Nassurius snails committing suicide

[Nic a Jon]

Hi bro,

I put 20 plus nass snails into my tank last Sat morning, in the evening I discovered a handful actually crawled out of tank and landed on the floor. Discovered they were still alive, I put them back into the tank. Last few days i still have 1 or 2 snails crawling up the tank glass to try to get out. Is this common?

[Terryz_]

Maybe poor water para...

[strat]

Hi bro,

I put 20 plus nass snails into my tank last Sat morning, in the evening I discovered a handful actually crawled out of tank and landed on the floor. Discovered they were still alive, I put them back into the tank. Last few days i still have 1 or 2 snails crawling up the tank glass to try to get out. Is this common?

Mine too. Climb out of my tank and onto the floor.

Anyone else have this problem?

[blacknails]

They will do that if the water parameters are poor... Like high nitrates for e.g. Do check them out..

But if not then I guess its just by chance they wandered outta the tank..

[Nic a Jon]

nitrate about 10 ppm (salifert test) and after that i change 20 pct water also..next few day still got 1-2 out of tank..

but my turbo never do this kind of stunt b4

[arcanehacker]

maybe the saw that the grass or water is greener at the other side.. heheh.. first time I hear snails crawl out of water.. maybe just above the top water level but never all the way out..

[blacknails]

Ok... Then I dun really know the problem.. Maybe a little overcrowded or something...

Cause the only time I saw my snails crawl out is a few years back when my tank crashed and the nitrates soared thru the roof...

Or your snails are just keen explorers.. Hahaha...

[Nic a Jon]

hope they are just exploring as my other inverts and fishes doing find.

but i need to keep them in the tank to be my cleaning agent for left over food.

temp using food wrap covering the sides n cover of my tank to prevent them from running out

[Octopuffy]

Luckily ur dog (if u have one) doesn't feel like having escargot

[Nic a Jon]

talking about escargo..I have a packet of that in the fridge.

Maybe throw them into the tank to scare the nassurius abit....the consequence of trying to escape....

[Nickel]

Is your water level very near the top edge of tank ? Snail do crawl just above the water level but they will not wander far from it as it may dry up.

Maybe your snails are trying to see what is over the edge of the tank since water level so near the brim and 'accidentally' fell over, as some of us humans do.

[Nic a Jon]

about 3 inch below the edge leh...

[BarraCudaTM]

I think you throw the snails straight into the tank without adjusting them slowly to yr S.G. Thats why its climbing out.

[Vinoth]

I think you throw the snails straight into the tank without adjusting them slowly to yr S.G. Thats why its climbing out.

What's the proper way to do it? How to introduce snails in the tank?

[BarraCudaTM]

same as fish, float the bag in the tank

pour 1 cup of tank water into bag

pour 1 cup every 10mins until bag is full

empty half of bag

continue to pour tank water every 15mins until full

release into the tank

[Nic a Jon]

well this is wot i did when i brot them back...

add same amount of water as in the bag and acclimatised for 5 mins

and i repeated the procedure for 3 times .

this was suggested by maxima( the guy who sold me the snails)

[BarraCudaTM]

I bought from maxima also .. the snails are staying put .. not climbing out

[Nic a Jon]

anyway i wud do that - acclimatise invert i buy from 15 min to half an hour b4 i release into the tank

[Tanzy]

How hot is your tank water?

They cannot tolerate high temperature and it seems they like to escape by climbing out.

[Maxima]

I think you throw the snails straight into the tank without adjusting them slowly to yr S.G. Thats why its climbing out.

Hi Guys, these snails are very sensitive to high S.G. No matter what Snails you have, you will have to take time to introduce into your tank if your S.G is very high. Most Snails come from water where there are algae and S.G ranges from 1.019 to 1.022. Extremely high PH & Temp can also be a concern. Plse take time to acclimatise if either our S.G or PH is on the high side. Snails can tolerate high Nitrate & DOC.

Max

[weileong]

My tank water stay at 25 degs to 26.5 degs and still I see them climb above the water surface. Maybe the Euro bracing stopped them from getting out of the tank.

My NO3 near but more than 2.5ppm and PO4 near but more than 0.25ppm.

I also found something like Aiptasia like stuffs attached to some of the snails.

They moved actually and later some attached to my LR. Got a long based with tentacles as well just like a Aiptasia but the color is light green with light grey strips.

I nuked them with concentrated kalk and they didn't melt away but just close up. Probably will try again.

[BarraCudaTM]

yap .. there are some pest anemones on some of the snails.. I inject them with kalk and vinegar .. they closed for a few days but its not dead yet.

[nutx]

my is climbing up too....but only happen after 2-3 days in my tank....

maybe just looking for food?

[Nic a Jon]

27-28 deg without chiller...is that causing discomfort for the snails?

Last nite got home..saw that no snails on the glass wall of the tank.

[element]

hmm... guess i hv been lucky so far... cos my snails hv nv given me any probs. they jus stick to my LR like super glue. but dats an equally big headache too... all d algae on my glass!