wartooth1
Member
Hello,
Among the critters I have in my tank I have 4 large turbo snails. I've noticed that they have not moved much in the last 48 hours, and the two that are currently sticking on the glass appear shriveled. They all still move around a little bit, but they haven't wandered the tank much at all. I've also noticed that once in a while a couple of them look like they are going to completely seperate out of their shell before retreating back in and going back to "sleep mode."
I did recently do a few things with the tank that may have affected them (but I don't know which action is the culprit).
1. I noticed my nitrate was rising so I did a 25% water change and washed my filter pads in clean saltwater in 1 day (I usually do a water change one day and a filter pad wash another day). I also added some AmQuell solution to the tank after doing the water change.
2. I usually feed my tank some frozen brine shrip cubes. However, right before I noticed my snails acting unusual, I accidentally left the container of frozen brine out overnight, so the whole can melted. I refroze it and then crushed the frozen block of brine with a pair of pliers into smaller pieces.
So I am wondering if perhaps the snails are sensitive to the AmQuell or did the brine go bad, or is the fact that a piece of metal (the pliers) touched the food somehow tainted it? By the way, none of the other tank inhabitants seem affected at all, just the snails. Although, my Firefish has gotten kind of shy, but I don't really know if this has anything to do with it.
Also, is there anything that could be done to improve the snail's condition or just wait it out and hope they get better?
Among the critters I have in my tank I have 4 large turbo snails. I've noticed that they have not moved much in the last 48 hours, and the two that are currently sticking on the glass appear shriveled. They all still move around a little bit, but they haven't wandered the tank much at all. I've also noticed that once in a while a couple of them look like they are going to completely seperate out of their shell before retreating back in and going back to "sleep mode."
I did recently do a few things with the tank that may have affected them (but I don't know which action is the culprit).
1. I noticed my nitrate was rising so I did a 25% water change and washed my filter pads in clean saltwater in 1 day (I usually do a water change one day and a filter pad wash another day). I also added some AmQuell solution to the tank after doing the water change.
2. I usually feed my tank some frozen brine shrip cubes. However, right before I noticed my snails acting unusual, I accidentally left the container of frozen brine out overnight, so the whole can melted. I refroze it and then crushed the frozen block of brine with a pair of pliers into smaller pieces.
So I am wondering if perhaps the snails are sensitive to the AmQuell or did the brine go bad, or is the fact that a piece of metal (the pliers) touched the food somehow tainted it? By the way, none of the other tank inhabitants seem affected at all, just the snails. Although, my Firefish has gotten kind of shy, but I don't really know if this has anything to do with it.
Also, is there anything that could be done to improve the snail's condition or just wait it out and hope they get better?
