At work, we've had an issue with our mystery snails dying due to copper plumbing in our main aquatics system. Originally we got around it by keeping them in a separate tank, but corporate threw a fit and wanted them back in the main set-up, so a lot of innocent snails have died. Since then, my manager has turned off the flow to one of the segments of the main tank, used a water conditioner that's supposed to handle metals, and we're doing water changes with a python. Snails are still dying, and it's really bumming me out...my manager's trying to fix it, but she has to get permission for everything from the corporate blockheads and they are slow.
I came in to work this morning, and the closer had pulled a bunch of 'dead' snails (sometimes it's hard to tell) to count and account for them, but didn't finish her job and left them to dry out in one of our plastic fish holder things overnight. As I sorted through them, I noticed three that still had their doors tightly shut and figured what the hell, put them in some clean water and brought them home (with permission, since they were already 'dead') to see if they'll come back to life in my tank. I didn't have high hopes, between toxic work water and an over-nighter on dry land, but I think they'll make it.
So here's a pic (please ignore the algae!). The blue is good to go, I snapped this pic as he was coming out of his shell after 6+ hours of detoxing, he's since traveled a few inches and buried himself in the sand. The other two still look like in the pic...They're alive enough to snap shut when I stick my hand in the tank (I didn't want them rotting in the tank overnight so I poked them to check), so I'm hoping they'll perk up if they can still protect themselves. Other than clean water and time, is there anything I can do for them? Thanks!
I came in to work this morning, and the closer had pulled a bunch of 'dead' snails (sometimes it's hard to tell) to count and account for them, but didn't finish her job and left them to dry out in one of our plastic fish holder things overnight. As I sorted through them, I noticed three that still had their doors tightly shut and figured what the hell, put them in some clean water and brought them home (with permission, since they were already 'dead') to see if they'll come back to life in my tank. I didn't have high hopes, between toxic work water and an over-nighter on dry land, but I think they'll make it.
So here's a pic (please ignore the algae!). The blue is good to go, I snapped this pic as he was coming out of his shell after 6+ hours of detoxing, he's since traveled a few inches and buried himself in the sand. The other two still look like in the pic...They're alive enough to snap shut when I stick my hand in the tank (I didn't want them rotting in the tank overnight so I poked them to check), so I'm hoping they'll perk up if they can still protect themselves. Other than clean water and time, is there anything I can do for them? Thanks!
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