Time to Heal? (Snail with Hole)

thanks so much for the info so far.

one thing that I keep noticing is that he keeps trying to climb out of whatever tank I put him in. Right now he's sitting with about 1/2 of his body above the water line in the little 1.5gal tank he's in. Is there any reason for this?

I put some veggies in there last night but he didn't touch anything. This morning he hadn't moved, but when I got back from work about 1/2 hr ago he was in the position he's in now (sitting above the water)
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It could be that your water quality is off. Could also be that you don't have enough oxygen in your water and so he's sitting out of the water so he can easily use his lungs to breathe, rather than his gills. Be sure you have lots of aeration, and check your readings or do a large water change.

It could also be that he is a she and she is looking for a place to lay her eggs. In that case, be sure you have a tight lid and there is an inch or two of space above the water line.

Doing both wouldn't be a bad idea. :)
 
Well, aeration might be a problem...because I have nothing I could use right now. The tank he's in was my gf's betta tank (which is why her betta is now in my 6 gallon that I was using for my qt tank - felt bad for the betta :headshake2:) , so there really is not filtration or aeration equipment in it.

When I was setting up the tank I added some ground up calcium (tums) figuring it would get calcium in the water without relying on him to eat since he doesn't seem to want to eat. Could this be causing issues? I know higher water hardness can equate to higher CO2 content (the whole pH - kH chart thing), so could this be part of the issue?
 
You can manually aerate the water as a temporary measure buy filling a clean cup full of the tank water, lifting the cup over 6 inches above the tank, and dumping the water back into the tank. This helps put oxygen into the water. Try to do it every 45 minutes.

Also, don't forget to test his/her water.
 
pick up an airstone or a power head if you can. You could also get an breeder net andput him bacck in the other tank. The net will protect him from teh fish but he will still have good quality water.
 
DGalt said:
When I was setting up the tank I added some ground up calcium (tums) figuring it would get calcium in the water without relying on him to eat since he doesn't seem to want to eat. Could this be causing issues?
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Yikes...Id say so.
 
247Plants said:
Yikes...Id say so.
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care to elaborate? I've heard of other people using things like Tums as a calcium source for snails. What the difference between putting a piece in and grinding it up, especially if the snail doesn't eat it? I just figured this was the same concept as the mineral block things or the cuddlebone
 
hrm...ok. I'll try to figure something out. If he would just eat the stuff I'm putting in there...gah! Uncooperative animals! :perv:
 
Ok, I think the roots of the problem here is.

1. Lack of circulation
2. Lack of filtration
3. Lack of O2
4. Lack of clean fresh water
5. Lack of a proper diet

Fix those 5 things and then we can go from there.
 
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