Well, I've never read about a betta eating hydra, but last week I noticed some green hydra in my tank. Didn't bother me really, so long as they didn't get so populous as to become unsightly. So I didn't do anything about it except to remover a few sword plant leaves that had several hydra on them, but the leaves themselves were looking kinda ratty on their own anyway.
So again, last week there were hydra, not a ton, but easy enough to find. This week, nearly impossible. I did find two very tiny ones, less than a mm long on one leaf. So I wonder, did the betta eat them? I've heard that gouramis will, and since they're of the same family (anabantids) I figure that makes him to top suspect. Other occupants include rummy nose tetras, gertrudes rainbows, albino cories and otos, and numerous snails both of the ramshorn and malasian trumpet persuasion.
So what do you think? Do bettas eat hydra? Did someone else eat them? Did they starve and die off on their own? Either way, I'm happy to see them gone.
So again, last week there were hydra, not a ton, but easy enough to find. This week, nearly impossible. I did find two very tiny ones, less than a mm long on one leaf. So I wonder, did the betta eat them? I've heard that gouramis will, and since they're of the same family (anabantids) I figure that makes him to top suspect. Other occupants include rummy nose tetras, gertrudes rainbows, albino cories and otos, and numerous snails both of the ramshorn and malasian trumpet persuasion.
So what do you think? Do bettas eat hydra? Did someone else eat them? Did they starve and die off on their own? Either way, I'm happy to see them gone.