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  1. joshuamartinez

    joshuamartinez Astrea Snail

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    Like I posted earlier that I had added 2 new turbo snails to my 55 g tank, is it normal for one or both of them to crawl up the glass and sit on the top of the tank attached to the HOB filter i have? I moved the snail back to the LR and within hours it is back on the top of the glass attached to the filter... does anyone care to relate on why?
     
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    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Because it's a snail. There's apparently something up there it finds more tasty than the the stuff on your rocks. I've had them come clear up on the rim and have a trip around in the open air for a bit. Sometimes they even pick the wrong way home and end up on the floor. :)
     
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  3. joshuamartinez

    joshuamartinez Astrea Snail

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    lol ok i just thought maybe i had some defective snails lmao :p thanks for the clear up. i just wasn't sure if it was normal because a a tiny snail that came with one of my LR from petco that got snuck in with the rocks and when i established the rocks he too went up to the filter. I wasnt sure if it was the vibration or what. :|
     
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  4. fischkid2

    fischkid2 Dirty Filter Sock

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    they follow the algae. there is typically a healthy amount around the overflow b/c it never gets cleaned its a good lunch spot:p
     
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  5. joshuamartinez

    joshuamartinez Astrea Snail

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    ah I didnt even think about that.... I kept wondering why no matter where i placed them on the bottom of the tank they went right back to the top of the tank... thanks for clearing up and helping me understand. ::karma for u::
     
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    When I got my CUC for my 75g I ordered about 20 nerite snails (among others) And when I added them to the tank I placed them all on different places on rockwork. Within a couple hours they had all congregated in top corner of the tank. They stayed around that spot for weeks. Now they seems to wander.

    Did have a few of them go carpet surfing.
     
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  7. joshuamartinez

    joshuamartinez Astrea Snail

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    lol... carpet surfing? like a leap of faith that they were birds and not snails out of the tank? thats too much lol! :LolLolLol
     
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  9. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    A lot of these snails, I know nerites are, are found in tide pools and along the coast so they actually live out of the water for periods of time. I think that's one reason they tend to congregate at the surface area and corners.
     
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  10. joshuamartinez

    joshuamartinez Astrea Snail

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