Well, when I vacuumed my 10g. tonight, I found one of my large ivory snails had kicked the bucket (he smelled REALLY bad when I took him out too). I also found a green pond snail (half-penny size) shell - I presume he died as well because I only have 3 neons, a couple other snails, and some cories in there. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed an outbreak of new "baby" snails in that tank. I like the snails I have, but I don't want 10000000, so I cut back my feeding a little bit hoping it would keep the population from continuing to grow. The tank is heavily planted with anubias, java fern, java moss, bacopa, bronze crypt, microsword, and lutia(?). I noticed tonight also a pond snail on my crypt and some "snail holes" in a couple of its leaves. They have never bothered my plants before.
OK, so here's my question. Could the deaths be caused by starvation because I cut back the feeding? Would this also explain the sudden interest in my crypt or could it be the work of one rogue snail who needs a new home or could my crypt be "melting" even though it looks ok and they are just cleaning up? Any ideas on this would be appreciated. I don't want to lose my other ivory or my midnights. I thought that since they were the largest they would be the most likely to survive.... I guess not.
OK, so here's my question. Could the deaths be caused by starvation because I cut back the feeding? Would this also explain the sudden interest in my crypt or could it be the work of one rogue snail who needs a new home or could my crypt be "melting" even though it looks ok and they are just cleaning up? Any ideas on this would be appreciated. I don't want to lose my other ivory or my midnights. I thought that since they were the largest they would be the most likely to survive.... I guess not.
