Betta with other fish... a fight? or other cause?
I have very small tank, and it's my 4th or 5th month that i own a beta (fighter) fish. last day i went to store to change the pipe, that i see those fish, i don't know all of their names, and some in english so i have to describe or show image, ...
i bought a black ghost knife, one of those small cleaner (i think is a plecos), two triangular one that are in the image, and two glass cleaner (as it was wrote in my language) which stick to walls or ground, and 5 very small fish, and 2 apple snail, a gold and a brown one. i though next month upgrade my tank to a big one two, but this morning i notice the watter is so messy, i though maybe the food were too much, or they dirty the watter as they are now too many, but once i back, there were only the beta, plecos, and those 5 small which i don't know their names, including two snail...
know i want to know if the snail are poisnous, or the beta hit them hard... what should i do?
I really missed the black ghost knife
i want to make sure what do i do the next time i went to that store... i liked these fishes that i take, so i think i go for same type the next time too...
also if it were beta, on the time of night which i didn't noticed, would it hit my other small too? or i can leave them in this tank together?
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That appears to be a very small, novelty-sized aquarium (1-3 gallons?). The recommended size for a single beta fish is at least 5 gallons (preferably 10 gallons)… so that tank looks fatally overcrowded.
Those 8 cm (3") Plecos will grow into 30-60 cm (1-2 foot) long fish that need a very large aquarium to do well. That Silver Angel will also get as big as your outstretched hand. Snails are also messy (and can also be aggressive "fish suckers"), so a big guy like that isn't recommended for a small tank either.
Beta fish are also EXTREMELY territorial, so it is generally recommended you keep them alone. Some beta fish (on a case-by-case basis) may tolerate a tank mate if that fish is "dull" and somewhat unobtrusive. But any fish with colorful scales or other showy displays will almost certainly provoke attacks and constant harassment causing injury or possibly death to the other fish.
I'm sorry to say that a larger tank isn't really a solution here. To keep all those fish, you should get a 2nd tank.
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