Snail magically appearing in tank!?

[karna68]

I've had a 10g cycling for almost 3 weeks now, started out with 2 white clouds and 2 zebra danios, moved the white clouds out and added 3 more danios. Today hubby says there is a snail in the tank!? Where would it have come from? We did not put it in there :laugh:

Also we were gone for about 5 days but changed the water right before we left and again when we got back, we have lost 2 of the zebra danios. We found 1 dead when we got back. Could the dead fish have contaminated the water? They were fed while we were gone.

Oh, we moved the white clouds to a 30g, they are doing good but have been hanging around the top of the tank, is this normal?

Thanks for any input!

 

[sarcare]

I've never heard of a snail coming from an infection. Do you have any plants? Snail eggs could have come in with them, or even with your fish. Snails aren't in and of themselves a problem.

 

[karna68]

All plastic plants. I know it's not a problem just freaked us out!

 

[sarcare]

Snails are sneaky--that is what my snail's name is. Sneaky the mystery snail is always showing up somewhere I don't expect him, and finding him in the 55 gallon is like playing hide and seek.

 

[SirWired]

I've had a 10g cycling for almost 3 weeks now, started out with 2 white clouds and 2 zebra danios, moved the white clouds out and added 3 more danios. Today hubby says there is a snail in the tank!? Where would it have come from? We did not put it in there :laugh:

Also we were gone for about 5 days but changed the water right before we left and again when we got back, we have lost 2 of the zebra danios. We found 1 dead when we got back. Could the dead fish have contaminated the water? They were fed while we were gone.

Oh, we moved the white clouds to a 30g, they are doing good but have been hanging around the top of the tank, is this normal?

Thanks for any input!

I suspect that going five days between changes in the middle of the cycle may have done it. You need to buy/use a test kit immedately to determine your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrates. And yes, a dead fish would add additional ammonia to the tank, which makes a stressful process even more so. Your fish may also be overfed, which would add even MORE ammonia to the tank.

SirWired

 

[Mulla]

I've had snails appear in my filter too from time to time... Usually I squish them all when I clean the filter For me I gather they come from the plants that I get at the LFS. Tho I haven't acquired any new plants in years thus no more snails :thm: