Snail Food
- Thread starter Joe Fish
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He could be.
Snails can stay in their shells for days on end... most of the time it's because they're uncomfortable in their surrounding enviroment (ie. fish nipping at them) or the water is a little off.
With regular water changes, you'll find your snail to be far more active.
However, if a week or so goes by (and he's still in his shell) just net him out and give him a sniff (i know.. i know.. lol) and if he stinks... then his passed on...
Thats what advice i was given about snails
Snails can stay in their shells for days on end... most of the time it's because they're uncomfortable in their surrounding enviroment (ie. fish nipping at them) or the water is a little off.
With regular water changes, you'll find your snail to be far more active.
However, if a week or so goes by (and he's still in his shell) just net him out and give him a sniff (i know.. i know.. lol) and if he stinks... then his passed on...
Thats what advice i was given about snails
Well snails many of which are asexual, will need no help at all in reproducing if you leave them be, and if you have two in a tank, many different species are hempharodites and well.....
YOu get the picutre they'll multiply like crazy, as such is happening in my 55g tank right now, but I have a small algae problem I don't want to scrub and I am letting the snails do the work
YOu get the picutre they'll multiply like crazy, as such is happening in my 55g tank right now, but I have a small algae problem I don't want to scrub and I am letting the snails do the work
My cousin bought a snail to help keep his tank clean. He woke up one day and had a LOT of snails.
My cousin bought a clown pleco to help keep his tank clean of excessive snails. He woke up one day and they were all gone.
Snails multiply at an alarming rate, and as mentioned before, many are asexual...meaning they don't need a partner. If you just want one snail, try an apple snail (also called orange snails). They are not asexual, and do a pretty good job.
If this is your snail's first day, give him a little while. He's probably just stressed from the move and needs time adjusting. Some bio-support/cycle may help speed up the process a little.
My cousin bought a clown pleco to help keep his tank clean of excessive snails. He woke up one day and they were all gone.
Snails multiply at an alarming rate, and as mentioned before, many are asexual...meaning they don't need a partner. If you just want one snail, try an apple snail (also called orange snails). They are not asexual, and do a pretty good job.
If this is your snail's first day, give him a little while. He's probably just stressed from the move and needs time adjusting. Some bio-support/cycle may help speed up the process a little.
My daughters each had a 2.5 gallon minibow with a beta and an apple snail. The snail in the youngest daughter's tank died (they STINK!). The snail in my oldest daughter's tank committed suicide by jumping out of the tank, twice! I don't know how long he was out the first time, but the second time he jumped out during the night sometime and I found him in the morning. He's still alive and we haven't put him back in that tank. He's doing fine now in my 55g. Now we have rams horn breeding factories in their 2 tanks and those snails are doing just fine.