Betta and snails?

**Ozymandias** · 01-25-2008, 05:02 AM

Ok so my sister has a betta in a glass bowl at my house (I'm at college now). now I've been thinking about it and seeing it like that is really driving me crazy so i figure I'll set up a small 10 gallon tank when i get home for it. but i'm sort of wondering if a betta would nip at spixi snail, i have some and think they would look nice in the tank i have planed. also would three otos or three cory cats be good in a 10 gallon.

mistergreen · 01-25-2008, 05:33 AM

they like to pick on big snails like apple snails but seem to leave smaller snails alone.. I think the tentacles look like worms or something.

Sierra255 · 01-25-2008, 03:11 PM

I think it will depend on the demeanor of the betta. Some won't tolerate anything else living with them, even a large snail. Others, like mine, don't seem to bother much of anything, other than an occasional gentle teasing from time to time.

Mangala · 01-25-2008, 05:09 PM

I had a betta who liked to flare at the shell of the yellow apple snail I kept with him. Must have thought it was the flared head of another male betta.

They're not that smart, really...

But that snail lived out it's whole year and a half of life without being killed by a betta, so I think it just depends on how hungry the betta is, or how determined.

pdc2104 · 01-25-2008, 09:22 PM

I"m so glad you're giving the betta a great home! He's going to love it.

He might allow a snail or he might not. Just depends on his temperament.

I got some beautiful Nerite snails and tried to add one to my betta's tank.

Here was the result. I had to remove the snail.

01-25-2008, 05:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ozymandias Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: IN/NJ Posts: 930	Betta and snails? Ok so my sister has a betta in a glass bowl at my house (I'm at college now). now I've been thinking about it and seeing it like that is really driving me crazy so i figure I'll set up a small 10 gallon tank when i get home for it. but i'm sort of wondering if a betta would nip at spixi snail, i have some and think they would look nice in the tank i have planed. also would three otos or three cory cats be good in a 10 gallon. __________________ Proud member of NJAGC my 30 gallon rebuild

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mistergreen Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,351	they like to pick on big snails like apple snails but seem to leave smaller snails alone.. I think the tentacles look like worms or something. __________________ Algae happens.

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01-25-2008, 03:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sierra255 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seabrook, TX Posts: 68	I think it will depend on the demeanor of the betta. Some won't tolerate anything else living with them, even a large snail. Others, like mine, don't seem to bother much of anything, other than an occasional gentle teasing from time to time.

01-25-2008, 05:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mangala Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 559	I had a betta who liked to flare at the shell of the yellow apple snail I kept with him. Must have thought it was the flared head of another male betta. They're not that smart, really... But that snail lived out it's whole year and a half of life without being killed by a betta, so I think it just depends on how hungry the betta is, or how determined.

01-25-2008, 09:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
pdc2104 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 52	I"m so glad you're giving the betta a great home! He's going to love it. He might allow a snail or he might not. Just depends on his temperament. I got some beautiful Nerite snails and tried to add one to my betta's tank. Here was the result. I had to remove the snail.

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