jvdb
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I'm having a hard time keeping snails alive lately.
All my other inverts are great, in fact I have 6 nassarius snails that are more than 2 years old and they're fine, but they don't touch algae. I switched tanks about 8 months ago and bought half a dozen banded trochus snails. I also had a couple of margarita and astrea snails from the old tank that moved over. They were all fine until a couple of months ago. They just started falling off the glass an not turning themselves over. Eventually I only had 2 banded trochus snails left, and I'm righting them constantly, I just assumed they were old or something. Last weekend I bought a mix of snails (margerita, astrea, cerith). They seemed fine for the first week, but today they've all fallen off the glass/rock. I'm starting to get a film of algae all over my tank and need to figure this out.
My temp is stable at 78 degrees (have a ranco temp controller) so it shouldn't be too hot.
0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrate, 0 phos
I have a healthy cheato refugium and skim heavily. I also run GFO and carbon reactors.
1.025 salinity (per calibrated refractometer). I also have ATO so this never changes.
The only other problem I am having is low alk and ca. I've been dosing 3x the recommended starting point with BRS two part and still can't seem to get them to normal values.
I haven't tested for copper, but I use RODI water and assume it would be affecting other inverts (including the nassarius snails) which it is not.
Any help or suggestions appreciated.
All my other inverts are great, in fact I have 6 nassarius snails that are more than 2 years old and they're fine, but they don't touch algae. I switched tanks about 8 months ago and bought half a dozen banded trochus snails. I also had a couple of margarita and astrea snails from the old tank that moved over. They were all fine until a couple of months ago. They just started falling off the glass an not turning themselves over. Eventually I only had 2 banded trochus snails left, and I'm righting them constantly, I just assumed they were old or something. Last weekend I bought a mix of snails (margerita, astrea, cerith). They seemed fine for the first week, but today they've all fallen off the glass/rock. I'm starting to get a film of algae all over my tank and need to figure this out.
My temp is stable at 78 degrees (have a ranco temp controller) so it shouldn't be too hot.
0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrate, 0 phos
I have a healthy cheato refugium and skim heavily. I also run GFO and carbon reactors.
1.025 salinity (per calibrated refractometer). I also have ATO so this never changes.
The only other problem I am having is low alk and ca. I've been dosing 3x the recommended starting point with BRS two part and still can't seem to get them to normal values.
I haven't tested for copper, but I use RODI water and assume it would be affecting other inverts (including the nassarius snails) which it is not.
Any help or suggestions appreciated.
