Dead snail or instant hermit crab condo?

[monkeytrumpets]

I originally had 2 turbo snails in my BC8 (a combination of me not doing my homework first, and the guy at the LFS telling me I would need at LEAST 2 turbos in a tank that size...) Anyway, long story short, both snails died. The question I have now is, how would one "evict" the current, deceased, resident in order to provide my hermits with a new condo? Is it even worth the effort? Thanks in advance.

[reefone]

leave it in the tank the cuc will eat it.

[Seawolf]

Other possibility would be to fish them out of your tank and then boil them in salt water on your kitchen stove. Based upon experience with escargot I would think you could do following:

 

1) Send roomate/spouse/significant other to movie.

2) fish snails from tank

3) place in boiling pot of water, then reduce water to simmer

4) Should drop out of shells after about 20- 30 min on simmer, might need a little prompting with a toothpick.

5) Return shells to tank and hide evidence.

[rev138]

Just skewer it with a toothpick, a fork, or something similar and pull it out. It's not hard.

[monkeytrumpets]

Other possibility would be to fish them out of your tank and then boil them in salt water on your kitchen stove. Based upon experience with escargot I would think you could do following:

 

1) Send roomate/spouse/significant other to movie.

2) fish snails from tank

3) place in boiling pot of water, then reduce water to simmer

4) Should drop out of shells after about 20- 30 min on simmer, might need a little prompting with a toothpick.

5) Return shells to tank and hide evidence.

 

My girlfriend suggested that, but I live in the dorms and the only source of near boiling water is my coffee pot. We weighed out the options and decided that coffee with a hint of escargot might not be so tasty.

 

Just skewer it with a toothpick, a fork, or something similar and pull it out. It's not hard.

 

I ended up pulling it out with a pair of neeldenose pliars. I don't think I was able to get him all though...Now the shell smells...well it smells like dead snail. I think I'll hide it in a cup of saltwater in a quiet corner for a few weeks before introducing it into the tank.