Turbo snails

[spleep]

Have lost 2 turbo snails (Died for no reason) Replaced with 2 others but both seem to have stopped feeding / moving around. Single Clown ok, 2 Blue legged Hermits ok, Part water change carried out. (60 litre nano, Jebo skimmer with carbon in body) & 7 ltr of live rock. Green star polyp colony. Feeding frozen brine shrimp sparingly daily plus 1 drop of filter feeder food every other day.

No "toxins" detected, though skimmer does not produce more than tea coloured skimmate.

Any ideas?

[beebeefl]

CHECK YR SALINATY

1.021 is the best for invertbrates and many other marine life

Have lost 2 turbo snails (Died for no reason) Replaced with 2 others but both seem to have stopped feeding / moving around. Single Clown ok, 2 Blue legged Hermits ok, Part water change carried out. (60 litre nano, Jebo skimmer with carbon in body) & 7 ltr of live rock. Green star polyp colony. Feeding frozen brine shrimp sparingly daily plus 1 drop of filter feeder food every other day.

No "toxins" detected, though skimmer does not produce more than tea coloured skimmate.

Any ideas?

[tiffanydunk]

is ur tank mature enough to produce algae fast enough for snail consumptions? Is the hermit crab attacking them for their shells?

[Victor007]

most likely is that u didn't acclimate them properly...many ppl don't know that snails are as sensitive to water changes as shrimps. so if u throw ur snails into ur tank, most likely they wun make it.

have experience of losing afew of them due to poor acclimation in the past.

cheers.

[spleep]

Hi Cutie,

Have lowered to 1.021 - was at 1.024!! Must have accidentally topped up evaporated water with marine instead of fresh! Took out 3 litres and dripped in fresh over a few hours. They are looking a bit better now.

[tiffanydunk]

Hi Cutie,

Have lowered to 1.021 - was at 1.024!! Must have accidentally topped up evaporated water with marine instead of fresh! Took out 3 litres and dripped in fresh over a few hours. They are looking a bit better now.

ah.. next time b4 topping up always taste the water first..

[spleep]

Thanks tiffanydunk,

Do you know why my HOB Jebo 178 skimmer is only producing light coloured skimmate? Is it just a rubbish model? If so, what HOB would you recommend, (can't drill tank though I have room for a sump and HOB syphon with pumped return). I see you are setting up an even smaller cube than my 60 ltr so what would you use?