Hey guys I need help. I am getting frustrated hardcore. I cant keep a snail for more than a week to save my life in my ne 40gal FOWLR. I have had a lawnmower blenny, cleaner shrimp, porcelain crab and 10 hermit crabs in there for a few weeks but i cant seem to keep a snail for more than 3 days. My water parameters are good. Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5, Ph 8.2, calcium 420 and I add Purple up every other day... Any thoughts?
Oh the frustrations of saltwater
- Thread starter cichlid_king
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For at least 45 minutes. The crab isn't eating them. They just go in their shells and they get hard and stink
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The only things that I can think of is that there isn't enough food for them or that they're already on their way out when you bought them.
What kind of snails? Ive found that a lot of turbo snails come from Mexico with 65-70° water and don't like our reef temps. Same with some smaller snails also.
Just a thought.....
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There have been 3 Turbo snails and 3 Nassarius snails. I had a diatom bloom and the cycle was over so I bought them to clean it up. They did a good job to the front and sides but the back of the tank still looks like crap. They didnt even touch it. I dont really care if I cant keep snails, it just makes me worry that the other things that I have in there are going to die. The temp of the tank is 76 degrees. I want to get a nem and clowns for it but I dont want them to die either. Its making me angry. I never had this problem with my 75gal reef.
if it makes you feel any better I could not keep snails alive either. I finally gave up and went with all crabs. "emerald craps" are very cool. might be my favorite to watch in the tank atm.