Turbo snails keep falling

[Montaquelaveist]

Good morning to all;


My question is this I have three very large turbo snails that just keep falling down and when I place them back upright they just fall over again, can anyone tell me if they have had a similar experience, and what may be causing this to happen. I have had one upside down now for over a month and he's on the rocks and refuses to pull himself up. does this mean they are dying or are they just that heavy, I've even seen them fall off the glass. please help my tank needs them lol

 

[Serega]

I have tried few times to add them to my tank, with plenty of algae for them to eat and every time it ended the same way. They seam to be fine for a while, but later start falling over, again and again. I pick them just to find them fallen over again in the morning and finally become food for crabs or fish. For some reason they just waist away.

 

[clasystems]

Ive realized the big mexican turbos need tons of food and good water quality. Both of which dont usually go together. I think it has something to do with nitrates/phosphates. This is purely speculation but I have lost many of them over the years.

 

[HefeWeizen]

Turbos like their water a little cooler than we keep it. They also require Ca and Alk at proper levels to maintain and grow their shell.

 

[piranhapat]

Any salinity swing can affect them. Causing them to get weak and die.

 

[homegrowncichlid]

the banded trophus snails, red ones at least, can breed in the tank and people have them going for multiple generations, so those are hardy, though someone in my tank was eating the little snails, so my 2nd generation didn't catch on. I find the black margarita snails do well also, living more than a year. Personally I just dump in about 100 of those locally found snails into my tank. the sand dwelling ones, wwhich are easy to find during low tide and a couple of the other rock dwelling species, including the oyster drill and the periwinkle looking one., just to provide some shells for my hermit crabs. They do their job, scavenge for food, scrape algae off the glass and hand around for over a year, The little oyster drills are predatory, eating other shellfish, but they have nice shells, and give my crabs a bit of a change.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

the banded trophus snails, red ones at least, can breed in the tank and people have them going for multiple generations, so those are hardy, though someone in my tank was eating the little snails, so my 2nd generation didn't catch on. I find the black margarita snails do well also, living more than a year. Personally I just dump in about 100 of those locally found snails into my tank. the sand dwelling ones, wwhich are easy to find during low tide and a couple of the other rock dwelling species, including the oyster drill and the periwinkle looking one., just to provide some shells for my hermit crabs. They do their job, scavenge for food, scrape algae off the glass and hand around for over a year, The little oyster drills are predatory, eating other shellfish, but they have nice shells, and give my crabs a bit of a change.

what beach do you got o find these and what time of the year

 

[homegrowncichlid]

Any surf protected beach on the north or south side of Long island, just go during low tide. ie here in Queens, Fort Totum has an itty bitty kayak launch site where there are tons of snails. I even pulled off some oysters off the break water during the monthly neap tide. Anywhere in Jamaica bay, Nikon side of Jones beach, etc. I've never been out during the winter. Since you're in Bronx, somewhere you can gain access to the water. Looking at the map, Pelham bay park seems to be a nice place to start.