KEEPing snails-no luck!

[shauna]

what could it be..
i've had a mystery snail and he died. I just got 3 ramshorn snails a couple weeks ago...one past away and the other 2 seem to be vacating their homes soon too.
my tank is a ph of 7 and the temperature stays around 78/79. The tank is about 60 gallons with a mix of fish...4 silver dollars, lemon tetras, neon tetras, danios, a pleco, a cory, a small spotted catfish and a few other species that i forget what they are. Everyone else has been doing great for a long time ...but not the snails.

advice?

 

[chaynes]

Did you see the snails die or did you discover the empty shells? Could be that someone in the tank is eating the snails.

 

[shauna]

no s#&t....as soon as i read your reply i turned around and one of my fish were 'picking' at the snail opening. Don't know what kind of fish they are...i'll look them up. About an inch - inch 1/2 long...bright shiny dark orange with black fins and orange tail. they are super agressive when the food comes out. they freak.
that ticks me off.

thanks.