nerites

Hi all! I just finished cycling a new 5 gallon Fluval Spec V. The tank is holding two nerite snails and a male betta, Tamaki. It has two anubias plants and some ground cover. I had been keeping Tamaki in a hospital bowl since I got him from the LFS about three days prior to releasing him to...

I've had a nerite for three or four months now, and a few days ago I found it upside down on the bottom of the tank. I gave it a sniff, it was alive. Anyways, I placed it on top of a decoration a few days ago, and it hasn't moved since then. I pulled it out of the tank today. It smells more...

The thing i was talking about is right above the snails which is actually on the glass     I know they are a little blurry as its the best i could do at the moment as it is getting late but i keep finding more and more of these little white dots scattered all over my tank.  There is more and...

So i have a 10 gal tank with 6 pygmy corys and 3 olive nerite snails and i was just wondering if adding a betta would be overloading the tank.  The tank is planted (i wouldn't say heavily because my corkscrew vallis is still making up its mind on whether or not to grow).  The one thing i hate...