Snail Death HELP

[MeReefBeef]

I have a pretty matured nano reef tank with good water parameters (0 ammonia/nitrite, <5ppm nitrate). However, it seems that everytime I try to keep snails (astrea, turbo, nassarius) they always last a couple of weeks but then they just shut up and die. I was wondering if this is because I'm not monitoring my calcium levels closely and they dont have enough calcium to grow. Any other ideas are welcome! Please help.

 

[lenny8671]

How are you acclimatising them? they should be drip acclimatised where poss..

Is there enough food for them?

 

[MeReefBeef]

yes they're drip acclimated at least over 1.5 hours minimum. i have some algae in the tank and lots of coralline. plenty of live rock too

 

[tastingSalty]

I see you have a nano (where water param's can fluctuate rapidly). Does the specific gravity or temperature fluctuate frequently and/or rapidly in the aquarium?

If you have a lot of inverts in the tank you should check the calcium levels, otherwise the salt you use SHOULD provide enough calcium to a small number of inverts. The salt I use (Coral Pro Salt) maintains a calcium level of around 480ppm (which is plenty) to the few critters and corals I have in there.

 

[MeReefBeef]

The temperature does not fluctuate at all its always around 79.5F, but the specific gravity may fluctuate between 1.025 and 1.027. I was just worried that maybe my corals and the coralline were extracting all the calcium, so the snails didn't have any to use to grow. Should that even be a problem?