Hi all! Ive been reading the forums all day and decided i love this site! Had tried a couple others but they didn't seem very active or on topic.
Name's Crystal, long time fish enthusiast - owner - lover - hopefully soon to be breeder.

But ive a question. Ive a 2 gallon bowl/vase at work that we have our mascot, Rod, A pretty CT betta, and a white snail. I had a beautiful purple water hyacinth in the top that Rod loved to sit in the root system and build bubble nests. I added the snail to help control bacteria since it is not a filtered system. I also have another live plant int eh center of the bowl for Rod to rest on. You can kinda see the snail near the top just under the plant in the picture... {not sure why its rotating the picture its straight for me}
Now my problem is the hyacinth died, it shriveled up and turned into a big squishy sponge with in 4 days of putting the snail in. I asked around the pet store and the pond store, making sure that snail wouldn't harm the plant in any way and everyone assured me it wouldn't.
Im wondering, by putting in the snail did it eat up the 'fertilizer' the plant was loving from the fish, or did it just plain turn vampire on it.
I really want to replace it, Rod hasn't been making quite as many bubble nests or swimming his laps like he used to. Should i get some liquid fertilizer this time to put in with the new plant? A food stone for the snail to suck on? or just go for a fake plant to float on top.