Ive always thought I’m pretty mediocre in the area of aquarium keeping and feeding, but after setting up this new tank after my move I’m not sure what to think anymore.
Over a month ago, I set up my 55 gallon. I cycled it, placed 20 pounds of live rock, 40 pounds of live sand, and some aquarium supplements for CCA and stuff.
I started with getting a damsel to test the water, I learned later this was ignorant because damsels are very hardy and doesn’t actually “test” the water as you may know.
After the damsel lasted a week, I decided to add hermit crabs and snails to keep aquarium algae under control. First I bought 5 large turbo snails, which had not moved for a few days, and later died within the week.
I thought this may be due to not drip acclimating them. After pulling them out, I decided to buy some astrea snails because I really needed some algae maintenance.
I first acclimated them to temperature for about 30 minutes. Then, I put them in a clean bucket with their own bagged water and added about a cup (more or less) to the bucket every 15-30 minutes until the bucket has gone from less than a half gallon full to about a gallon and a half.
After that I put the snails into the tank. At first only one had moved a substantial amount, the rest just here and there. Now none seem to really be moving. What seems to be wrong? All my aquarium levels are just fine, my fish and hermits are fine, I’m obviously missing something.
Thank you.
Over a month ago, I set up my 55 gallon. I cycled it, placed 20 pounds of live rock, 40 pounds of live sand, and some aquarium supplements for CCA and stuff.
I started with getting a damsel to test the water, I learned later this was ignorant because damsels are very hardy and doesn’t actually “test” the water as you may know.
After the damsel lasted a week, I decided to add hermit crabs and snails to keep aquarium algae under control. First I bought 5 large turbo snails, which had not moved for a few days, and later died within the week.
I thought this may be due to not drip acclimating them. After pulling them out, I decided to buy some astrea snails because I really needed some algae maintenance.
I first acclimated them to temperature for about 30 minutes. Then, I put them in a clean bucket with their own bagged water and added about a cup (more or less) to the bucket every 15-30 minutes until the bucket has gone from less than a half gallon full to about a gallon and a half.
After that I put the snails into the tank. At first only one had moved a substantial amount, the rest just here and there. Now none seem to really be moving. What seems to be wrong? All my aquarium levels are just fine, my fish and hermits are fine, I’m obviously missing something.
Thank you.
