RE: Turbo Snails
I have a 24g nanocube that is functioning perfectly. 2 turbos, six line, cleaner shrimp, 5 bumble bee, 3 nass, 5 hermit. Running perfect, smooth. no issues.
My 29g. All parameters seem correct. I added 3 turbo snails, 5 bumble bee, 5 hermit. 1 Royal Gramma (temporary housing, long story)
Everything is thriving in it, except for the turbo snails. All 3 of them died over a 2 week period. I left them for quite some time with no movement (1 week) and the hermit crabs eventually "cleaned them" Any ideas why the snails would die (which are apparently very hardy) and the rest of the tank would appear to go flawlessly?
Is there a such thing as a bad batch of turbo snails? They all were purchased at the same time.
And for reference, I added everything over a month period with appropriate spacing. Not just a "dump them all in" thing.
I left the lighting on a little longer than I normally would to grow some algae for the turbo snails but they always seemed so lazy. They would go onto the rocks for a while, onto the walls then later in the day they'd be face up and just sit for a long time.
ALl the while, in the other tank they are on a pretty regular schedule of up and down and are very active. Never "resting" in the vulnerable up position.
Any thoughts? I feel like I've taken it pretty slow and gone with a pretty simple setup in the 29g tank. I was surprised on the snails.
I have a 24g nanocube that is functioning perfectly. 2 turbos, six line, cleaner shrimp, 5 bumble bee, 3 nass, 5 hermit. Running perfect, smooth. no issues.
My 29g. All parameters seem correct. I added 3 turbo snails, 5 bumble bee, 5 hermit. 1 Royal Gramma (temporary housing, long story)
Everything is thriving in it, except for the turbo snails. All 3 of them died over a 2 week period. I left them for quite some time with no movement (1 week) and the hermit crabs eventually "cleaned them" Any ideas why the snails would die (which are apparently very hardy) and the rest of the tank would appear to go flawlessly?
Is there a such thing as a bad batch of turbo snails? They all were purchased at the same time.
And for reference, I added everything over a month period with appropriate spacing. Not just a "dump them all in" thing.
I left the lighting on a little longer than I normally would to grow some algae for the turbo snails but they always seemed so lazy. They would go onto the rocks for a while, onto the walls then later in the day they'd be face up and just sit for a long time.
ALl the while, in the other tank they are on a pretty regular schedule of up and down and are very active. Never "resting" in the vulnerable up position.
Any thoughts? I feel like I've taken it pretty slow and gone with a pretty simple setup in the 29g tank. I was surprised on the snails.
