Snail dying

[Krazymuncher]

When I got home from shopping my astraea snail was upside down and dead. I added him 2 days ago and he was doing fine. Maybe my clowns killed him? My parameters are; Ph: 8.2, Ammonia: 0 ppm, Nitrite: 0 ppm, Nitrate: 0-0.5 ppm. everything else in the tank is doing alright. The clowns are pretty small tho, the biggest is about 3 - 4 cm (1.18 - 1.5 inches). They are fed every afternoon and the snail didn't look beat up. I knew it was dead because it smelt bad and its skin was falling off and I could touch its flesh without it moving at all.

 

[James M]

Clowns wouldn’t kill the snail. How did you acclimate it ?

 

[Krazymuncher]

i drip acclimated it for around 45 mins

 

[Krazymuncher]

it was also upside down when it died

 

[Cory]

Do you have any dinoflagellets growing in the tank? Usually mine have died from that.

 

[KrisReef]

Good thing you got him out of the tank. They don’t help the system rotting in it.

I’ve noticed high mortality with snails soon after the are added. I think that transfers are too much stress for them and death isn’t uncommon in these instances. Keep a close eye on any others snails you added if you got more than one recently. You may loose more and removing them as soon as they die is a good idea.
Gl

 

[Krazymuncher]

only some diatoms growing