"Nikki" wrote in message
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how about i grabbed a couple snails today while at the store, put one in
my bigger betta's tank, he wanted to attack it, i gave him a second to
realise it was not food, but he was dead set on killing it, the little
sh*t, so the snail was in there a matter of five minutes, he would not
even let it come out from its shell to move, i moved it to the females
tank, they dont seem to notice it but i guess now i will watch them in
case. Is that normal for a betta to act that way towards a snail, i guess
they all have different ideas of what is ok in their tanks..

I play it safe and only give my male bettas plants. There is a small snail
in one of their tanks that I move with the betta when doing the water
change - then replace the little snail. He ignores it. It must have been
on one of the water lettuce.

update gourami, he is now laying on the bottom of the tank not swimming
around, i feel so bad wish there was something i could do for him but i
think the lack of oxygen when he was out, and the brush burn on his top
fin may due him in, i put a little extra salt in the tank, i usualy put a
little less in the tank normaly then it says to incase i need to use it
for something then i can use more.
nik

You may lose this fish. I remember reading somewhere that if their gills
dry out they don't recover. I guess it's sort of like a human severely
damaging their lungs,.... the damage is permanent. I once had a mother
convict somehow jump out of their tank. She was pretty dry when I found
her, considering she's was a fish. She did recover and continue raising her
fry. The poor thing lay there gasping on the bottom at first, looking
around like she was in a daze. But she slowly came out of it. The male
stayed near her with their fry the whole time. I thought she was a
goner....

I hope your fish recovers. Where there's life, there's hope.
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