Alexraptor Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Ok i just shored up my cleaning crew sine my tank is in dire need of it, i purchased amongst other things 2 blue legs, a mithrax crab, 4 trochus snails and a turbo. I acclimated both the Turbo and the trochuses for several hours, drip method before introducing them into the tank, and now when they are in its almost as if theyve gone lifeless, they refuse to move about or even attach to glass or rock. as they dying suddenly???? I need some answers quick! please! Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hard to say. I've introduced new snails that didn't move for a while. So, it may be fine. Only time will tell. Link to comment
DudE31 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 several hours seems a bit extensive but they should be fine Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hard to say. I've introduced new snails that didn't move for a while. So, it may be fine. Only time will tell. yes but did they refuse to even attach themselves to anything? Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 dead...every single trochus i bought is dead, despite proper acclimatation and water perameters being excellent, nitrates werent even measurable. Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 dead...every single trochus i bought is dead, despite proper acclimatation and water perameters being excellent, nitrates werent even measurable. That seriously sucks. Not saying it contributed to their death, but I don't acclimate anything more than 30 minutes. Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 That seriously sucks. Not saying it contributed to their death, but I don't acclimate anything more than 30 minutes. im particularly meticolous of acclimitising inverts due to their sensetivity to rapid temperature/salinity fluxuations. Link to comment
Alexraptor Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 great... all of them = dead now, but the crabs live on in perfect health. kind of sucks thou, the LFS wont give me my money back, they say they dont return money as a policy with saltwater livestock due to all the variables that can cause death. he has offered to replace them.. but i dont know....i mean for crying out load ive done like ive always done, and ive never lot a snail in just 24 hours Oo Link to comment
non-photosynt Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 I didn't acclimated them at all, after the first was doing just fine. Searching the web, I found a lot of articles about that in some tanks the turbos just die, and very fast. Never experienced this in neither of my tanks, and because of this didn't look in depth, but here is one of the links. Link to comment
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