1 @#$!% Snail...

[inkblue]

...I was wondering why my mushrooms were shriveling up a bit, whY the zoos werent fully opening and this morning found my copperband dead :headache: :dead1: sucks!

...it was ONE @#$!% snail that died. it was all the way in the back with some red ooZe all over it so thick i was abLe to sccoP it out with a net.

reaLLy ruined my day!!

 

[jhale]

did you test the water for amonia and nitrites?
have you been testing?
how long has the tank been set up?
could it be the tank is just now cycling again, you've been putting a bunch of new things in there right?

do a water change?

I would be really surprised if one snail death was able to take out your tank
like that. I had a batch of snails die in my tank, like fifty at once. I never saw anything negative from that.

 

[Deanos]

One snail dying in a healthy tank shouldn't cause those problems. What size tank and how many hermits are in there? Once that snail died, the hermits should rip it to shreds.

Copperbands are difficult fish to acclimate and keep, especially when you yourself didn't know if it was eating.

 

[inkblue]

did a water change, will test again, i dont think it cycled coz everything was in holDing tanks or from my establish'd tank... no die off... it was a big snail... it was not small... the taNk was fine untiL yesterday when i noticed something was oFF... :irked:

 

[Deanos]

Are there hermits or bristle worms? What size tank? Skimmer? How much live rock? All these things mitigate the affect of death in a tank.

 

[jhale]

Dean has an excellent point.
In my case when I noticed a snail not moving I would take the shell out, and it was always empty. so something was eating the dead snails. I guess if I had fifty rotting snails my tank might have crashed as well.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Ditto, Its a pretty big tank(72??) for one snail to funk things up that badly. I've have snails die and go unseen until a water change, no ill effects that were noticable.

 

[inkblue]

...i hear ya'LL... but it was fine until then, don't know how many days it's beeN theR. the sludge i scooP'd out was over 2 tbsps. unfortunately i do not have enuF crabs or snails in there, but have 2 stars. while waiting for my Aqua C, am using a prizm which all of a sudden started puLLing out major dark sludge. i have about 40lbs of rock and about 25lbs of sand. :irked:

 

[DEEPWATER]

Ink ,,i also sometime go to sleep felling like a champ ,and then wake up feeling like a log ,cant move ,coughing and fever,,so what your point ,,lol

yesterday was yesterday ,,and today is today ,things change in a heart beat ,,alway check your babies daily ,and looking the temp ,is there a swing in temp ,,,that could do it as well ,are you adding iodine to your system ?what are you checking for ,nitrites nitrate ,etc ,,

 

[DEEPWATER]

you seen my tank ,,snails die here and there ,,i dont have a prob in my tank
snail that died = food for a reef tank ,

 

[Deanos]

...i hear ya'LL... but it was fine until then, don't know how many days it's beeN theR. the sludge i scooP'd out was over 2 tbsps. unfortunately i do not have enuF crabs or snails in there, but have 2 stars. while waiting for my Aqua C, am using a prizm which all of a sudden started puLLing out major dark sludge. i have about 40lbs of rock and about 25lbs of sand. :irked:

Here's your problem in a nutshell: not enough crabs, LR, LS and skimming power. That is the formula for disaster in a reef tank.

 

[inkblue]

sigh... true dat the water is settLing now... the fishes are starting to act normaLLy and the sHrooms are opening up [cross fiNgers] :sigh1: lesSon learn'd.

 

[romain]

"The golden rules of this hobby are to be patient, and make changes to your system SLOWLY." --Quoted

Ink, slow down.

 

[inkblue]

noted... btw, am looking for some Xenia

 

[jhale]

how about some anthilia?

 

[inkblue]

that'LL work... :yeah:

 

[jhale]

okay, how much do you want?

I might have a bit to spare

 

[inkblue]

... as much as you can spare. just let me know. i can pass by after work. :thanks:

 

[gforce6]

Do you have sump in 72 bow? and what kind of aqua-c skimmer are you getting?
If you have sump, I would throw euro reef in there.

 

[jhale]

... as much as you can spare. just let me know. i can pass by after work. :thanks:

I'll send you a pm when I figure out when I'll be back in the city.