sadie Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I just brought home a snail and my LFS salinity is 1.020. I keep my salinity at 1.025. I don't want to bring the level up too quickly, so how long should this take? Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 I have been adding 2 Tablespoons of my water to the bag every 10 min. Its been 1/2 an hour and it has gone up 1 point to 1.201. If I keep doing this, it will take about 2 more hours, that seems kinda long. Quote Link to comment
Donny41 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Just float the bag to match temp and then dump in Quote Link to comment
partlycloudy531 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Snails are not that sensitive to salinity change. Just match the temp for about 15 minutes and you should be good. Quote Link to comment
MainelyReefer Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 +1 on float to match temp then plop them in. Just did an order from reefcleaners and that was the instructions, I believe the reasoning is that most snails can be intertidal which makes them well suited to quickly adjust to salinity changes. For a more precise answer look at the reef cleaners part of the forum I’m sure he has an acclimation guide that would be applicable. One things for sure I wouldn’t do it the way you are. Quote Link to comment
partlycloudy531 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 https://www.reefcleaners.org/acclimation Here is a link to their guide. Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 okay, thanks. gonna go plop him in Quote Link to comment
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