nass snail help

[stewy14]

so, mr snail is rolled up inside his shell, white, clear stuff is coming out, have him in a net rn, not moving, what's wrong? he dead? he's been like this since like Friday or Saturday

 

[Jekyl]

What food are you using for the tank? Parameters?

 

[stewy14]

What food are you using for the tank? Parameters?

algae wafers for the snail, frozen brine for clown, marine s pellets also for clown, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

 

[stewy14]

algae wafers for the snail, frozen brine for clown, marine s pellets also for clown, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

and he's inside his shell, not rolled up

 

[Sophie"s mom]

so, mr snail is rolled up inside his shell, white, clear stuff is coming out, have him in a net rn, not moving, what's wrong? he dead? he's been like this since like Friday or Saturday

We definitely need more info. Parameters, food source. Nassarius snails are usually quite hardy, but they are voracious eaters, so if you don't have enough for it to eat, it could be starving.

 

[Jekyl]

algae wafers for the snail, frozen brine for clown, marine s pellets also for clown, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

Nassarius are carnivores is why I ask. Are you using RODI?

 

[stewy14]

Nassarius are carnivores is why I ask. Are you using RODI?

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[stewy14]

We definitely need more info. Parameters, food source. Nassarius snails are usually quite hardy, but they are voracious eaters, so if you don't have enough for it to eat, it could be starving.

algae wafers for the snail, frozen brine for clown, marine s pellets also for clown, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

 

[stewy14]

algae wafers for the snail, frozen brine for clown, marine s pellets also for clown, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

ive also been over feeding the snails lol, but maintaining the parameters VERY well

 

[fishyjoes]

There are only two times I've seen some white/clear goo coming out of a snail:
1. It was dead, and got eaten up by hermit crabs later once they found out. This time the goo looked like a mound of slime
2. It was like puffs of white, which was spawning (some time later I had lots of little snails running around)

 

[stewy14]

There are only two times I've seen some white/clear goo coming out of a snail:
1. It was dead, and got eaten up by hermit crabs later once they found out.
2. It was like puffs of white, which was spawning (some time later I had lots of little snails running around)

its a white film like thingy, its not moving at all, the others are fine, so....

 

[stewy14]

hes in a net rn, at the top of my tank, should I put a algae wafer on him to see how he reacts?

 

[Sophie"s mom]

ive also been over feeding the snails lol, but maintaining the parameters VERY well

Okay, 2 things, one they really don't eat algae, and 2 pick the snail up out of the water and smell it. IF it stinks to high heaven, it is dead.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

hes in a net rn, at the top of my tank, should I put a algae wafer on him to see how he reacts?

Nassarius snails are not algae eaters. They are carnivores. They eat left over fish food that falls to the bottom.

 

[stewy14]

Okay, 2 things, one they really don't eat algae, and 2 pick the snail up out of the water and smell it. IF it stinks to high heaven, it is dead.

the algae wafers seem fine for them, whenever I feed my clown brine shrimp, I feed a lot and they don't really do anything to my experience, can I just feed them a whole block of hikari brine shrimp?

 

[vetteguy53081]

so, mr snail is rolled up inside his shell, white, clear stuff is coming out, have him in a net rn, not moving, what's wrong? he dead? he's been like this since like Friday or Saturday

Before this can be clearly answered, please provide pics or preferably video under white light intensity for accurate assessment. Also assure ph and calcium is not low, nitrates are not elevated and its not starving. Sand bed provides its best food source.
Some mentioned wafers which are good supplements

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Try the nose test!

 

[stewy14]

SO, turns out, it is dead, all parameters are stable, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

 

[TehBrainz]

SO, turns out, it is dead, all parameters are stable, 0-5 nitrate, 0-0.5 nitrite, 180-300 for alk, 7.8 for ph

What units are your alk? Those values don't make sense (nor seems "stable")

If that is ppm, then those values equate to 10dkh to 16dkh...

What test kit gave you those values?

 

[stewy14]

What units are your alk? Those values don't make sense (nor seems "stable")

If that is ppm, then those values equate to 10dkh to 16dkh...

What test kit gave you those values?

its all ppm, the alk rn, I don't really care about, since im still cycling