Is my astraea snail dead?

[Dominic M]

Hello,

For the past few weeks my snail have keep like jumping/falling of my aqua scape and landing with there shell in the sand unable to move. I have been able to flip them back over without too much trouble but this one I really had to kind of twist with net net and maybe I jerked it around too much? It has been sitting on my sand bed for 2 days and has not moved I tried to kind of peer under the shell and see if its antenna is moving around but I see nothing. So I have a few questions is it dead if so should I take it out of my tank or wait, if it died did I kill it or did something else go wrong in my tank? Also how do I keep them from falling all the time they do it a couple times a day its very annoying.

Thanks

 

[RedFrog211]

If it was dead, it would most likely be falling out of the shell/ limp. I would place it on a rock or near the glass, and if within 5 hours it hasn’t moved, consider it dead. After this, I would remove it, because they can give off a decent amount of ammonia

 

[RedFrog211]

Do you have a lot of algae in your tank? What size is the aquarium, and how many snails do you have?

 

[Dominic M]

If it was dead, it would most likely be falling out of the shell/ limp. I would place it on a rock or near the glass, and if within 5 hours it hasn’t moved, consider it dead. After this, I would remove it, because they can give off a decent amount of ammonia

would It move within 5 hours because its day time and there nocturnal right?

 

[Dominic M]

Do you have a lot of algae in your tank? What size is the aquarium, and how many snails do you have?

3 snails, no algae, 29 gallon

 

[RedFrog211]

I said 5 hours because that should be plenty of time for it to feel comfortable and come out. When mine fall off, I hold them against the glass until they reattach (usually takes 30 seconds). If there’s no algae, it sounds like they’re running out of food and starving. How old is your tank?

 

[Dominic M]

I said 5 hours because that should be plenty of time for it to feel comfortable and come out. When mine fall off, I hold them against the glass until they reattach (usually takes 30 seconds). If there’s no algae, it sounds like they’re running out of food and starving. How old is your tank?

only a couple months, this is my first tank so im new and my lfs said I could feed half a cube of mysis every couple days and that would be enough and the shrimp the clowns dont eat will fall to the bottom of the tank and the sails will, is this incorrect?

 

[Philly Reefer]

Take it out. Smell it. If it smells bad... Then its dead

 

[Dominic M]

Just put on a rock btw I tried the glass thing but it was only for 10 seconds and it didnt attach.

 

[RedFrog211]

From what I’ve witnessed, the snails mostly rely on algae. As @aior0s said, you can smell it. The smell of a dead mollusk is unmistakable

 

[Dominic M]

LETS GO IT MOVED!

 

[Dominic M]

I guess it didnt like the spot on the sand or something so I moved it to its favorite rock, am I under feeding tho my tank also has 2 clowns.

 

[RedFrog211]

So glad to hear!! Personally, I haven’t seen snails eat mysis. I’m sure if it was sitting there they’d eat it; but I have high flow in my tank, and all of the food remains in the water column. If you need them to eat, plant-based sinking pellets might be your best bet

 

[Dominic M]

So glad to hear!! Personally, I haven’t seen snails eat mysis. I’m sure if it was sitting there they’d eat it; but I have high flow in my tank, and all of the food remains in the water column. If you need them to eat, plant-based sinking pellets might be your best bet

I have low flow just flow from my hob filter, im buying a powerhead soon so ill check out those pellets.

 

[RedFrog211]

I also only have a pair of clowns in my 16g! I love them- I feed them 3-4x a day when my schedule allows, hoping they breed. If you do this, just be sure to check your water quality regularly

 

[Dominic M]

I also only have a pair of clowns in my 16g! I love them- I feed them 3-4x a day when my schedule allows, hoping they breed. If you do this, just be sure to check your water quality regularly

I love em too lol, I would prefer they not breed because I don't have the skills and equipment to keep the eggs alive also I posted a form on this and came to the conclusion they are not paired up yet, I am doing half a cube every couple days because I saw the brstv video and they talked about overfeeding and stuff so thats why I decided on doing it like that, is that actually enough food or am I kind of starving them?

 

[RedFrog211]

Half a cube should be enough daily, but I feed until they stop eating. Then I just set the thawed food aside, and feed them about 4 hours later

 

[Dominic M]

Half a cube should be enough daily, but I feed until they stop eating. Then I just set the thawed food aside, and feed them about 4 hours later

Its every other day is that still okay?

 

[RedFrog211]

Its every other day is that still okay?

How thin are they? I’d at least feed them daily- maybe you could try 1/4 a cube daily?

 

[Dominic M]

How thin are they? I’d at least feed them daily- maybe you could try 1/4 a cube daily?

Im not sure, https://www.liveaquaria.com/product...XjllFPcvvxxyw8xFTJ0aWFapsUKei7zEaAtn2EALw_wcB theres a link for them if that helps