for some reason turbo snails just don’t last in my tank. I had a Mexican turbo snail for 6-8 months and it recently stopped moving and died. I was supplementing it’s tank algae with seaweed. I replaced it with a zebra turbo about the same size and it died after a few days. I thought this may have been an acclimation issue, less so on the drip acclimation and more on the fact that it was so stuck to the container that i couldn’t get it out for a bit.
A few weeks ago i bought 3 astrea snails and an orange shelled turbo. The astreas seem to be doing just fine, and the turbo was as well, until i found it upside down this morning. This to me has usually spelled the downfall of my snails. If i ever find them upside down, even if i flip them over, they never seem to live. This turbo snail is struggling. Here is a video of how he’s acting.
Video
i have other invertebrates in the tank and lots of corals and they are all doing great. I have 3-4 nassarius snails, a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, and a pistol shrimp.
Is there something with my tank that is incompatible with turbos? Maybe the algae is nutritionally poor in my tank?
I tested copper just in case and it was 0.10 on the Hanna high range checker, but i think this is a false positive as it is not in the optimal range for the Hanna checker. Other Params are in check, with my my KH a little on the low side of 7-8dkh. Salinity is 1.026 and i use a ato to keep it stable.
A few weeks ago i bought 3 astrea snails and an orange shelled turbo. The astreas seem to be doing just fine, and the turbo was as well, until i found it upside down this morning. This to me has usually spelled the downfall of my snails. If i ever find them upside down, even if i flip them over, they never seem to live. This turbo snail is struggling. Here is a video of how he’s acting.
Video
i have other invertebrates in the tank and lots of corals and they are all doing great. I have 3-4 nassarius snails, a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, and a pistol shrimp.
Is there something with my tank that is incompatible with turbos? Maybe the algae is nutritionally poor in my tank?
I tested copper just in case and it was 0.10 on the Hanna high range checker, but i think this is a false positive as it is not in the optimal range for the Hanna checker. Other Params are in check, with my my KH a little on the low side of 7-8dkh. Salinity is 1.026 and i use a ato to keep it stable.
