Snails very unhappy

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by naesco

Gobytron
I have a rule too!
Whether it is a 50 cent snail or $50.00 fish I strive to do everything to give the invert, or fish the best chance of survival in my tank. They arrive at the LFS in weakened condition after their long journey here. Therefor, how we put them in our tanks is important.

Scuba, it is great to hear about the care you take in acclimatization. That rules it out as a problem.
I would take a water sample to the LFS and have them do a ammonia test and also double check the salinity.
Sometime our test kits and salinity meters are off.

I doubt very much you have any better survival rate than i do.

Plus, you could argue that after all the stress of transport and over crowding conditions at LFS' that the best thing for any organism is to get into their new, stable and ideal environment as quickly as possible.

The other side of the coin is that if you are confident in your systems ideal parameters, you shouldn't see much difference from your tank to that of the lfs.
maybe I can say this because my regular lfs are OA and JL and they are exemplary.

and take that hat off of your poor tang.

he looks ridiculous.