TheCzarista Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Our halfmoon betta, El Diablo Azul (Blue for short), is LOVING life in his 2.5 gallon bachelor pad. We had him in a 5 gallon with mystery snails, and he did not play well with others. Not only was he attacking them, but he was stressing himself out and his fins were getting damaged. Ever since we moved him to his own place, he has been so happy. The problem is, we are starting to have algae, and it could become a problem. We would like to get an algae eater, but don't know what to get. Suggestions? To sum up: 2.5 gallon one betta does not play well with mystery snails 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Bladder snails are perfect for small tanks. They keep everything squeaky clean are small so won’t stress your Betta or add excessive bioload. They reproduced according to the amount of excess food and algae that needs taken care of never more when its gone they die back to appropriate numbers...Betta usually love snacking on them...self replicating live food and entertainment for your Betta. Bladder snails are one of my things can’t help it they are so adorable and fascinating to watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 My suggestion would be to _not_ add any fish to a 2.5 gal. Betta tank. Add plants, fertilize lightly, and just clean out nom-glass algae with long feeding-tong tweezers / aquascaping tool, and scrape off glass algae with an old CCD. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Here’s an example of a planted 5.5 gal we set up for a female betta.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 That is a beautiful tank, no doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 You could try Amano Shrimp, Cherry Shrimp or Nerite snails, but since it’s such a small tank you’ll probably still need to be very hands on like @Fish Folkmentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I have nothing to add except that the octopus statue is cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 possible a pandagarra. likely be okay with a betta, but i wouldnt guarantee it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCzarista Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Thanks everyone ☺ I think we have decided just to do our own cleanup because of tank size and because Blue is so happy right now, and we don't want to upset that and stress him out again. Thanks for the suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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