you will never believe this......i owned a 2.5-3 gallon hex tank that my mom used for my betta(when i left home)well before that my sister in laws grandparents bout me a betta in a little hex cup....sorry for the rambling...well yesterday i found my 3 gallon hex tank and want to clean and wash it...but i gotta have money for light,filter,pump....conditioner,food,fish,etc. right??????i go downstairs at 2:30 in the morning to change my load of clothes and i saw something wierd on the back shelf in my basement...so out of all curiosity i go to it and its 2 packages of something called:aquarium bubble stone(which i persume its for filters)so i grab it and dropped the on package i go to pick it up and i find my old container of betta bits....next to it was a bottle of mid range ph indicator!and the testing tube that came with it!thats not it...i then found my original betta hex cup with fish net and gravel plus a 5 pound bag of aquarium quality mix gravel!!!!!!then a packet of water conditioner!and i found 3 fake plants.this is the best part...on the top shelf i found the hood to the 3 gallon so theres my light....a ugf(i think)and a pump........all in one place...my mom put it there and never told me even though ive been telling her i want to get back into the hobby.....so allmost kinda wondering.....what now??????????i know this is too much so ill post part two right after this......
Youve got to be kidding me....
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PART2
So it comes down to what I am going to do now.I'm thinking....clean the little hex cup and put gravel in then buy one snail and let him live it up........i like snails but not when it comes to reproduction...lol.....then clean the 3 gallon one and clean the gravel...put a new bubblestone in and condition the water...its going to be fishless for like a week and a half......so the water should be pretty set by then....3 gallon...maybe a betta?if i get female can i put more than one in?two? what about white cloud minnows?3-4 of em...probaly to small of a tank...i already know this...i dunno but i wanna do something .....let me know what you guys think...thanks!
So it comes down to what I am going to do now.I'm thinking....clean the little hex cup and put gravel in then buy one snail and let him live it up........i like snails but not when it comes to reproduction...lol.....then clean the 3 gallon one and clean the gravel...put a new bubblestone in and condition the water...its going to be fishless for like a week and a half......so the water should be pretty set by then....3 gallon...maybe a betta?if i get female can i put more than one in?two? what about white cloud minnows?3-4 of em...probaly to small of a tank...i already know this...i dunno but i wanna do something .....let me know what you guys think...thanks!
Well congratulations on an "old find." I would just put a male betta in your tank and maybe a couple of cory cat. I am not too sure how a snail would do with a Betta. I do not know if he will pick on it or not. I am sure someone else can advise you on that. Enjoy your hobby again!
I see you found buried treasure,bettas don't eat snails,i think no fish can be mix with the betta that will eat snails.
My mother has kept a snail with a betta. The betta will occasionaly bother the snail but the snail seems to be in good health. The betta seeme to be more "pearky" (not flaring just livelier) since she added the snail.
I had a ramshorn snail with my male betta and he liked the snail....then he started making bubble nests on the fake plant i put in there...i also put 3 guppies in there and lasted almost a month!those lil buggers were fast!so i can put cory cats in there with a male betta?
Wow! Nice Find!
A agree that a Betta would be great, maybe even with a snail!
Although, I would suggest you throw away the water conditioners and start fresh. A lot of these products (and many others) tend to go bad, and it's horrible to find out they aren't working when it results in a dead fish.
Good luck
A agree that a Betta would be great, maybe even with a snail!
Although, I would suggest you throw away the water conditioners and start fresh. A lot of these products (and many others) tend to go bad, and it's horrible to find out they aren't working when it results in a dead fish.
Good luck
Bettas may eat snails
Bettas may eat snails.
A few minutes ago I just saw, for the first time ever, a betta doing so.
A sickly pet shop betta was audibly snapping at a red ramshorn snail's shell, until it managed to turn it over. In one swift movement, the betta sucked the snail out of its shell.
It was strangely engrossing to see how the spiral part of the snail's body, sticking out the betta's mouth, uncurled like a party blowout everytime the betta chewed.
Bettas may eat snails.
A few minutes ago I just saw, for the first time ever, a betta doing so.
A sickly pet shop betta was audibly snapping at a red ramshorn snail's shell, until it managed to turn it over. In one swift movement, the betta sucked the snail out of its shell.
It was strangely engrossing to see how the spiral part of the snail's body, sticking out the betta's mouth, uncurled like a party blowout everytime the betta chewed.
My Betta eats the snails that are in my tank Mind you, they are very small Congratulations on finding your stuff again 
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Mind you, they are very small Congratulations on finding your stuff again D