Hey I was wondering I have a blue betta, and a red betta (seperate tanks) I was wondering what small kind of bottom feeder could I put with them?

depends... what size tanks are they in?

If they are in a smaller tank around 10 gallons then you could maybe get a few small corys. But the corys have to school (3) at least. But i doubt that you could fit them in anything smaller than a 10 gallon.

they are in a hexagon tank. ! think it it 1.5- or 2 gallons

i wouldnt put anything else in with them. for a few reasons:

1. close living quarters with bettas make the likelihood of tankmate attacks muuuuuch higher.

2. in a one gallon tank, you should never put more than 2 inches of fish. and a betta is about 2.5 so another tankmate would most definetly overcrowd your betta's space.


Why do you want a bottom feeder? Is the tank getting too dirty with excess food?

Get an apple snail. You can find them at ANY pet store. I have two in a 5 gallon tank and they DO NOT need aeration, they have syphons that breathe from the top of the water like a betta or goldfish. if it's only a 1 gallon tank though...it might be too crowded. They eat extra food and eat algae but make their own waste and don't eat fish waste. They are only like $1.89ea. and they are either male or female, never both. Most snails are big and are both sexes in one. I highly recommend them to anyone.

that is terrible advice... do you know why they call them apple snails???

BECAUSE THEY GET TO BE THE SIZE OF APPLES!!!

Im not sure if we are on the same page here but... i think an apple is much too large for a 1 gallon tank, and especially yours who will also be much much too large for a 5 gallon...

dont believe me.. search "apple snail" on google.. and look under pictures, there is tons of proof there.

Cool it,ok? Just cause some has a different opinion,doesn't mean you yell at em.

No, granted there are some that grow to be that big, but if you go under "apple snail pomacea bridgesii" it is much more reasonable for your situation. I have two and they are about 1.5" (at most) I really haven't measured them. But they definatly aren't as big as apples. When I first started searching I thought it was out of the question to get one, but if you research them a little more you can see they can be HUGE or small. They are two totally different breeds (if that's what you call them). Don't count out apple snails. The HUGE ones aren't usually sold at typical pet stores, you usually have to special order them online. They are really hardy and live through a lot.

The species Pomacea bridgesii is a mystery snail. They are not true apple snails but they are related to them. Mystery snails get to be about 2 inches, while true apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) get to be about 5 or 6 inches.

Oh I guess I didn't realize there was a differance. I thought they just came in different variations. At the pet store I went to they sold them as Inca Snails. They may also labled as Golden Snails, Mystery snails, and other names like that. But MAKE SURE they have pomacea bridgesii as their scientific name. Otherwise I don't know what you'll end up with!

yeaa inca's golden's and mystery snails are all the same species, apple snails are completely different.