Will a higher temperature in a nano reef cause snails to instantly die? I put two astrea snails in my tank after checking all h20 parameters-all perfect- and then realized the temperature was at 90 degrees. I live in TN- it's been almost 100 here for the past month- and it's hard to keep the temperature steady in this tank. My hermit crabs are fine- thankfully there are no fish in this tank. I moved the tank to another room where the temperature is cooler and now I have it at a steady 82. Could this have been it? I want to get more snails, but they are $2 a pop, and plus, I don't enjoy murdering the little bastards. So, what do you think?
Temperature question
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It could have been the temperature. Did you see them die?
Snails need a really long acclimation of two hours or more. They don't process salt the same way fish do, and just dumping them in the tank will often kill them.
Also, hermit crabs are well known as snail killers. So, if the hermits weren't fed (in a tank that's not getting fish fed) or have no spare shells, the snails are more likely to get eaten.
Snails need a really long acclimation of two hours or more. They don't process salt the same way fish do, and just dumping them in the tank will often kill them.
Also, hermit crabs are well known as snail killers. So, if the hermits weren't fed (in a tank that's not getting fish fed) or have no spare shells, the snails are more likely to get eaten.
The hermits had spare shells, I am just a dumbass and dumped the snails right into the tank. I don't know why the hell I did it, but I did. The little SOBs couldn't turn themselves over, so I righted them with a fish net, but they never moved after that. So, how do I acclimate them correctly? I've heard of drip acclimation, but have no clue of how it's done. I always float my freshwater fish to acclimate the temperature of the tank, but I never put the store's h20 into my tanks.
I usually float the bag for 15-20min to get them acclimated to the temperature.
Then place the contents of the bag in a separate container (such as a bucket used solely for this purpose), then run a airline tube from the tank to the bucket, start a siphon going and then tie a knot at the end of the tubing ending in the bucket. The knot is tied only tight enough to allow tank water to enter the bucket at about 3-5 drops per second. I'll let it do that for maybe an hour, then place the snails in the tank (discarding the water in the bucket).
This process slowly acclimates them to the salinity, pH and other parameters in your tank which may differ from the water at the LFS.
Then place the contents of the bag in a separate container (such as a bucket used solely for this purpose), then run a airline tube from the tank to the bucket, start a siphon going and then tie a knot at the end of the tubing ending in the bucket. The knot is tied only tight enough to allow tank water to enter the bucket at about 3-5 drops per second. I'll let it do that for maybe an hour, then place the snails in the tank (discarding the water in the bucket).
This process slowly acclimates them to the salinity, pH and other parameters in your tank which may differ from the water at the LFS.