Will my betta eat my mystery snail eggs? How do I save them?

Some female mystery snails can be prolific egg layers. If she has no male, the eggs will be infertile. You can pick them off the side of the tank and discard them. To discourage egg laying, raise the water level to just below the top of the tank. This species will only lay eggs above the water line, so if she doesn't have enough room, she may not lay.

Beta fish lay eggs and she would need a male to then fertilize those eggs after she lays them. Breeding betas can be very work intensive. Here is a link with great information: fishkeepingworld.com/breeding-betta-fish/ As the babies get bigger, they can graduate to larger food. The babies will mature and need to be separated around 3 months of age. The females can stay together but all the males will need to be separated. Breeding betas requires a lot of tanks/space. I recommend to connect with a local aquarium store and find out if anyone has first hand knowledge. I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

You likely wouldn't have been able to see the eggs. It looks like it could be a trumpet snail given the shape. This species grows to be about an inch. Clip a piece of lettuce to the side of the tank overnight. In the morning, the snails should be all over it feasting. Remove your Nerite and dispose of the rest in the trash. You may need to do this several times.

Ich can only be killed in its free swimming stage. After it feeds off the fish, it drops into the substrate where it forms cysts and multiplies. Then the new ich parasites swim out of the gravel and find new fish hosts and start the cycle all over again. That is why it is important after all white spots have disappeared to continue treatment, you should continue treating for an additional 2 weeks after all symptoms are gone. After the spots disappear off the fish, I would vacuum the gravel to suck up any cysts. If you increase the temperature the life cycle of the ich becomes faster. Snails will be likely killed by the salt so it is best to remove them before treating. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.

Yes, this is the right place! Nerite snails are common and popular in aqua-culture. Most species of snails will reproduce asexually, but nerites need a male and a female snail to reproduce. The female will lay eggs and the male will fertilize them. The good news is that they typically do not reproduce n a freshwater tank. Other species of snails may reproduce and overpopulate the tank. Most snails do not pose any risk of harm to fish. The snail pictured may have come in on live plants and no lives in your tank. You can remove it and discard it if you don't want it in there.

You will need a cover or tank hood to prevent any snails from crawling up and out of the tank. Snails will lay eggs just above the water line, so you'll need to leave room for that as well. Quarantine, or keep them separate from the main tank, for at least two weeks in another tank. This is done to prevent the spread of bacterial infection or parasites.

A snail would be fine but anything else and the Betta may try to bully or pick at it. Most fish ignore snails but watch closely that Norman does not take a lot of interest in the snail. If he does, you will need rehome the snail.