Snails very unhappy

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by Youngster Dan

Hi scuba, here is an interesting read on snails. I don't have an answer for you, though I supose this article may be more helpful than two people bickering back and forth ruining your thread.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php

Good luck. Oh and +1 on acclimatizing for a while, I figure it definitely doesn't hurt (especially with regards to snails) and it is really easy to do.

technically 3 people now.
lol.

just finished reading that article and it certainly stresses the importance of a 5 to 10 hour drip acclimation but I still reiterate that I haven't lost more than one or two from a fast or no drip at all.

I couldn't find anything in there that would help you come to any kind of conclusion as to what issue has befallen your snails though...

which part were you specifically referencing youngster dan...I must have missed it.?

[Youngster Dan]

Originally Posted by gobytron

which part were you specifically referencing youngster dan...I must have missed it.?

I was referencing that it was an interesting read

You mention that you had a small diatom outbreak, could it be possible that it may be dinoflagellates instead? I know dino's can be toxic to snails, at any rate just throwing an idea out there.

[ScubaSteve]

I'm pretty sure it's diatoms. I've had dino's in the past and what I have doesn't look like that (and the snails didn't this response to it either). It's got that golden brown dust look as oppoed to the brown snotty look of the dino's and it doesn't have the associated air bubbles. And it's really only on the sand, so I thinkit's just diatoms using up the silicates in the new subtrate. And my conch is eating it and is the only gastro who is super healthy in the tank at the moment.

[daniella3d]

5 to 10 hours dip for snails? wow..I never acclimate them pass the temperature and then drop them in the aquarium. never lost a single one. Quite the opposite, they are multiplying like crazy.

I would think some chimical in the water, maybe from some coral or some copper. where is the water coming from?

Try putting fresh carbon in and see if that help.

Someone I know had an anemone got cought in a pump and released all sort of chimical warfare in the water and all her snails and fishes died except a clown fish and the shrimps.

Originally Posted by gobytron

technically 3 people now.
lol.

just finished reading that article and it certainly stresses the importance of a 5 to 10 hour drip acclimation but I still reiterate that I haven't lost more than one or two from a fast or no drip at all.

I couldn't find anything in there that would help you come to any kind of conclusion as to what issue has befallen your snails though...

which part were you specifically referencing youngster dan...I must have missed it.?