Why are they dieing?
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lion_crazz
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How are you acclimating them? Are you dripping them very slowly over a one to two hour period? They need a better acclimation than fish.
If you are dripping them slowly for a few hours, what are your water levels? pH, temp, salinity, nitrates?
If you are dripping them slowly for a few hours, what are your water levels? pH, temp, salinity, nitrates?
lion_crazz
Active Member
Hm, weird. Are the snails healthy when you get them?
mbrands
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I hope I'm not stating the obvious here, but could they be killing each other while fighting over shells? I put some empty shells in my tank to try to prevent that from happening.
Also, in response to lion_crazz's comment about the drip acclimation time, I'd been told by several LFS that they only need to drip for a short time . . . 30 minutes to an hour. That is all I've done with mine and luckily haven't lost one yet. Should they really be dripped up to 2 hours?
Thanks,
Mike
Also, in response to lion_crazz's comment about the drip acclimation time, I'd been told by several LFS that they only need to drip for a short time . . . 30 minutes to an hour. That is all I've done with mine and luckily haven't lost one yet. Should they really be dripped up to 2 hours?
Thanks,
Mike
snipe
Active Member
Well I have learned something 1.025 is ok great lol 
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But as for your crabs and snails. Have you gotten them all from the same place? are the snails and crabs mixed together? if so or not mabey there tanks have parisites or something in the water that are getting on them and your just bringing home sick snails/hermits. Just like buying a fish with ick "That really sucks that established tank dieing off cause your lfs dont keep healthy fish!" But that is my two cents but if you didnt buy them from the same place/person I dont know:notsure: :thinking:
.But as for your crabs and snails. Have you gotten them all from the same place? are the snails and crabs mixed together? if so or not mabey there tanks have parisites or something in the water that are getting on them and your just bringing home sick snails/hermits. Just like buying a fish with ick "That really sucks that established tank dieing off cause your lfs dont keep healthy fish!" But that is my two cents but if you didnt buy them from the same place/person I dont know:notsure: :thinking:
lion_crazz
Active Member
1.025 is the ocean's SG but I have found that snails and hermits should be perfectly fine in 1.023.
farslayer
Active Member
I've had the same problem in the past and I've actually solved it (knock on wood). My salinity is 1.025 and I do drip them for about 2 hours; the LFS couldn't keep their shrimp to live without dripping. However, I still lost them in about the same time frame, I just couldn't keep crabs and margarita snails alive. Know what the problem was? Phosphates! My phosphates were about 2ppm, which I found is lethal to inverts from a local fellow who builds and maintains large tanks (4000G+). I put in some PhosGuard about two months ago and followed it up with about 5 emerald crabs a week later. Previously, I couldn't get one of these to live more than four days, same for margarita snails (I added one of those as well). Well, since my phosphates have been nearly eliminated (less than .15ppm), I have had striking success, no losses at all in terms of inverts. My fish were always fine like yours, and it appears that lowering my phosphates has taken care of my invert problem (again, knock on wood).
Just something for you to check out at least
Just something for you to check out at least
