are my snails dead

[AMETHYST212]

I have 3 three snail in 2 different tanks. i have a 1 black myster snail, blue mystery snail and a gold mystery snail.
i think the black and blue one are dead. they do not move and have this slime coming out of them. can some help me in identifying what is going on. :girl:

[Galaxie]

If he doesn't close his trap door when you pick him up or poke him, he's probably dead. My snails didn't last very long for some reason. ....couple/three months and they were gone. Everything else is happy though. ..including those pesky mini-snails.

[DaisyTattoo]

I have heard to smell them, if they are super rank, then they are dead.

[patoloco]

I had the displeasant experience of smelling a dead one. The LFS employee/friend put it right under my nose. YUCK!

[Galaxie]

Yes, I don't know of a worse smell.
:thud:

[AMETHYST212]

oh ok yeah they go back in when i touch them. i hope they not reproducing though. because i saw two of them in a very unforgettable position at night. LOL

What is that slimy stuff though and why are they producing so much of it.

[DaisyTattoo]

My very large apple snail has the slimy stuff and it usually comes with some brown stuff so I am assuming it is.....poopy? I dont know other than that LOL.

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

Excess slime is a sign of stress... Snails are VERY nitrite sensitive. Check your ammonia and nitrites. Do a massive water change and cross your fingers.

[AMETHYST212]

i checke dthe water and my ammonia is at 0 nitrits are at 0 and the nitrates are at about 40

[Bunny13]

40 is high. Most people keep thier nitrates under 20. I would do a water change or two and see how they are acting.

I have one snail that just stays in his shell all the time if he is one particular tank, but if I move him to another he is out and about. I can't really explain it, both tanks read about the same in set up and chemically. :huh:

[Bitsy]

i checke dthe water and my ammonia is at 0 nitrits are at 0 and the nitrates are at about 40

Nitrites are 0? I believe that earlier today I answered another thread started by you where you stated that your nitrites were 5.0? Now they are magically 0?

Whatever, I don't know why I bother.....

[justintoxicated]

My Snails woudl do this under high stress, I actualy thew one out that was likely still alive...Poor guy.

What I learend is they need a PH above 7. If you have a low PH it will likely die. Also make sure you have warm water about 78 deg and plenty of calcium. Put some crushed coral in your filter as a PH / Calcium buffer.

[mandimoron]

Time for me to characertistically piggy-back a query of my own in someone else's thread! :D

Would adding some seashells as decorations to a tank work as a calcium buffer in the same way as adding crushed coral to one's filter?

[justintoxicated]

Probably not, it seems the more water I run throuh the crushed coral the better it works. My PH wen rom 7 to 7.2+ when I put the bag in my Fluval, course I also added more crushed coral (filled 1/2 compartment in my 204) for a 20 gallon tank.

Your results may vary.

[fIsHy13]

i once had a snail that seemed to diisapear overnight. I looked inside the shell and could see nothing- but it could of been hiding further up where my eyes couldn't see. Anyways, i chucked it in to the compost heap. My best bet was that it was gobbled up by the two rather large goldfish!!

[AMETHYST212]

Nitrites are 0? I believe that earlier today I answered another thread started by you where you stated that your nitrites were 5.0? Now they are magically 0?

Whatever, I don't know why I bother.....



i have 4 tanks in my house and the snails are in a tank that has goldfish that have been established for quite some time. year or so. i added that snail about a few weeks ago and they are doing quite well.

[attiladahun]

i had a snail and after a few days, it quit moving, every few days, it would wind up in a different place, then, i picked it up and a lot of real smelly crap fell out of the shell and into my tank, seeing no snail inside, i threw it out.
my uncle had a snail for a few months, but when it laid huge eggsacs, he put them in the freezer to kill them, not wanting any more snails. the snail then threw itself into a fit of anguish and committed suicide by stretching its body out of its shell by climbing up the intake.(on its second attempt at this method of suicide.)

[onepawnup]

would that be an african or european swallow?

Laden or unladen ?

[attiladahun]

a five-ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!