snail escapades

[waterPOLO]

So one of my female guppies has ich spots on her tail so just now I added some dissolved salt/water to the tank. The snail like 20 minutes later started climbing up the power filter outtake and partially onto the cover outside the water, but then fell back in. She/he has climbed around into the intake before, but never out.

Was it because too much salt? or just a random "mystery" snail thing

my other snail has been chilling in the top corner (underwater) the whole time

Apple snails just for clarification

Thanks

 

[Neophyte]

Could be one, could be the other or could be both.

But normally no freshwater snails don't like salt at all, aslong as it isn't a huge amount and it is dissolved before pouring into the tank it should be alright.

I love watching mine for their antics. I have one that climbs up the glass almost to the top just to fall off and tries to glides along the powerhead stream to the middle of the tank and does it all over again.

 

[Lupin]

You have the option to either include the snails in salt treatment or separate them. I prefer to separate when I treat. Snails hardly are ich carriers. Just isolate the snails for at least 48 hours and the ich (possibly hitchhiking in ther shells) will die from lack of fish hosts.

 

[waterPOLO]

ok thanks for the replies

 

[waterPOLO]

Well I included them in the treatment (no quarantine tank, in the dorms right now, will have them next year...) of 1 teaspoon per gallon.

Very unfortunately, I think they died? =(
THe blue one is just locked up in his shell, hasn't come out yet today that I have seen, might be still ok. The gold one, however, is kind of really dead looking, his operculum isn't closed and some of him is sticking out, no visible eye stalks or anything.

Basically I got them out and put them in a cup of nonsalted water, and still no movement. No smell yet either though that I can tell. They were crawling around fine last night though

=(

 

[waterPOLO]

Well I just checked the cup and there's some little brownish bits at the bottom that look like droppings of some sort. Snail poop? which would mean that at least one is alive...

 

[waterPOLO]

lol?
ok so I just checked the cup with the snails (i did less than 2 minutes ago)
but now they are both all out eyestalks and everything and crawling around the cup
not dead apparently. Should i keep them in the cup for now or put them back in the salted tank? (2teaspoons/gallon concentration)

 

[Lupin]

Get a spare 5g.

 

[waterPOLO]

I'm in the dorms so can't get another tank, but I guess they will go in the 5g bucket that I have for water changes and stuff. How often should the snails be fed in there, as there's no algae or anything. And since just snails, does the water need to be changed/if/how often?

THanks for the help Lupin!