Dying Trochus snail

[BristleWormHater]

This snail has been very inactive compared to my other snail this week. Last night I noticed a few bristle worms and brittle stars crawling around him,so I assumed he was dead and when I picked him out of the tank it seemed like it. Eventually I poked it and it moved, so I put it in this makeshift qt. It still hasn't moved but I tested the water in the qt and ammonia was still 0 so he hasn't died yet. Any ideas? The stuff sitting in the cup is fish food by the way.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Sorry, probably just the circle of life catching up with him :( Probably nothing you can do for the poor guy especially if scavengers have already started picking on him

 

[BristleWormHater]

Sorry, probably just the circle of life catching up with him :( Probably nothing you can do for the poor guy especially if scavengers have already started picking on him

Yes, but he's not old I just got him last week. I'm more concerned about some kind of disease that could spread to my other snail.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Yes, but he's not old I just got him last week. I'm more concerned about some kind of disease that could spread to my other snail.

You can never know how old they were before you bought them unfortunately

 

[BristleWormHater]

Okay I'm pretty sure he's dead now I can smell it. Can I get him out of the shell?

 

[twentyleagues]

Okay I'm pretty sure he's dead now I can smell it. Can I get him out of the shell?

The things you hate will make quick work of it.

 

[Sdoutreefer]

Okay I'm pretty sure he's dead now I can smell it. Can I get him out of the shell?

You could leave it in your tank, and let the food chain take care of him. The shell will be empty before you know it...

 

[lil sumpin]

Had a cerith snail that stopped moving for a couple days, figured it was dead or dying. Was confirmed when I saw hermit crabs, bumblee snails and nassarius snails feasting on the ceriths. Sometimes they do enter a stasis mode and bury themselves for days but not this time. CUC need to be replenished every now and then. I'm a big fan of reefcleaners

 

[Dragen Fiend]

Sometimes they die. I know mine are not starving. But I find one dead one day. Others all fine. As long as you know nothing major happened and its not starving. Its just life.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Update: he's dead :( I gave him to frank

 

[BlueBayouReefHTX]

RIP