djm32189 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I bought 2 astrea snails today and both were on the glass, doing nothing.....they have been in there now for 5 hours. So I took 1 off the glass to see if it would do anything on the gravel and it is still just sitting there with just a little white part of it jutting out of its shell. Can anyone tell me what to do about these snails.. nitrates 25 nitrites 0 ammonia 0 salinity 1.022-1.023 Ph 8.4 Link to comment
abernier Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 my astea snails did the same, they never did anything. they ended up being killed by hermits. Link to comment
sdbeazley Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Astrae can`t walk real well on sand. you probably killed it. Link to comment
abernier Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 considernig it died on a rock Link to comment
djm32189 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 how could i kill it though??? Link to comment
djm32189 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 it has been there for about 30 minutes on the sand and its shell is right up against the glass it just won't do anything Link to comment
Rmcm2424 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Astreas aren't the best snails because they tend to die easy and not clean very well. They die if they flipped over or anything. Turbo snails are much better to eat algae off the glass and rock IMO. Link to comment
djm32189 Posted October 15, 2004 Author Share Posted October 15, 2004 so if they flip over once, they die? technically they were sold to me as turbos, but they have a cone shell Link to comment
xcajx Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Just leave them alone. Pulling them off anything can kill them. Sometimes they sit, inactive, for days. Link to comment
Cesar Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I've had some too and they sat there for 2 days not doing anything. Then they started to work but my turbo snails are alot better and faster. Link to comment
Kool-cat Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 All snails need to rest, turbo snails, astea snails, margarita snails: once they flip over and you dont help them they usually die. Nassarius snails can flip back over them selves... Link to comment
gustavo1999 Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 I agree. Leave them well enough alone. Buy more of them. You will notice that some are more active than others. Link to comment
nanoist Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Not to get off subject.... but you may want to do a water change with your Nitrates being at 25. Link to comment
djm32189 Posted October 16, 2004 Author Share Posted October 16, 2004 all recovered except for one that got killed by a hermit Link to comment
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