severum mama
Aquarium Advice Addict
Last Friday I got an apple snail to help with the algae problem in my 5 gallon hex betta tank. I figured that there was enough algae in there so that it would leave my plants alone (java fern and I believe red rubin). So far it's taken care of a lot of the algae, but it has also really chewed up my java fern leaves and some of my red rubin as well. Is there another kind of snail that will leave my plants alone that would help with the algae? Or can anyone recommend any small fish that would help? The algae in question is green, slimy, and hairy- pretty nasty stuff. I guess I will be taking my snail home so my plants don't die. And all this time I thought you could keep plants with an apple snail- how come it seems to work for other people? TIA