Is This Ok?

[Kopix Nation]

I was woundering what I was going to put for garavel in this bowl that is going to house my betta.... I have a collection of freshwater snail shells that I got from Lake Erie. I was hoping to put those in instead of gravel for the bottom of this bowl. I was woundering if it would alter the water conditions to the betta's unliking. Would the betta hate a alkaline water quality?

claire

 

[OohFeeshy]

Probably be a bad idea. They prefer soft water anyway, and the shells will eventually dissolve and make it too hard and high ph'd.

 

[fishmom]

They might be full of bacteria and they could be too sharp for a betta to be around--they could cut up it's fins and such. I would not use the shells in my tank. Too risky!!