In addition to the live rock I posted in another thread I also picked up 2 Zebra Turbo Snails yesterday. Huge things, about 2.5 inches across. They were both moving around at the lfs and quite active. After acclimating them and releasing them into the tank the one took to the rock, sand and whatnot as if he had found snail utopia and I adore the guy.
The other one however has stayed tight inside his shell and refused to come out. When bagging him at the store, the lfs guy did touch his foot a bit to get him to recess back into his shell because he came out so much. Could he have frightened the thing severely? Will he eventually come out? From reading on the web I saw a story about one that had escaped the tank and was dried out a bit but after being replaced in the tank it came out fairly soon, expelled it's waste and then went on it's merry way. I'm hoping I'm worried over nothing and my second guy will soon appear and be as happy as the first.
A photo of the first last night.
The other one however has stayed tight inside his shell and refused to come out. When bagging him at the store, the lfs guy did touch his foot a bit to get him to recess back into his shell because he came out so much. Could he have frightened the thing severely? Will he eventually come out? From reading on the web I saw a story about one that had escaped the tank and was dried out a bit but after being replaced in the tank it came out fairly soon, expelled it's waste and then went on it's merry way. I'm hoping I'm worried over nothing and my second guy will soon appear and be as happy as the first.
A photo of the first last night.