floating snail

[oozy]

i saw a baby snail about a half a cm long, its high spired. it was floating along the surface of the water. when it went got near the powerhead it got swept down to the LR. i have not been able to locate it to see if it is alive.
theory 1- is that it climbed up the glass and got stuck in the surface tension because if its small size it could not sink until desturbed by the current.
theory 2-it dead and floated.
any ideas?
-Oozy-

 

[oozy]

i just saw the little bugger grazing on the glass. so i know it is alive.
maybe it just had gass...lol
-Oozy-

 

[b_ball12_99]

FW snails float around also. Had them floating right in the middle of the tank before (not going up or down, just hovering). Nothing to worry about.

 

[pufferlover]

Yes I have had floating snails myself when I had FW tanks. Can't say I have ever had one in a salt tank but never thought about it much till this post.

 

[wolffam]

Had one floating in my tank. Was caughtup in the current of the return, kind of in a whirlpool. I had to turn the return for a second to let it out of the path of the return. It then dropped to the bottom and crawl off into the rocks. Saw him again tonight, doing fine.