LBFish
Reefing newb
I bought a new snail on Saturday and he hasn't moved since then. He is attached to the glass and doesn't seem to want to let go when I tug on him a little bit. Is this normal?
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Snail Question
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
If he's staying on the glass, it means he's healthy. If he was sick, he'd just be laying on the bottom doing nothing. What kind of snail did you get?
LBFish
Reefing newb
I don't recall the name but he has a green shell that kinda looks like a star on the outside edges.
dcantucson
Reef pro
Quit tugging on him! You trying to kill it? :shock: :mrgreen:
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
I just bought some snails as well, but I am a little concerned with their behavior.
I did my usual 3 or 4 hour acclimation - as you should with all inverts - and let them go - careful not to let any of the LFS water into my own system. Most of them are way up high right at the top of the water. Not doing any cleaning and not moving much. Similar thing with the crabs. They have parked themselves to the only 2 or 3 rocks in this bare bottom tank and aren't moving much.
Anybody know whats going on? Chemistry is spot on.
I did my usual 3 or 4 hour acclimation - as you should with all inverts - and let them go - careful not to let any of the LFS water into my own system. Most of them are way up high right at the top of the water. Not doing any cleaning and not moving much. Similar thing with the crabs. They have parked themselves to the only 2 or 3 rocks in this bare bottom tank and aren't moving much.
Anybody know whats going on? Chemistry is spot on.
Sunshine
Reef enthusiast
I bought a bunch of snails 2 weeks ago. For the first week, they hung out at the top of the tank also. And there were a lot of them, it was weird. But, now, they have moved on to doing what I bought them for, cleaning my glass. Seems, every time I buy snails, they do that. And as for my crabs, I have this one rock with a bunch of holes in it, I call it my crab condo, that's where you will find all the small ones, the bigger ones can't fit in the holes any more.
yote
In Memoriam
Snails will do that sometimes.I guess its the shock of being in a strange enviroment,but who knows:dunno:
LBFish
Reefing newb
How many snails should I have in my tank? Right now I have 2 hermit crabs and 3 snails for a 28g tank.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
I'd go 1 crab and one snail per 2g. So maybe 14 each?
MEANDMYFISHTANKS
Reefing newb
Am i wasting my time turnin cerith snails over do they die like turbos if i leave them on there backs
