Snail out-fo-water

BV4fish · 07/26/2006, 08:14 PM

Quick question. I recently moved from an apartment and into a house. After the move and the careful acclimation of my fish, snails, crabs, etc. one of my snails has been coming out of the water and actually outside the tank, on the side of my HOB protein skimmer. I put it back in, but the next day when I came home from work, it was out again and was dry like it was out for awhile. It was still alive.

Why is my snail doing this? Is it stressed? What's going on. Should I be concerned? Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Agu · 07/26/2006, 08:24 PM

Some snails are intertidal, they live at the edge of the waterline. They're often sold in the hobby although they're inappropriate for reef tanks. Wait until you step on one 5' from the tank and feel it crunch under your foot.

dp122098 · 07/26/2006, 08:26 PM

Wow... that just doesn't sound good at all Agu... Good think I have tile everywhere...

jakaufman · 07/26/2006, 08:34 PM

ouch

thats one way to tell the snail its not okay to walk around outside the tank!

RicksReefs · 07/26/2006, 09:18 PM

sounds like a Nerite snail. it will continually follow it's own tracks back out of the tank each morning. if you scan the tank at night, he's likely cruising the tank. clean up the snail trail that's outside the tank and he may stop at the trim.

BV4fish · 07/27/2006, 04:01 PM

Do Banded Trochus Snails do that too, because that is what is doing it? I don't have any Nerite snails.

chrisstie · 07/27/2006, 04:18 PM

I have a margarita that likes the waterline but not so much going beyond that luckily.

techrach · 07/27/2006, 04:22 PM

My bumblee Snails like to sometimes go to the edge but not beyond yet.

Gary Majchrzak · 07/27/2006, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BV4fish
Do Banded Trochus Snails do that too, because that is what is doing it? I don't have any Nerite snails.

Post a pic of the snail.

BV4fish · 07/27/2006, 07:42 PM

I am positive that it is a banded trochus snail. It has always been at the waterline from time to time... this is the first that it has been completely out of the water for a long period of time like that. I would post a pic of the snail, but I just moved into a house and do not yet have internet. Right now I am at the university library studying and doing internet related things that I need to do, like RC!

Any other input? I thank the input that I have received so far.

07/26/2006, 08:14 PM	#1
BV4fish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 184	Snail out-fo-water Quick question. I recently moved from an apartment and into a house. After the move and the careful acclimation of my fish, snails, crabs, etc. one of my snails has been coming out of the water and actually outside the tank, on the side of my HOB protein skimmer. I put it back in, but the next day when I came home from work, it was out again and was dry like it was out for awhile. It was still alive. Why is my snail doing this? Is it stressed? What's going on. Should I be concerned? Thanks in advance for any and all help. __________________ -- Bryan "I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you." Current Tank Info: 30g FOWLR - ~45 lbs. Fiji LR, 40 lbs. Aragonite Reef Sand, AquaC Remora HOB, 2 MJ 900 PH's

07/26/2006, 08:24 PM	#2
Agu Registered Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 30,279	Some snails are intertidal, they live at the edge of the waterline. They're often sold in the hobby although they're inappropriate for reef tanks. Wait until you step on one 5' from the tank and feel it crunch under your foot. __________________ Less technology , more biology . Current Tank Info: 30 gallon half cube and 5.5, both reef tanks

07/26/2006, 08:26 PM	#3
dp122098 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 218	Wow... that just doesn't sound good at all Agu... Good think I have tile everywhere... __________________ Damn Shame for a Pimp to get pimped by this tank!!! Current Tank Info: 180 Gallon Tank, 75 Gallon Sump, SeasideAquatics ES2 Skimmer, 8xT5 Sun System Tek Fixture, Dolphin Reflo Return, 2xMP40w

07/26/2006, 08:34 PM	#4
jakaufman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 288	ouch thats one way to tell the snail its not okay to walk around outside the tank! __________________ 34g Mixed Reef

07/27/2006, 04:01 PM	#6
BV4fish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 184	Do Banded Trochus Snails do that too, because that is what is doing it? I don't have any Nerite snails. __________________ -- Bryan "I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you." Current Tank Info: 30g FOWLR - ~45 lbs. Fiji LR, 40 lbs. Aragonite Reef Sand, AquaC Remora HOB, 2 MJ 900 PH's

07/26/2006, 09:18 PM	#5
RicksReefs Moved On Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In America's Dangling Junk State. Posts: 6,413	sounds like a Nerite snail. it will continually follow it's own tracks back out of the tank each morning. if you scan the tank at night, he's likely cruising the tank. clean up the snail trail that's outside the tank and he may stop at the trim.

07/27/2006, 04:18 PM	#7
chrisstie Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 4,727	I have a margarita that likes the waterline but not so much going beyond that luckily. __________________ You lookin' at my wrasse? Current Tank Info: I find it odd that there are children starving in this country and yet we euthanize millions of stray dogs and cats every year and then incinerate the bodies. Not only that, but we make it illegal to butcher the meat. -MarkS

07/27/2006, 04:22 PM	#8
techrach Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Smyrna,Tennessee Posts: 138	My bumblee Snails like to sometimes go to the edge but not beyond yet. __________________ 75 gal,coralife 2 X 250Watt Metal hylaid 95W X4 50/50, 2" Aragonite crushed coral, Red Sea Skimmer, 3 Maxi Jet 1200's running with upgrade kits And about 75 lbs of live rock. Current Tank Info: 75 gal

07/27/2006, 07:42 PM	#10
BV4fish Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 184	I am positive that it is a banded trochus snail. It has always been at the waterline from time to time... this is the first that it has been completely out of the water for a long period of time like that. I would post a pic of the snail, but I just moved into a house and do not yet have internet. Right now I am at the university library studying and doing internet related things that I need to do, like RC! Any other input? I thank the input that I have received so far. __________________ -- Bryan "I can't carry it for you... but I can carry you." Current Tank Info: 30g FOWLR - ~45 lbs. Fiji LR, 40 lbs. Aragonite Reef Sand, AquaC Remora HOB, 2 MJ 900 PH's