Sand snail flipping

[Miguelh1302]

This is the second snail in two days that I notice doing this, I tried to flip it but it doesn't and go back to this position, he other one got eaten away by fellow snails, any ideas????? Thanks

 

[sam.basye]

Looks like a lettered olive snail. They are fully capable of flipping themselves and I never see mine as it burrows and lives below the substrate 99% of its life.

 

[pagojoe]

Yeah, it's an olive. If he can't right himself, he's in pretty bad shape. Dunno if he is starving, reacting to toxins, or just dying of old age.

 

[Miguelh1302]

Yea I know which snail is, nothing toxic in the tank, I can guarantee u that, starving I over feed the tank, old age sounds pretty reasonable, nobody have seen this before???? I check again today and it is in the same position, it is alive because it is moving, this is the second one doing this, the first one, they ate it

 

[pagojoe]

Gerontic olive snails typically start to lose their gloss, or overglaze as they become unable to keep the shells completely clean. Olives typically catch and eat other snails, although they may also scavenge meaty leftovers, so I'm not sure what you are feeding, but maybe not what they need to survive. Olive slime is mildly toxic itself, and lots of other chemical compounds in the tank may be toxic to specific animals, including olives. So...your guess is as good as mine.

 

[Miguelh1302]

This one at least lost the gloss for sure I feed mysis and live black worms