Dead Turbo Snail

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LordsSoilder

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Aug 29, 2005
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Ok, I semi recently got a couple of snails from the LFS and after a week or two, one of them has died... It didn't move for a while so I placed it in the sand. and then it did'nt move for a few days and I picked it up yesterday and the snail literally dripped out of the shell. I caught most of it before it all went in the tank. but Some went in, I know I'll have to watch my levels alot the next couple of days, but my real question is.

What killed it? it didn't seem sick, and It had plenty to eat. I just don't know why it died.

This nasty thing stunk horribly. When I took It out of the tank my wife could smell it all the way up stairs...

Anyway, I still have another large turbo and want to make sure it doesn't die too. Thanks for the help
 
Hard to say, could have been bad acclimation at the LFS or when it was put into the aquarium or alot of other things, also helps to post water perameters
 
I'll have to post them, I'll do a test tonight and try to write them down and post them tommorow...

I'm pretty sure I did the accimation correctly, and I have decent faith in my LFS...

Just wondering if there is a snail desease to look out for, or maybe something in the sand decided to kill it... I just want to know what I should look for, and what I can prevent from happening to my other snails...
 
Sorry to hear you lost him, turbos are really neat snails - this afternoon I adopted one from the LFS that hadn't been fed in a week and was in a sterile tank. He's having a party cleaning up my tank ATM, I think I should name him 'MagFloat' :D. He's huge, I'm probably going to have to find him a new home soon but I just couldn't leave him there to starve.
Snails are actually super sensitive when it comes to acclimation. The best way I've found is to actually introduce them above the water line and allow them to enter the tank at their own pace - I read about this method and haven't lost a single snail introduced this way. You can also drip acclimate them like fish, I'd take at least a half hour, more if there's a fair difference in any of the water values.
 
snails are probably one of the most sensitive critters you could add to your tank. An ill or dead snail probably means that there is something up with your water. Even slight changes (i.e. going an extra day or two between water changes) can prove to be deadly.... snails are the first critter to show symptoms - actually, they may show these symptoms months before anything else does. when you have a death, whether it be a fish, coral or other invert, it should be good practice to automatically do a water change, typically 25% is a good start.
 
I dont know about that Decz, first off snails don't have too long of a life span so if one dies it doesn't necessarly mean it was anything you did. Snails aren't so sensitive either. I have over 150 in my 65gallon tank and they were shipped to me over night in a bag with no water... do you know how I acclimated them? I floated them in my tank so they were use to the temperature, then I took each one and swished it around in a small bucket of my tank water and set it in the display tank. All of them lived, one died two weeks later but these only live a few years (Cerith and Astera). I've had problems in my tank before and my snails didn't die... but my Xenia did. Also, I've had problems with a sick fish that my shrimp were affected by the water but not the snails.

I'd post your water parameters anyway... I'm a frequent chemistry tester... I actually like to do it now.
 
I don't think they are sensitive to acclimation at all, only to water issues/problems. I work for a wholesaler and we ship hundreds (if not thousands) in every week. All of them arrive in bags with no water, and we ship them all out in bags with no water. This is because they go into a type of sleep... maybe some sort of snail hibernation?!? -who knows!? Anyway, in this state they have a much higher survival rate during shipping. If there was water in the bag and one or two died the rest would be more susceptible to the now deadly water and as a result could easily kick the bucket too.... so... we never send snails out with water.

Based on what I've seen at work, and what i've seen in my own tank, I tend to believe that when a snail dies it could be the first sign of an issue in the tank. but wastememphis is right, this isn't always the case. I'm a water chem nut too.... it's the only way I can guarantee the best possible conditions!
 
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