Betta Surprise

[SuperColey1]

I was looking into my tank as I do for most of the day. lol and noticed my Betta in the bottom corner of the tank on his own whereas the other fish all rush to the front hoping to be fed.

Upon closer inspection I saw that the Betta had discovered a clutch of pest snails eggs and was eating them.

I've had a few looks since and he keeps returning to the same spot and feeding on his new found 'stash'. Maybe I already have my snail fighting agent in there after all.

p.s. The Arcadia Original Tropical bulb I put in last weekend makes the Betta (as well as all the others) look incredible colourwise. I'd vouch for this lamp over others every time if you're after the fish colours to get accenuated more.

and the 9V UV sterilizer has made my water crystal clear instead of the fairly clear that it was before. (Wish the tannins would go away from the piece of bogwood I put in . lol

 

[YoungFishBreeder]

Nice

 

[matty101]

very cool and a good way to get rid of snails

 

[LouiseRat]

aw bless , wish dash would eat the snails in his tank lol he has a 2 foot eheim tank , he prefers to just play snail football with the corys lol

 

[SuperColey1]

Just a little pic of him escaping the murder scene. lol

His name is..........Red Betta. lol don't give my fish names.

 

[zoekin8yg]

aww Mine wouldnt touch the snail in his tank its a huge apple snail lol

 

[liz2]

I had a beautiful betta I got through the post. It used to eat the snails and spit the shells out or scrunch little ones. Trouble is one day it ate a snail and I am sure that was what caused its death. It just sort of got a swollen belly and died the same day. I tried pea, sb stuff but I think it got blocked. none of mine have snails in with them now.

 

[SuperColey1]

these are pest snails not there by choice but waiting till Feb to get some loaches (Dwarf)

 

[zoekin8yg]

put some cucumber in the tank the snails will migrate to it, then take the cucumber out, or it is lettuce? One of the two

 

[SuperColey1]

I'm letting them accumulate slowly by handpicking them out when I do water changes, so that when I get the loaches in Feb I can watch them in action.

 

[leddy]

I'm letting them accumulate slowly by handpicking them out when I do water changes, so that when I get the loaches in Feb I can watch them in action.

I assume you're talking about a dwarf chain loach? They are awesome little fish, and mine's quite good at keeping the snails down-plus he also nibbles upon the algae!
Mines on his tod in the community tank at the moment, but I'm trying to get hold of some other little loach buddies for him.
Unfortunately, my lfs hasn't had any in for a while-fingers crossed they'll have some in the delivery on Friday.

 

[SuperColey1]

Yes I think there the ones, silver fish with black circles on his back. I am looking at getting 4 or so once the tank's mini cycle has completed (got a few new arrivals yesterday so waiting for the filter to catch up) then there are 3 new pitbull plecs in 2 weeks which shouldn't make the tank mini cycle again, because they are replacing the common plecs, so will be like for like, then the loaches End of Jan if I can find some that wither deliver or are reasonably local.

I also need to get my plants in and growing before adding any extra 'inches' to the tank, because it's borderline already.

 

[lisa_perry75]

Isn't he a good little fishie?

Tannins are annoying but at least you know they are good for the betta!!!