~10 days ago I received 10 brigs "mystery" snails from dakotagirl. Very healthy looking, active and colorful. I added them to my 75G with 7 Goldfish and a common pleco.
Yesterday I noticed the largest one was having trouble righting itself so I flipped it over. Today it was dead...empty shell. Found 2 other dead ones and pieces of a body. Found 6 alive, moved them to other tanks. Have a couple Dozen adult ramshorns in there also, found 1 dead, 2 having trouble. Dead ones were the larger ones, in both species.
ph 7.5, ammonia, nitrites 0,0
KH 4, GH 8
All pretty much normal...except I couldnt read GH with my API kit, I was over 30 with no color chg. GH 8 with tetra kit.
Changed plain filters for new carbon...added aquasafe "detoxifies heavy metals" well, because I had it and it was worth a shot.
Recently did a ~40% WC, last WC about 4 weeks ago. Also just added 3 large 15" tall amazon sword plants. Plants QT'd for a week, but ya never know...
-Did the plants bring something bad into the tank?
-Did my WC bring on OTS? Fish are doing fine.
-Did the pleco or the GF attack the snails?
-Something else???
Yesterday I noticed the largest one was having trouble righting itself so I flipped it over. Today it was dead...empty shell. Found 2 other dead ones and pieces of a body. Found 6 alive, moved them to other tanks. Have a couple Dozen adult ramshorns in there also, found 1 dead, 2 having trouble. Dead ones were the larger ones, in both species.
ph 7.5, ammonia, nitrites 0,0
KH 4, GH 8
All pretty much normal...except I couldnt read GH with my API kit, I was over 30 with no color chg. GH 8 with tetra kit.
Changed plain filters for new carbon...added aquasafe "detoxifies heavy metals" well, because I had it and it was worth a shot.
Recently did a ~40% WC, last WC about 4 weeks ago. Also just added 3 large 15" tall amazon sword plants. Plants QT'd for a week, but ya never know...
-Did the plants bring something bad into the tank?
-Did my WC bring on OTS? Fish are doing fine.
-Did the pleco or the GF attack the snails?
-Something else???