snail for a little tank

[kakojones]

So this lady at my office has a (i think) 2.5 hexagonal tank for her betta. she wants to get an algae eater for the tank, i told her to get a snail. what snail would be ok in such a little tank and wouldn't reproduce asexually?
I hate that she got the damn thing but at least I can spare some poor fish the fate of being stunted and what not.

 

[toehead11183]

Pomacea bridgesii or the famouse mystery snail gets to be just smaller than a golfball or an Asolene spixi which grows to be a little less than an inch across. both need a partner to breed. you can get a bridgesii at any pet store, they are usually brown.You can go to mrsnailz.com and get blue, pink purple, white and gold. he also sells the spixi snail.

 

[kakojones]

Thanks for the info, I'll try to find one this weekend so she doesn't throw a pleco of some sort in there.

 

[Newt]

Forget the snail and get an amano shrimp. 2.5 gallon's is really small. A snail will add more bio-load than the shirmp. The betta should leave the shirmp alone, amanos get to be like two inches.