I feel like this is a stupid question, but turbo snail?

[angelfishgirl]

I've had my aquarium up an running with life for a month and a half, at most with no issues!!! (Knock on wood) . I bought a turbo snail from a guy and this thing is HUGE. He says it's about 5 years old, recently I've been coming home and him being halfway out of the water, but today I come home and he's completely out of the water on the side of the tank. Can he live if he stays there for a while or Gould I take him down ASAP? And will he go back into the water if he starts to die?

 

[Jc_ellis]

They can be out for limited times, they hold water inside their shell so they're not in immediate damage if they leave the water. It's probably above the water line to feast on whatever is growing their and will go down on its own when needed.

 

[DFW]

put it back in the tank. I had some nerite snails do that a lot when the temperature had dropped to 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Maybe a coincidence, but temp is at 79 now, and they stay in water.

 

[tyler1503]

Almost all of my snails will travel over the water line and get exposed to air daily. I have a lid on my tank and constantly find them laying on the underside if it. Most of mine are nerites which are pretty notorious for this I believe. The only snails I own that don't do this are nassarius.

 

[gemini9]

My turbo snail did that too. He seemed to ALWAYS be up at the water line or above. He's dead now tho. Not sure what happened to him, but he got sick and died.

 

[Karen]

My snails all spend a little time above the water line. Haven't lost one yet.