank with a shark and some danios but then he died.

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I would pay £1000 to see a twelve-inch Angelfish! In 10 years of prowling around aquatic stores, trade shows, breeding shows and just peering in my own tank, I've never seen an Angel taller than eight inches.

Back around 1990 I saw a pair that were for sale in a shop. They were easily 10 inches. They had been taken in by someone desperate to get rid of them and were too big for the stock tanks. £6.00 for the pair

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the angel was at least 2 inches, but she said they would pick at it and kill it. According to her platties should be kept in a species tank only.
I've had a few female siamese in my community tank before and they were fine.
But she still insisted they could not be kept with any other fish, even though the tank they were kept in at pets at home had loads of different fish in. So i'm not quite seeing her logic.

Female bettas are perfect in a community tank with peaceful fish, mine were always kept in community tanks with no problems. I would never keep them with angels though as the angels will nip their fins.

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they wouldn't be together, i have 2 tanks.

Platties in a species tank? I've never heard that one before.
I have all livebearers in my tank bar my Gouramis, including platties, they cause no trouble at all.

I have a friend that has a female siamese in a community tank and it's absolutely fine.

And just to say I would never buy fish from Pets at Home. I would suggest you go to an aquatics shop if you have one near, they're likely to know and give you the right information.

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