All my snails are dying

[jazonPartij]

I'm not sure why all of my snails are dying. I started using Red Sea coral color and reef energy and my snails have all stopped moving. I lift them up and can see they are barely alive. What am I missing?

 

[cmcoker]

Are you testing for the elements in the colors supplements?

 

[SaltEverywhere]

Something's wrong with your water parameters. If your tests all show fine, take a sample to your local fish shop. I lost all my snails discovering that plastic salinity testers slowly accumulate deposits and read lower and lower over time. Apparently coral and fish adapt to a specific gravity over 1.030, but snails and clams do not. My LFS used a refractometer and diagnosed my problem. I trashed my plastic device and bought a refractometer right then. All is well since. Good luck.

 

[Tahoe61]

Look for Polyclad Flatworms, or Pyramid snails. You'll need to look at night.

Some other likely suspects might be larger hermits, or predatory worms.

 

[Tahoe61]

What type of snail were these?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

How long ago did you buy the snails?

 

[jazonPartij]

Wow I definitely made an amateur mistake and let my salinity get to 1.034. I don't know how that happened. I checked my refractometer but it's calibrated. I must have made the salt too strong my last water change and tested wrong.