Floating brig??

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OK, so I got a pair of brigs from my LFS about... maybe 2 weeks ago. I got one ivory, and one wild type. The wild one passed away a few days ago, and the ivory one has been floating for about 5 days now, consistently. I have yet to look into the tank and not see her floating. I believe this means that she hasn't been eating either. The temp in my tank is 78 and my params are ammonia .25, nitrites 0, nitrates 10 but I am due for a water change tomorrow.... Other than that, everyone in the tank seems to be thriving other than the snails. The tank is a 29 gallon that is moderately planted with fox tail, amazon swords, and a Brazilian sword, and also houses 4 false julii cories, 4 assorted platies, and a muppie (molly/guppy hybrid.) I am running a penguin Biowheel 200 filter, and have a medium/large aerated waterfall ornament as my centerpiece, I feed the platies and muppie on tropical flakes or crisps, feed the cories sinking shrimp pellets, and make snail jello, as well as supplement veggies such as zucchini for the snail(s). I also give a treat of thawed frozen bloodworms once or twice a week. As I said, everyone else seems to be thriving except the snails. They were the newest addition to my tank, but were doing fine for the first week. If anyone has any ideas of what is wrong with my snail and/or how I can help her (I assume its a her), any and all suggestions are welcome. I am really concerned considering it has been a while that she has been floating. Thanks in advance for your input!
~SG
 
No, I had another brig that I got from the same LFS that passed away at the beginning of the week. That's why I am concerned that I am doing something wrong... Anyway, she is still alive no doubt. She floats with her antennae hanging out and when I pick her up out of the water, she retracts and closes up tight... so I know she is most definitely alive.... Could she be sick? Both snails I got came out of the same tank so maybe there was disease in the tank that I didn't notice because I don't know enough about snails? What should I look for to see if she is sick? The farthest I have gotten in this mystery is that something is not right......
~SG
 
That's what I thought for a while too.... but is it usually this long? Is she able to get something to eat? Those are the questions i find myself asking now...
~SG
 
i was just gonna make a thread about this. one of my golden apple snails (brigs) is floating, he tries to hang on to the plant but cant hold on..

Can i help him?
 
For both of you, I would put the snail in a breeder trap and put food in with them to make it easier for them to eat, just to be sure. If they are sick, they may be too weak to forage to find food. If they don't find food, they will get weaker. It may be nothing. I have had them float for days to a week then all of a sudden open up and start scooting around as if nothing is wrong. I have also had them float around for days and find them dead one day. The only thing you can really do is make sure it is as easy as possible for them to get food and wait it out.
 
DoN_WoN said:
i was just gonna make a thread about this. one of my golden apple snails (brigs) is floating, he tries to hang on to the plant but cant hold on..

Can i help him?
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he may just have air in his shell,flip him over while he is open and see if a bubble comes out.
 
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