Suicidal Snails

Maraschiello · 09/17/2009, 09:18 PM

Hey Everyone,

I have a handful of mexican turbo snails, and they constantly flip over be it falling off the walls or live rock. I have to personally go in there and flip them back or they will die, I let one stay there upside down for days, waiting to see him flip back and he didnt. Another one was flipped over and my starfish took his life. Thanks for listening..

faulkincanyon · 09/17/2009, 09:25 PM

they cannot right themselves...if the flip over they die a long death due to starvation

seapug · 09/17/2009, 09:48 PM

You might be having some water quality issues. I've experienced the same thing, but not really sure why-- could be poor acclimation, shifting salinity or alkalinity, or generally poor water quality. When was this tank set up? Both snails and star fish can have a hard time in young tanks.

Maraschiello · 09/17/2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by seapug
You might be having some water quality issues. I've experienced the same thing, but not really sure why-- could be poor acclimation, shifting salinity or alkalinity, or generally poor water quality. When was this tank set up? Both snails and star fish can have a hard time in young tanks.

The snails and the star came into the tank for about 6 months ago, about 3 months ago I put in a baby choco chip star because it was cute, lol and like 6.99. Like 2 weeks later I found my star ontop of him but it was kind of cool to witness. The starfish is doing awesome I think and has almost doubled in size. I have lost an anthia awhile back and he finished that fish off when he was in his final hours.

fishyfood · 09/18/2009, 09:01 AM

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Originally posted by seapug
You might be having some water quality issues. I've experienced the same thing, but not really sure why-- could be poor acclimation, shifting salinity or alkalinity, or generally poor water quality. When was this tank set up? Both snails and star fish can have a hard time in young tanks.

Ditto, I remember years ago when setting up our tank, a couple of turbo snails snuck in on our liverock and would fall over all the time for the first few months until the tank was really established. We'd just go in and manually flip them over.

Once the tank was older we went on to buy a cleanup crew with more turbo snails and those were all just fine....

09/17/2009, 09:18 PM	#1
Maraschiello Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Buffalo Posts: 153	Suicidal Snails Hey Everyone, I have a handful of mexican turbo snails, and they constantly flip over be it falling off the walls or live rock. I have to personally go in there and flip them back or they will die, I let one stay there upside down for days, waiting to see him flip back and he didnt. Another one was flipped over and my starfish took his life. Thanks for listening..

09/17/2009, 09:48 PM	#3
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	You might be having some water quality issues. I've experienced the same thing, but not really sure why-- could be poor acclimation, shifting salinity or alkalinity, or generally poor water quality. When was this tank set up? Both snails and star fish can have a hard time in young tanks. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.

09/17/2009, 09:25 PM	#2
faulkincanyon Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lubbock,TX Posts: 523	they cannot right themselves...if the flip over they die a long death due to starvation