Missing Snalis

tgolbus

tgolbus

Member
Someting is going wrong.....
Temp 78
Salinity 1.022
Amonia 0
Nitrates 30
Nitrites 0
Here is the story....All leves used to be good. Then my skimmer died. It took me 1 week to get it replaced (ordered on line). Prizim hang on.
I noticed a snail shell empty...I pulled the shell out and there was no snail in it, or anywhere to be found.
2 Days later I found one of the crabs on top of a rock face up dead....
That is when I notices that the trates were elevated (normally 0).
This morning (2 days later) I found another empty snail shell with no sign of the snail.
I did a 15% water change yesterday.
I skipped a day of feeding (yesterday). The skimmer has been back on for about a day.
Any ideas? When you take a skimmer off will there be a mini cycle? Any idea how/where the snails could go, or who would eat them?
The fish are acting normal, eating well, and look fine.
 
legion

legion

Member
Not sure but it could be the star. A brittle ate one of my fish, but I don't know about snails. Maybe if they were already dead/ are your readings OK?
 
michaeltx

michaeltx

Moderator
some snails when they fall of the glass cant right themselfs and drown and the bristle worms and such have a feast at night this might be whats going on. what kind of snails are they?
Mike
 
goldrush

goldrush

Member
How old is your tank? You might not have a lot of bristle worms,but Jimmy Buffet told me that Emerald crabs like an occasional Margarita.
 
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