r/AquaticSnails • u/NiwaLeaf • Oct 06 '24

Please help, I’m a complete newb! Help

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Hi everyone, I’m completely new to keeping an aquarium. I have one mystery snail named Pokey lol my mom found her old shallow murky tank by the side of the road with the garbage and she was inside. (I think she) I told my mom to bring her to me lol so now I have gone and got her a 5 gallon starter kit tank, I have crab cuisine and bug bites. I’ve been reading and watching videos but still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. What you see in the video is the new tank setup, there’s a couple live plants in there, I got some sand and did sand on one side and her old gravel from her old tank on the other. I didn’t rinse the rocks and used some of her old water in this tank. I see people do a rotating diet but I don’t know how often to feed each thing and when? Anything else I should know to help (her?) thrive?

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

Oh my gosh! lol I did not know they grow antennas back haha

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u/RobertCalifornia Oct 06 '24

Thing is, they'll only regrow if the betta allows that to happen. A life spent being attacked and partially eaten on a regular basis is a really short and shitty one, regardless of whether or not the injured flesh can regenerate. If you care about this snail, then it's not worth the risk, IMO, unless you preemptively have a plan for how you'll separate the two if need be.

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u/NiwaLeaf Oct 06 '24

Ok so then bettas are not a good idea in your opinion? Some people are saying yes but I thought they were agressive.

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u/Alltheprettydresses Oct 07 '24

I have a mystery snail in each of my betta tanks. They don't bother each other.

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u/eatmc7 Nov 09 '24

Are your bettas female or male?