I recently decided to get my little 2-gallon aquarium going. Initially I wanted to buy some mollies because I wanted to have more than a single fish, but after reading up on fish-keeping I learned it would be inhumane to keep more than one fish in my small tank and that ideally the tank should be 10 gallons at the very least. As we don’t have the money right now to buy a new aquarium kit or stand (since the IKEA tv stand I was thinking of using would not be able to hold a full 10 gallon tank of water), I decided to get a Betta instead.
So off to Petsmart we went on Sunday to do just that. Coincidentally, the Bettas were on sale. I ended up getting a mostly red Half Moon Betta and an ivory Mystery Snail to keep him company. We named the snail Gary, after the character in Spongebob, but thinking of a name for the fish has been difficult.
The snail is surprisingly quick when he wants to be.