Snails keep dying?

[silverdak]

anyone know why my Mexican turbo snails keep dying after a couple days? this is 2 since i have had the tank! everything else in the tank is doing great! (knock on wood) water parameters are all fine and everything is normal. anyone got any ideas??

 

[nycbob]

when u said all water parameters r fine, can u list them? how did u acclimate the snails after bringing them home? what is in ur tank currently?

 

[rushprop]

How long have you had the tank setup? What other kinds of things do you have in the tank already? Is the location you are getting your snails from reputable? What do the snails look like when you notice they are dead? Just trying to narrow it down.

 

[keebler]

Remember that snail you helped me id? Well unfortunately for both of us it wasn't a mex turbo. It was a king's crown conch. This is a conch that eats snails. You said you had a snail like it...so maybe you have one too.

Just a thought.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/328767/snail-id-please#post_2699957

 

[privatejoker]

Mexican turbos are bigger eaters. If you don't have enough algae in the tank they will starve.

 

[silverdak]

parameters:
Ammonia-0ppm
Nitrite-0ppm
Nitrate- 0-5ppm
salinity-1.023
Ph-8.2
the tank has a peppermint shrimp
2 clowns
one or two turbo snails
2 emerald crabs
mushroom coral
RDE zoa's
and a trumpet
tank has been set up for about 2 months now.. nothign else in the tank is having any issues what so ever. ya my LFS is very reputable.. that is where i got all my other stuff from. and no i dont have a king snail lol

 

[keebler]

you did say that you had a mex turbo that looked like a king crown conch

 

[sepulatian]

How long are you acclimating them? What is your temp? They prefer the water on the cooler side. Also, if they fall off of a rock then they will not be able to right themselves. They will stay that way, which opens them up to predation.

 

[keebler]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2700216
How long are you acclimating them? What is your temp? They prefer the water on the cooler side. Also, if they fall off of a rock then they will not be able to right themselves. They will stay that way, which opens them up to predation.
do emerald crabs like to feast on snails when they are upside-down?

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Keebler
http:///forum/post/2700229
do emerald crabs like to feast on snails when they are upside-down?
Sure they will.

 

[keebler]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2700262
Sure they will.
Well that could be the problem then eh?

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by Keebler
http:///forum/post/2700324
Well that could be the problem then eh?
It could. Mexican turbos have certain needs, not to mention that they can just fall off of a rock and need to be set the right way. They are great algae eaters though

 

[kellenr]

When snails fall over they can't get themselves back upright. This leaves them vulnerable easy targets. You need to manually place them back upright. If you don't look around your tank a few times daily then you're sure to miss an upside down snail. I have like 3 hermit crabs that have acquired Astrea snail shells as their new home. Hermit crabs will also try to topple and kill snails, for the food and for the shell.

 

[silverdak]

Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/2700216
How long are you acclimating them? What is your temp? They prefer the water on the cooler side. Also, if they fall off of a rock then they will not be able to right themselves. They will stay that way, which opens them up to predation.
aclimation was about 45 mins for the first and 30mins for the second. my water stays around 78-80* when I see them fall or see them upside down i flip them back over...
Originally Posted by Keebler
http:///forum/post/2700229
do emerald crabs like to feast on snails when they are upside-down?
I only see the shrimp going after the dead on in the front of the tank... the crabs stay away for the most part. and no I dont think it is the king one.. the shell looked like it, but if it was... wouldnt it be the one doing the killing??

 

[privatejoker]

If you have a brittle or serpent star they eat them as well. I watch my brittle eat two or three snails at one time.

 

[texasmetal]

...turbo snails and conch's look nothing alike.
Most likely they are falling over and being eaten by someone in the tank while you're not looking/asleep/gone.

 

[silverdak]

well I wish I knew it was somethign eating them,..... but it is still in its shell... I think that there just isnt enough for them to eat.. so I got a couple smaller turbos today to add to the one i have left

 

[keebler]

temperature acclimate by floating the bag and then drip acclimate for 2 hours. Just to be safe.

 

[silverdak]

they got the 2 hour deal... couldnt do the drip tho....

 

[keebler]

so you slowly added water for 2 hours? That is almost as good, it is really easy to drip acclimate just use the swf flash- https://www.saltwaterfish.com//Acclimation_ep_48-1.html