snails

[utball]

I'm still losing my snails to the unknown. I have a seventy five gal. tank with lr/ls, seven fish and some inverts. I have checked the water sal. 1.022, ph 8.2. amm. 0, nitrite 0, and nitrate 10ppm. All my fish are fine but i can not keep snails up and going. Any suggestions are welcomed.

 

[beth]

It is most likely lack of FOOD! What type of snails do you have, how many and what food sources do you have? How's the micro algae in your tank?

 

[utball]

they are turbo snails and there is plenty of algae to eat. i lost 10 last week that i have had for quite some time and i lost 5 that i put in last week.

 

[trompet3]

I was once told that high temperature could be a problem for snails. Make sure your tank isn't too hot (above 82 will do it).

 

[david s]

are you useing a hydromtier to mesure salt 022 is kinda low and if hyd is off snails are real acceptable to salt imo raise salt to 024/025 and accliment real slow

 

[stupid_naso]

Yes, it is true. Salinity is the most crucial for snails. I had about 10, lost 7. Now that my salinity is a little bit higher they don't die as fast as before. The three live happily in my tank.