the smell of snails.

[andruboz]

i threw 8 japanese trapdoor snails in a 29 gal tank with a chinese algea eater and i cannot believe the funk in that tank.. i have smelled amonia in tanks before but this thing almost smells like
diesel fuel. is this why J.T.D snails are sold for ponds more than aquariums? i will try to get it planted this weekend so if it is something like amonia, the plants should get a kick out of it.

they are all moving so its not a rotting snail making the odor and the fish seem fine.

 

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

maybe they have B.O. lol

 

[Tim Bo]

Reminds me of the time I pulled out an old apple snail that hadn't been moving...took a quick smell and thought I was going to die. It apparantly already had. Never want to smell anything like that again!