marchingbandjs
Member
I have 2 Mexican Turbos and 10 Margarita snails. They M snails fall on the sand upside down.... can they get up or do i have to reattack them somewhere
Snail help
- Thread starter marchingbandjs
- Start date
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Debbie
http:///forum/post/3096841
If you see them upside down flip them over, sometimes they can get upright and other times not and will die. Then if you have crabs and they cannot get turned over rightside the crabs will have dinner for sure.
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
http:///forum/post/3096841
If you see them upside down flip them over, sometimes they can get upright and other times not and will die. Then if you have crabs and they cannot get turned over rightside the crabs will have dinner for sure.
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
roadie996
Member
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3096873
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
yes, I have to upright my snails too... its annoying! but I don't have crabs, so if they died then cyano... so on and so forth
http:///forum/post/3096873
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
yes, I have to upright my snails too... its annoying! but I don't have crabs, so if they died then cyano... so on and so forth
meowzer
Moderator
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3096873
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
Snail Killer
http:///forum/post/3096873
You mean the OP has to guard the snails, and upright them???? I would let them die, thats crazy.
Snail Killer
marchingbandjs
Member
I think my turbos died or on the verge... then are very lethargic... havent moved all day. wont attach.. but move if touched... so i dunno very confused... but the margaritas are fine... ALLLL over and i think my powerhead buried one... o well
marchingbandjs
Member
Well they are dead... small snails ok big ones not.. hmm any suggestions
cranberry
Active Member
Test your magnesium. High magnesium has been connected to a snails muscle contractability. I don't have studies on that though, just something I heard and experienced.
Your margarita snails are a cold water snail.... pretty sure your tank in warm. Sometimes they can tough out a warm tank for awhile... sometimes not so much. Depends on the number and severity of insults received during collection, multiple tank changes, horrible holding containers, etc, etc. Snails get treated the WORST of any of the shipments. Coral gets treated better. But at any rate, they generally need cooler temperatures than we provide.
And I'm not being cranky about this, but I am being preachy. It's not the snails fault we put them in an inappropriate environment. Some snails are sand/rubble snails, like the Astraea. They do not even have the righting mechanism to turn themselves over... it's not in their biology. So we take them from their appropriate environment that evolution decided to make them perfect for, throw them in a tank they are not suited for, complain when they can't right themselves because they are physically unable to, and then leave them there to die because they don't do what we want them to!! That's just.... not nice. I keep Astraea in all 12 of my tanks. I turn them in the morning when the lights come on and then when I feed at night. I do not keep hermits and Astraea in the same tank. I've had the same 13 Astraea in a 24 gallon for 3 years now. If I can do it with all of my tanks.........
Turbos are in a mixture of temperatures. Sometimes you'll wind up with cold water, sometimes warm depending on what variety comes under the loose common name. I have kept them all and I find the orange ones to be very hardy and active.
Your margarita snails are a cold water snail.... pretty sure your tank in warm. Sometimes they can tough out a warm tank for awhile... sometimes not so much. Depends on the number and severity of insults received during collection, multiple tank changes, horrible holding containers, etc, etc. Snails get treated the WORST of any of the shipments. Coral gets treated better. But at any rate, they generally need cooler temperatures than we provide.
And I'm not being cranky about this, but I am being preachy. It's not the snails fault we put them in an inappropriate environment. Some snails are sand/rubble snails, like the Astraea. They do not even have the righting mechanism to turn themselves over... it's not in their biology. So we take them from their appropriate environment that evolution decided to make them perfect for, throw them in a tank they are not suited for, complain when they can't right themselves because they are physically unable to, and then leave them there to die because they don't do what we want them to!! That's just.... not nice. I keep Astraea in all 12 of my tanks. I turn them in the morning when the lights come on and then when I feed at night. I do not keep hermits and Astraea in the same tank. I've had the same 13 Astraea in a 24 gallon for 3 years now. If I can do it with all of my tanks.........
Turbos are in a mixture of temperatures. Sometimes you'll wind up with cold water, sometimes warm depending on what variety comes under the loose common name. I have kept them all and I find the orange ones to be very hardy and active.
debbie
Active Member
Well put Cranberry....
Another thing folks don't think of is the lack of natural food for these guys. Maybe you have to many in the tank for the amount of food in there for them. Just try a few and see how they do then add a couple more if you need to. It seem so many people load their tanks up with these guys only to have them die.
Right now in my 3 gal pico that has been going for ages I have 1 algae eating cowrie (love these guys) and 1 nassarius snail. They do a pretty good job of this little tank.
The nassarius snails are mainly on the bottom maybe you could try 2 of these guys in your tank and a couple others that attach to the glass and see if this works.
How big is your tank??
Another thing folks don't think of is the lack of natural food for these guys. Maybe you have to many in the tank for the amount of food in there for them. Just try a few and see how they do then add a couple more if you need to. It seem so many people load their tanks up with these guys only to have them die.
Right now in my 3 gal pico that has been going for ages I have 1 algae eating cowrie (love these guys) and 1 nassarius snail. They do a pretty good job of this little tank.
The nassarius snails are mainly on the bottom maybe you could try 2 of these guys in your tank and a couple others that attach to the glass and see if this works.
How big is your tank??
marchingbandjs
Member
hmm...
i have a 38 gallon tank
I probably do have too much.. should have gotten less... and its a shame cause now i have nothign to do... Hmmm what to do what to do....
i have a 38 gallon tank
I probably do have too much.. should have gotten less... and its a shame cause now i have nothign to do... Hmmm what to do what to do....