Astrea Snail Suicide - Page 2

Palmer · #1 03-17-2010, 01:29 PM

I may be a newb but I have found Astrea's to be the hardest workers in my tank. I have about 5 of them and I have only had to give one a little help once in the two months I have had them. I have a mexican turbo and he only seems to move at night and sits in the same place all day. My Ceriths work quite a bit but are much smaller than the Astrea's so not a fair comparison.

whatcaneyedo · #2 03-17-2010, 02:40 PM

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foreveringlass · #3 03-17-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DiverDude

Yikes ! I don't have a sump so drip acclimation is not something I can do easily so I simply put the bag into the tank and let the temperatures match and then put about 1/4 cup of my tank water into the bag every 15-20 minutes over about an hour and a half.

Clearly I have underestimated the needs of these creatures.

Thanks for the link to the very thorough article !

FYI... I don't have a sump either. I float the bag in my tank for 20 min., put the bag in a bucket and then drip. I use an airline with a knot in it. I tighten the knot so I get about 1 drop per second for the first 2 hours. I slowly undo the knot over the course of 2 more hours until I have a slow trickle, then pop them in the tank. I am relatively new to this, but have had 100% success rate. ( 12 snails, 7 crabs, 2 clowns, 1 coral beauty, 1 sand sifting star, and one tuxedo urchin.)

BlueWorldAquatic · #4 03-17-2010, 04:42 PM

These snails are known to just let go on glass too. I used to laugh when mine did, they'll climb to the top then just let go.

Stupid snails. I don't know how many of them we pull out of our tanks daily because of this.

Ken