Help with snails please

[nightmarepl]

hey guys! I have a 10 gallon saltwater tank and currently i have been losing my margarita snails i have 5 now down to 2 don’t really know why i was told they require a lot of algae which i don’t really hAve i have those brown dots in my glass but not crazy amounts tank is about 2 months water is almost perfect any advice will do want to restock on snails but don’t really know what will do well for long

Idea is to slowly form a reef tank hopefully only have a emerald crab / 4 hermits / watchman goby so far

 

[Crabs McJones]

hey guys! I have a 10 gallon saltwater tank and currently i have been losing my margarita snails i have 5 now down to 2 don’t really know why i was told they require a lot of algae which i don’t really hAve i have those brown dots in my glass but not crazy amounts tank is about 2 months water is almost perfect any advice will do want to restock on snails but don’t really know what will do well for long

Idea is to slowly form a reef tank hopefully only have a emerald crab / 4 hermits / watchman goby so far

Could you give us your exact water parameters? Are you using ro/di water? It's possible they're starving if there isnt enough food.

 

[nightmarepl]

Could you give us your exact water parameters? Are you using ro/di water? It's possible they're starving if there isnt enough food.

Ammonia 0
Nitrate 20
Nitrite 0
Ph 8.0
Temp 78
And i use water from the local water store from those big jugs a lot of reefer go to this place so i figured it was good

 

[NinnJinn]

It's possible they're starving if there isnt enough food.

This is my thought as well. On an episode of brstv they suggested possibly only having one per 10 gallons.

 

[savetheocean]

Over time they do die off, how long has it been

 

[Pet Detective]

Cooler water snail [pacific]....78 degrees is about as high as they can go, but prefer cooler temps.

 

[AdamNC]

Your temp is too high, they prefer about 74-75. You’d do best with Trocus Snails. They eat a lot of different algae, don’t get too big and are pretty hardy. I’ve had 2 in my tank for a few years now.