Messed up shell. Other sanils eating the shell.

[Jessu]

Last night I was adding more gravel to one of my tanks. I had an apple snail in there and it was getting in the way so I put it in a 5g tank with a family a trapdoor snails. I left the apple snail in there and a few mins a go I saw that the trapdoor snails were on top of her and eating her shell not just cleaning it. Her shell never looked good in the first place though. I have had cuttle bone in her tank before and it did not help. Is there anything else I could do to help her shell?

 

[msjinkzd]

oh man, she looks rough. what are you feeding? what is your ph and hardness?

 

[Jessu]

oh man, she looks rough. what are you feeding? what is your ph and hardness?

She was in a tank with goldfish. So goldfish food and I do throw in algae wafers, but not everyday. I will go test the water.

 

[Lupin]

You need to isolate the apple if the trapdoors are trying to eat her shell.

 

[Jessu]

oh man, she looks rough. what are you feeding? what is your ph and hardness?

Carbonate Hardness 35.8 ppm
General Hardness 268.5 ppm
PH 7

 

[Jessu]

You need to isolate the apple if the trapdoors are trying to eat her shell.

I took her out right away. She is back in with the goldfish.

 

[Jessu]

bump

 

[Yadokari]

Just quarantine the apple snail until him/her shell recovers and make sure nothing targets him/her. Make sure the PH is above 7 and have plenty of calcium supplements available. It looks pretty damaged though, poor snail!
Good luck with the recovery

 

[pixl8r]

Go to www.applesnail.net and read their recommendations for snail 'first aid'.

 

[Flaringshutter]

This has happened to me before as well. It seems to happen only when the trapdoors are not getting enough calcium. Try adding some vacation feeder blocks and feeding more calcium-rich greens. Then they shouldn't bother her.