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IPSF does not have a direct line you can call them at. You can only email them or call and leave a message. I emailed them immediately I just ordered from IPSF and received my order on Wednesday. I actually called them via phone since I didn't feel like sending my credit card info over the...

my tank has gone through a cycle, all the params are fine, it's just this brown algae bloom that's come up all of a sudden. I'm still checking the params and everything still checks out fine. Nerite snails seem to be doing fine though.

LA Lawman, yeah my snails are turbos and astreas!! And yes I do have brown algae bloom, that's why I bought these snails, they ate the algae for about an hour and then drop off the glass and eventually die. Will other types of snails die from this as well?? What about nerite and nass snails??

My salinity is 1.023 and when it gets to 1.024 I add more RO water to bring it back down. So it's pretty common for people to lose snails? I only acclimated them for 30 minutes, maybe I'll try the 2 hours.

I just bought some snails, for the first hour or so, they seem to be grazing but then they start falling off the glass and just kind of lie there, all the other animals in the tank seem fine, the water parameters are Ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates <5