Snails dying?

Not so much of getting out bc of dead snails, more so just because I really got screwed over by my LFS in the beginning and snails and my hermit crab are all I have left. I just don't have money to get a bigger tank.

 

Also parameters were fine when they died it was the first thing I checked, but ever sense they died and I took them out my nitrate has been a tad high. I even did a 20% yesterday and my nitrate is still high

 

Don't feel bad about snails dying, sometimes it just happens. I've never had turbo snails but if those are the only ones dying off maybe there isn't enough food or they can't get to some of the algae to feed. At least snails are super cheap, another reason to keep your head up

What fish do you have? Some attack snails, especially the big ones.

 

Yea, I wouldn't worry about Mexican turbos dying.. From my understanding they come from colder waters and very rarely adapt the the warmer temperature of our tanks. Pretty much all my snails are three years old. I got 3 Mexican turbos when I had a small algae outbreak before I had got my gfo reactor.. Well, they lasted all of a week.

I would get some astrea snails and Florida ceriths. Astrea's have been awesome cleaners for me, but you might have to flip them over if they fall.


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Test for copper. Copper will harm inverts much faster than fish. Another thing to check is iodine/iodide levels, that is a silent and fast killer for inverts.

 

How old is the aquarium?

 

I would first check the water & if all is ok, then i would get a snail or two from a different shop and see how that goes. I would assume they were all bought in the same place and came sick? In the case that its not your water that is not messed up...? Keep us posted.

 

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Finally someone who gave the right answer, I have been reading along here thinking that when I read all of the
and if no one has explained why snails die in our tank I would have to be the bearer of the bad news!

Most ALL of the snails that are available to us in the hobby are cold or cooler water species, that thrive in the
colder waters of the oceans and when dumped into our "reef" aquariums at an average temperature of 78 to 80
degrees they most always do one thing eventualy.... DIE!

Its not the "copper" that magically appeared in the water, its not the "parameters" because snails will live in
some of the nastiest conditions, and last but not least is not "Lack of food" !

Its the fact that they are basically being "Boiled" in our reef tanks.

Trochus snails are one of the best grazers available. They are from warm water, most can flip themselves over
if they fall to a sand bed and will occasionally reproduce on their own.

Cerith snails are good grazers, but many are from cold water locations so they don't last as long as some warm
water snails. But they usually live longer than Mexican turbos or margarita snails, so they are a better choice
than those.

 

gazog, I mostly agree, but since I know this is a fairly new 6 gallon tank then the parameters were my first concern (especially SG), and temperature would be one of the parameters it would be helpful to have a number attached to. Just a top off or 1 gallon water change with a temp or SG difference can affect a 6 gallon tank. That was why I was asking for numbers.