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08-12-2010, 07:59 PM
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and what is your average temperature?
margerita snails are kind of a lfs scam as they are super sensitive to heat... astraea are somewhat the same though more tolerant. the rest of your snails would have to have a pretty high temp for it to be the issue though.... it would seem logical that if the issue were copper, you would have had this problem from the get go and not just after a move.... Last edited by gobytron; 08-12-2010 at 08:01 PM. 
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08-12-2010, 08:13 PM
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Nitrates: 0ppm (just tested)
Temp range: 78 to 80F, but is pretty much constant at 79F My cerith, top and trochus are the ones having the greatest issues. Margarita's are kind as they always are: stupid and getting stuck upsided down. All of this started after I moved and went into a larger (40G) tank. When I had all of this in a 20G with a high bio-load and no skimmer, it was EXTREMELY stable and had zero issues. I go to a newer, bigger tank (which in theory is supposed to be more stable) and BAM! all this crap starts happening. It's weird man...
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08-12-2010, 09:03 PM
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For a while my pH was on the low side (about7.8 to 7.9) but I've been working on bumping it back up. I haven't checked it in the past day or so, but it's probably around 8ish.
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08-12-2010, 09:26 PM
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You mentioned that you made a change from a 20g to a 40g.
You could have triggered a mini-cycle. It sounds like a lot of animals did not immediately like the change. How frequently did you track your parameters and how did you go about making the change? Mitch
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08-12-2010, 09:41 PM
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There was a very small cycle in the first week or so but all params have been spot on since. I was tracking params every day the gradually to every other day, now I'm doing it every few days (except right now while I'm trying to figure out what the heck is going on).
When I made the change I switched to a new substrate; because of this switch I was careful to feed sparingly for about 4 weeks until the denitrifying bacteria could catch up. Other than that the change was as per any other move I have done (which is a lot) and that is: very slow and methodical. Brought close to 15 of the 20 gollons of water over to the new tank during the move. The new tank had been sitting for about 5 days with saltwater and the new substrate at temperature before I did the move. Everything was acclimated very slowly over about 6 hours. I went to bed at about 5am. The only thing that I have done different than any other move/tank switch is go to a used 40G square tank.
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