can snails carry disease

[shaneh]

I was thinking of picking up a few more snails at a fish store known for bad water...AKA 6th ave aquarium....but i wanted to know if snails can carry anything bad and if i need to QT? I have never done this before but just thought i'd ask.

 

[northbay-reefer]

No, I ate a bunch but haven't gotten sick from it yet

 

[shaneh]

did you mean snail as in.....abalone? I love them too!!!I guess I am fine then i won't QT just temp acclimate...drip then in the tank.

 

[Reef Bass]

Good one Tom!

I am big on quarantining everything, so my official response is "of course QT them!". Even if the snails themselves are reasonably clean (no obvious parasites / problems), the water they came in could be harboring issues.

While I probably wouldn't dip them, I would qt them for a day or two for observation and to give them a chance to expel the contents of their intestines in water that isn't going in to your main tank. It would also give them a chance to adjust to your water and in case that wasn't successful you wouldn't be introducing anything to your main tank which was going to die right away.

 

[shaneh]

good call thanks...i actually passed on the snails, they only had small ones. But i did get a green carpet anenome.