Snails and sand vacuuming

[furyofthegnomes]

If I vacuum my sand while I have nassarius snails under it, and they get tumbled upside down during the vacuuming process and then sand covers them, will they be able to climb out? Will they be able to burrow out of the sand and right themselves? Or are they stuck and pretty much dead? I vacuum my sand and I have nassarius snails and they never seems to last long, am I murdering some every time I clean my tank?

 

[jrill]

They're fine.