Dead Snails

[princess]

I just got my clean up crew yesterday and acclimated everything using the drip method but my turbo snails are still laying in the sand where i left them yesterday they are all face down so they can move but they have not done anything it has been about 24 hours now everything else i got is doing fine is this normal for snails to take some time to adjust or are they dead

 

[2poor2reef]

It's not normal for them not to move for 24 hours. How long did it take to ship them and how hot did they get? How long did you drip-acclimate them and in what container? You can always remove one and give it the old sniff test. There's nothing quite like the smell of a dead snail. Also, any carion eater such as nassarius snails or bristle worms should be active and that's also a dead giveaway. My opinion.

 

[KenH]

If they are still alive, they would be better off to be placed up on the rocks where they can get a grip. Turbos and Astreas really don't crawl on the sand and can't get traction when placed on the sand.

--- Ken

 

[princess]

Hey thanks for the replies i just finished placing them on the rocks some are starting to move around they all smell fine they were shipped over night and i dont think they got hot