Snails stink...

[BMorgan]

Anyone else ever had a snail die?

I had a couple of turbo snails die recently and I didn't fish them out of the tank for a couple of days. As soon as I got them out, their bodies had turned into some sort of nasty soupy goop and the WHOLE house smelled with the one of the most HORRID smells I have ever experienced. It was so bad it almost made me want to vomit.

Anyone else here ever experienced this?

 

[fsn77]

Yes, when snails die it is definitely one of the worst smells. It's one of those smells that really seems to linger, too.

 

[KIM_TMA]

LOL, yes it is with every snail. I have removed FW briggs within hours of death and they have that wretched stink. Make you want to vomit. That is what us invert junkies call the sniff test, to see whether it is still alive -no smell=alive, awful smell=dead.

 

[Gene0514]

thats what I have hermit crabs for, they eat the dead or dying snail before it decomposes.

 

[mike_nikki]

thats what I have hermit crabs for, they eat the dead or dying snail before it decomposes.

And sometime alive ones if they like their shell lol

 

[nynikki]

I have only had that with freshwater snails so far, and it is the most awful retched smell. I found not fetching them out for a long while is the best solution. Other things in the tank will eat them, or the filter will clean it up. If you just want to get it out of there, I recommend not emptying the water out of the shell as you pull it out of the tank, then drop it right into a ziplock bag and out to the trash with it immediately! =)

 

[jpappy789]

My experience is with brigs and ramhorns (FW) and the stench is awful...

edit: DOH! caught myself posting in a old-er thread :duh:

 

[AquaticZen]

Thread makes me have second thoughts about getting snails

 

[Ianne]

i remember pulling the shell out and what looked to be snail liquid drip out. I don't think i got the smell but it was still gross