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Or do I just have a neurotic Turbo Snail?

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He clearly enjoys creating a path for himself at sand-level, but I have no idea why. Is there something particularly tasty at sand level? Do I need to add another Turbo to keep him company?

Backstory: This was somebody's "regret" tank that I bought fully cycled and moved to my house a little over a week ago. Aside from a few hours during the moving time period, it's been running. The snail came from another tank in my house. I've moved the snail to some delicious-looking algae on the rocks, but he keeps returning to his sand-level path. He's not hurting anyone, but the tank looks weird with a shallow trench dug around the perimeter.

Ideas?
 
Or do I just have a neurotic Turbo Snail?

IMG_20241125_191747.jpg


He clearly enjoys creating a path for himself at sand-level, but I have no idea why. Is there something particularly tasty at sand level? Do I need to add another Turbo to keep him company?

Backstory: This was somebody's "regret" tank that I bought fully cycled and moved to my house a little over a week ago. Aside from a few hours during the moving time period, it's been running. The snail came from another tank in my house. I've moved the snail to some delicious-looking algae on the rocks, but he keeps returning to his sand-level path. He's not hurting anyone, but the tank looks weird with a shallow trench dug around the perimeter.

Ideas?
We have a snail that will eat just a little bit of algae, then retreats to his corner at the end of the day. His corner has algae and everything there, but he doesn’t touch it haha. I think you have a snail that is just being a snail.
 
I had a turbo that for weeks just did circles around a power head… snails gonna snail I guess
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 52 57.8%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.7%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.4%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 16 17.8%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.3%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.1%
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