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Nassarius snails are carnivores and good ones. I'm sure not solely carnivores but they flock to decaying meat, put a piece of shrimp in also Look into TDO pellets for your clownfish food. A 20 dollar bag of the extra small size lasts my clowns about a year. It's a bad sign when animals try to escape the tank. I have only seen intertidal snails like limpets and nerites go out of the waterline. I would trust my hanna instruments, use a reagent and check again. If your lfs is using drop tests they are giving you a spectrum not a solid reading like hannah. I use calcium and alkalinity, going to buy the phosphate test when I have the money. I like the seachem phosphate drop test. Salifert nitrate test that's all I check. I'm not sure how extensive your marine biology goes. Search the Redfield ratio. When I was new it the hobby I thought ultra low nutrient systems were the only way. Welcome, and as for that little clown i would be worried about lack of oxygen or salt burn from trying to eat unmixed salt. Add a bubbler. If it's lack of oxygen from ammonia that should let it ride out the next few days. Just be careful with salt and cold water let it sit and mix it a few times.Almost had a first casualty, I found a Nassarius snail crawling down the side of the tank, on the outside ... I guess they're exploring and searching for food. I broke up and threw 2 Hikari algae wafers in the tank. Considering the tank is new and doesn't have algae, I'm guessing the snails are hungry and scavenging. Is this a common thing though, should I order a cover?