I have a 10 gallon tank with one goldfish and two apple snails in it. Well, there were two. They have been in that tank for about 2 months. I have done water changes frequently but never over 50 %. Recently I have noticed what I think is algae growth, although it is kind of brownish-green, and popped up suddenly. It is all over everything. I have cleaned it off and it is back in a couple of days. The water parameters are fine, and the goldfish is doing wonderfully. A few days ago one of the snails crawled out of his shell and then just disappeared. Last night I noticed that the other one had crawled out of his. He is still there and alive though. Any idea whats going on?
Snails dying
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No, but it is a reply..I guess nobody knows much about snails? My other snail is also dead now, I pulled his little corpse out this morning. My daughter was very upset about Gary (spongebob) dying. I am down to one large (fist sized) mystery snail. He is in another tank though. Hopefully someone can help me, I would like to replace the snails but don't want to kill anymore (I would like to find out whats going on and make the tank safe for the new ones)
I have had two apple snails in a ten gallon tank with some neon tetras and a algae eater for about a year now. I have never had any problems and also use aquasafe. check out the website www.applesnail.net and maybe you can find some helpful info. I got a lot of info from that website when I first got my snails.
I was curious about this and looked all over the web. I didn't find anything about snails coming out of their shells. They really shouldn't have to because their shells grow with them. Are you sure they didn't die in the shell and a fish pulled them out? I have had snails for a long time and a few have died over the years but either the other fish tried eating them at that point or they just died inside their shells.....
The only thing I saw that seemed remotely close to an explaination is if the water is too acidic their shells will start to dissolve. If their shells dissolve they may decide that it's no longer a beneficial enviroment for them, but thats like committing suicide cause they get eaten...
The only thing I saw that seemed remotely close to an explaination is if the water is too acidic their shells will start to dissolve. If their shells dissolve they may decide that it's no longer a beneficial enviroment for them, but thats like committing suicide cause they get eaten...