Unlabelled Aquatic Snails Snaily

April 06, 2020
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Snaily

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:46 PM PDT

Aoki, my oldest mystery, grumpy about his monthly she’ll check

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 09:59 AM PDT

I got BobJim the mystery snail only two months ago and he's already more than doubled in size! The red arrow shows where the edge of his shell was when I got him. Is it normal for mystery snails to grow so fast? I've had mystery snails before, none have ever grown as rapidly as this guy.

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 12:28 AM PDT

Marvin enjoying an uninterrupted algae wafer

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 02:13 PM PDT

What is this slug thing i found while cleaning my snail tank?

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 07:07 PM PDT

Ramshorn Snails suddenly in distress. I think they're dying but cannot figure out why.

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 02:51 PM PDT

I have a 1.5 gallon with 1 adult ramshorn and two young ramshorns. I hunt down and remove egg sacs every week to control the population lol. (The two little ones came about when I was on vacation and I had no idea the adult had started laying). I've had the adult in the tank for six months. I recently moved, and with the last water change (the second water change since I moved) suddenly the snails all stopped clinging and they've retracted into their shells.

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I tested the water before I moved, it's not different except for my water now has 5-10ppm nitrates in it straight from the faucet. Current tank parameters are:

PH: 7.6, Ammonia: 0ppm, Nitrites: 0ppm, Nitrates 5ppm. Temp stays between 68 and 70. One little internal filter with some filter sponge. Three LED lights that run 8-10 hours depending on when I remember to turn it off. The tap water has a GH of 15, KH of 10.

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The tank has always had a sand substrate, one piece of wood, one rock, java moss, java ferns, and a crypt. Nothing has been added to the tank, with the exception of swapping one part (there are several pieces of sponge, I swapped out the carbon filter that came with the filter for a filter pad, but left three of the pieces of sponge in the filter to help prevent loss of bacteria) of the filter media with the last change. I don't think this was the problem because the behavior was INSTANT after the water change. I vaccuumed the surface of the sand and replaced half the water with tap treated with prime, the temperature of the water was the same, and I let it sit about five minutes before putting it in to let the prime do it's thing. I haven't added anything new to my routine.

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So like I said, immediately after I replaced the water, the three snails sort of...crawled around for a sec, but not with any sense of purpose. It's like they were having a hard time clinging and navigating? They'd like reach up like they were trying to climb UP something, but there was nothing there, and they'd sit like that for a minute, then retract into the shell and quit clinging and roll over. They periodically move a tiny bit, but immediately quit clinging once they stop, retract completely into the shell, and then slump over on their side. Also when I woke up this morning (day after the water change) I noticed the water was slightly cloudy. I checked AGAIN wondering if the cycle crashed with the removal of the old carbon filter but I still have 0ppm ammonia, nitrites, and only 5ppm nitrates. I'll keep an eye on the water for ammonia spikes but....I dunno right now.

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So....I'm at a loss. Obviously something in the water, but what?! The ONLY different in water is the addition of 5-10 ppm of nitrates straight from the tap. PH is the same, no ammonia, no nitrites. I checked the water quality report for Feb 2020 from the water company and it doesn't seem like anything is too alarming...I'll link it below.

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https://www.valleywater.org/your-water/water-quality/water-quality-reports (Just scroll down for Feb 2020, it's a .pdf)

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I don't even know what to try because I don't know what the problem is. Completely drain the tank and refill? I have some purified drinking water, but there will be a big difference in water hardness if I just drain and refill with that. I don't wanna sit around for the next couple days and watch the little dudes die. Wtf could have happened with .5 gallons of water during a change that would instantly distress and start to kill three otherwise happy healthy snails?

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Floating Snail

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 06:24 PM PDT

Hello all!

Sorry for the formatting, I'm on mobile

My snail, Alfa (freshwater mystery), has been clamped up and floating for roughly 4 days. I'm not sure if this is normal behavior, as I'm a new snail mom.

He has a buddy, Clint, who is also a mystery and has been active and seemingly normal

They have enough algae and I pulverize egg shells for them about once weekly, so I'm not sure if it's something dietary?

I also add water to their tank (with an application of chlorine aid of course) because the water tends to evaporate because it's near a window

Should I be concerned about how long he's been floating? If so, what do you think it may be? Is there anything I can do? I love him very much and it would devastate me if he died, especially if it was my fault.

Thank you for your replies ((:

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Looking for Zebra Nerite snails - Scotland (UK)

Posted: 05 Apr 2020 12:18 PM PDT

Hello, I'm based in Scotland (UK).

My planted tank has been cycled for just over a week but I cannot stock it through shops or online sellers (that I know of) due to Covid-19. I am looking for up to 2x Nerite snails. Is anyone willing to gift or sell me some within Scotland? I will pay for shipping.

Thank you in advance for your help!

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