I'm planning on getting a 5.5 gallon tank for my betta sometime soon and adding a little snail with it. Does the snail need anything special? Also what do they eat? Do I need special food?|||A snail and betta will completely stock a 5 gallon tank.
I'm guessing you will be getting a mystery snail but this applies to almost all snails They need to have a PH of 7.0 or higher. They need to have a cuttle bone for calcium and can be fed fresh veggies or algae wafers. I feed my snails hikari algae wafers.
They are very sensitive to copper and other metals.
You need a filter,heater, live or silk style plants,gravel, water conditioner, grow lights if you have live plants...|||Betta and a snail are a good choice for that size tank. Get one of the larger "Apple" snails, they wont breed alone like some of them can.
Snails will eat anything. Left over fish food, algae etc. But if the tank is nice and clean, and the snail is a big one, you might want to get some sinking fish food, or sink some chunks of vege in the tank to give it some more to eat.
Ian|||A 5.5 gallon would be already stocked to the limit with a betta and a snail.So you can't add anything else because it would be overstocked.The snail will feed on algae or left over food.
*EDIT*-Oh ok.Then you need a filter,a heater,Plants.decorations,gravel,and a fish tank hood.Optional-Air pump.
Good luck!|||I would get the standard snail food from pet store, but still ask the emploees they know alot
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Be careful housing a snail and betta in the same tank. Many bettas are aggressive and will bite your snail's antennae, eyes, etc
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