New Turbo Snails don't seem to move?

FishAreFriends2 · 12/10/2007, 01:44 PM

Well I picked up some new turbos yesterday and they were healthy at the stores, and when I got them home. I acclimated them and put them in and they were moving. I went out for a few hrs than came home and they don't seem to move anymore and this morning they were in the same spots. So I examined them and poke them and they did move. But they arent crawling around, any reason why they arent crawling around?

davocean · 12/10/2007, 01:46 PM

Acclimating, normal.
I stopped using turbos myself, got tired of turning them back over DAILY!
Astrea and ceriths now.

FishAreFriends2 · 12/10/2007, 01:52 PM

Hmm I thought turbos knows how to rightside themselves when they flip over.. I had a bunch of asreas tha didnt know how though.

eskymick · 12/10/2007, 02:23 PM

I've had turbos for several years ... I've never found one to be "on its back".

Turbos generally only move about at night. They like to stay out of the light (and remain stationary) in daytime.

FishAreFriends2 · 12/10/2007, 02:26 PM

Hmm thats interesting I didnt know turbos dont like to move during day time. But even if they were moving shouldnt they be in different places? Before I went to bed they were in the corner and this morning they were in the corner. Unless they returned to the same area just to sleep?

AquaReeferMan · 12/10/2007, 02:49 PM

Yeah turbos are mainly active at night. Nass snails are the only snails to my knowledge that can flip themselves back over.

FishAreFriends2 · 12/10/2007, 02:51 PM

Thats werid I was told that turbos, trochus and nass.
so do trouchus know how to flip themselves back up?

Frick-n-Frags · 12/10/2007, 05:55 PM

heh, I heard margaritas can't flip themselves.

Astreas have zero problems in a BB tank. that I see every day. If you don't have any traps in your LR layout, there is no way astreas can be inadvertantly killed in a BB. if they fall, they just flip and go.

snails can take some time to acclimate, especially if they got a bit scrambled by the water chem differences. the ones that snap out will get rolling. the goners will sit until they die, so nudge the pokey snails just to see if they are still hanging on after a couple days.

FishAreFriends2 · 12/10/2007, 06:31 PM

I think I found a dead one already, it was slightly opened up with that scale plate sticking up with a small gap. So I poked it and it didnt retract that scale thing. And I looked at the others ones and poke them they retracted and one actually grabed some sand and than went back into its shell.

Frick-n-Frags · 12/10/2007, 07:05 PM

don't feel bad. I f'd up a whole bag of trochus not acclimating them right. (maybe my dumbest hour in this hobby) man, that sucked. Trochus yet......

now I acclimate the doodoo out of them with a dripper into a container in the sump for hours. have only lost one or two new snails since, and they could have even been injured in handling. the snails hit the ground running, and all is good.

12/10/2007, 01:44 PM	#1
FishAreFriends2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,163	New Turbo Snails don't seem to move? Well I picked up some new turbos yesterday and they were healthy at the stores, and when I got them home. I acclimated them and put them in and they were moving. I went out for a few hrs than came home and they don't seem to move anymore and this morning they were in the same spots. So I examined them and poke them and they did move. But they arent crawling around, any reason why they arent crawling around?

12/10/2007, 01:46 PM	#2
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	Acclimating, normal. I stopped using turbos myself, got tired of turning them back over DAILY! Astrea and ceriths now. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD

12/10/2007, 02:23 PM	#4
eskymick Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pulaski, WI Posts: 1,368	I've had turbos for several years ... I've never found one to be "on its back". Turbos generally only move about at night. They like to stay out of the light (and remain stationary) in daytime. __________________ SG - 1.025 pH - 8.1 NH4/NH3 - 0 mg/L NO2 - .003 mg/L NO3 - .2 mg/L Calc. - 420 dKH - 8.0 Flow ~ 80x Current Tank Info: 24" cube SPS Reef, 15 gal sump, 1- LumenBright Pendant with 250w 20K Phoenix lamp, 1 - Vortech MP40, ATB 840 v1.5 skimmer.

12/10/2007, 02:49 PM	#6
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Yeah turbos are mainly active at night. Nass snails are the only snails to my knowledge that can flip themselves back over. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

12/10/2007, 05:55 PM	#8
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	heh, I heard margaritas can't flip themselves. Astreas have zero problems in a BB tank. that I see every day. If you don't have any traps in your LR layout, there is no way astreas can be inadvertantly killed in a BB. if they fall, they just flip and go. snails can take some time to acclimate, especially if they got a bit scrambled by the water chem differences. the ones that snap out will get rolling. the goners will sit until they die, so nudge the pokey snails just to see if they are still hanging on after a couple days. __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB

12/10/2007, 01:52 PM	#3
FishAreFriends2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,163	Hmm I thought turbos knows how to rightside themselves when they flip over.. I had a bunch of asreas tha didnt know how though.

12/10/2007, 02:26 PM	#5
FishAreFriends2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,163	Hmm thats interesting I didnt know turbos dont like to move during day time. But even if they were moving shouldnt they be in different places? Before I went to bed they were in the corner and this morning they were in the corner. Unless they returned to the same area just to sleep?

12/10/2007, 02:51 PM	#7
FishAreFriends2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,163	Thats werid I was told that turbos, trochus and nass. so do trouchus know how to flip themselves back up?

12/10/2007, 06:31 PM	#9
FishAreFriends2 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,163	I think I found a dead one already, it was slightly opened up with that scale plate sticking up with a small gap. So I poked it and it didnt retract that scale thing. And I looked at the others ones and poke them they retracted and one actually grabed some sand and than went back into its shell.

12/10/2007, 07:05 PM	#10
Frick-n-Frags Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: north central OH Posts: 10,740	don't feel bad. I f'd up a whole bag of trochus not acclimating them right. (maybe my dumbest hour in this hobby) man, that sucked. Trochus yet...... now I acclimate the doodoo out of them with a dripper into a container in the sump for hours. have only lost one or two new snails since, and they could have even been injured in handling. the snails hit the ground running, and all is good. __________________ Only Dead fish swim with the current. Current Tank Info: 2 50 gal tanks, sump, still BB