snails above water

[finksmart]

why do snails climb above water and just stay there?

 

[pagojoe]

Because some of 'em can't swim. Well, that and the fact that many of the snails sold to aquarists live in the intertidal, and eat algae off the rocks at low tide. Those species may climb out and wait for the next high tide, which unfortunately never comes. You'll probably have to punch them off the glass to keep them from committing suicide. Nerites and littorinids are the worst about this, but Turbos and a few other snails will do it to some degree. The latter ones usually return to the water on their own.

Cheers,



Don

 

[Koshmar]

My astrea's do the same thing but they always end up going back into the tank. What about having lr breaking the surface of the water in a tank? Would that help to keep them from crawling up the glass?

 

[Capt56]

My margarita snails are pretty good at going to the water surface also. It seems like they like it better up there than in the tank.