ricktavious

Today I bought some live plants from Petsmart, and with one of them, I have brought home at least one tiny snail. It is in a 5 gallon tank with a betta. So now, I'm not too sure what the best thing to do is. Keep the snail or get rid of it? If I get rid of it, how do I go about doing that? Take it out and then what?

If I keep it, how much do they repopulate? Can a snail harm a betta in any way? I swear I read a story on here of a member here having a betta die because snails attached themselves to the fins of the betta, and the betta could not get up for air.

Well, obviously I have no clue of what to do or how to do it. Suggestions are appreciated

ricktavious

BTW, my betta with the snail in the tank gets fed 4 pellets a day and eats all his food when fed. Anything he doesn't eat gets taken out. Not too sure if that matters or not though.

ricktavious

One last thing....the tank has quite a bit of algae (hence me buying the plants). I know the snail would help with this, but would abundance of algae lead to a snail outbreak?