Help!

[Kingsnorky]

Well Ranger had ick on his head I treated it, it slowly went away but their was like a dint in his head from the ick.
So I got him a white apple snail to clean his tank.
But a week latter after I got the snail thiers stringy peices of his tail
Hes not eating hes never moving barly.
please help me.

 

[afireinside]

it sounds like they r eatin ur betta! remove the snails immediatly!

 

[Seahorse]

Can a snail really move that fast?

 

[Kingsnorky]

Sould I put the snail in with my mollies?
I'll put him in a bowl till you reply.

 

[Kingsnorky]

Thats what I thought I mean ranger is lazy but I am sure he wouldn't let a slow snail eat his tail but I'll remove him to be safe

 

[Synirr]

it sounds like they r eatin ur betta! remove the snails immediatly!

Pardon me for asking, but where did you come up with that idea?? *lol*

How big is the tank? My bet would be on the snail causing the water to dirty faster and the betta may be getting finrot because of this.

 

[afireinside]

well, there's nothing else in the tank. i think a snail could slowly eat a fish, i mean, look what those african frogs can do.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

What are your recent ammonia, nitrate and nitrite stats and how often do you clean out his tank/do water changes?
Does his tail look white/grey at the edges or red/inflamed looking?

 

[Kingsnorky]

sorry it toke me so long to reply. Ive bin cleaning tanks. his tank is a five gallon his tail just looks stringy. the snail died I dunno how that happen

Edit I clean his tank every monday

 

[Saucy]

Are you positive he's dead? Snails can sit in a half open position for days and just be resting... so I doubt he's dead. A snail shouldn't be dirtying your tank to the point that he's getting fin rot unless it's a really large snail...

What kind of snail is he anyways?

And no, the snail is NOT eating your fish... they pretty much only eat microalgae and plants... not fish tails.

 

[Kingsnorky]

:\ his guts are coming out and hes a white apple snail.