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12/03/2018, 06:41 PM | #1 |
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What factors effect snails to die??
Considering temp 79-80 and no hermit crabs and everything else thriving?
Ive gotten 10 snails and 1 only has survived and they die within days... WHat the problem is? can it be the 80 temp? maybe pests im not aware of? |
12/03/2018, 07:10 PM | #2 |
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Salinity?
Quality of supply? 80f does not cause snails to die but your temp could be off I suppose..
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12/03/2018, 08:11 PM | #3 |
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Some species of snails like Margarite snails come from cooler waters and don't live too long, maybe a month or so in warmer waters like 78-80. What was the type of snails you lost?
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Are you drip acclimating them?
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Why? they are snails, unless your QTing them just float bag to match temp, dump in. Salinity with inverts should always be very close to 1.026. They are not like fish where they can be kept down to 1.019 and drip acclimating will slowly bring the salinity up. There is a sticky up at the top of this forum about death in bags. One should read up on it.
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Do you know your magnesium level? High Mg can affect invertibrates, especially snails in my experience, negatively.
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^^^THIS, x 1000^^^ I "acclimate" mine the same way and my losses have dropped dramatically since I started do it this way. Check the salinity in the bags they come in and match it as closely as possible.
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Reefcleaners gives good acclimation advice as well. I like what was mentioned above too. If salinity is matched, follow the above advice. The more they drip acclimate, the more ammonia that can build and more stress on the snails.
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