Lunella coronata

[promotheus2070]

Hi ,
Yesterday i had 2 of these fellas delivered .
I Placed them gently in my tank , but i noticed they dind even moved an inch .
Is that normal ? I am used to seeing snail go directly under sand bed or onto rock but these seems do not move at all .

Any advice ?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Did you acclimate them to your tanks water prior to adding?

 

[promotheus2070]

Did you acclimate them to your tanks water prior to adding?

Only temp acclimated .
They moved nog but only a few inches , i have not yet seen them out of the shell , ill hope after work to see them at a diffrent location .

Il keep ya updated

 

[ReneReef]

I have several of these snails.
Great algae eaters!

Basically, I never see them move during the they. Come night time they’re all over the place.

They reportedly primarily live in the intertidal zone. I just dunked them in the tank when I got them. All live happily.

 

[Chrisv.]

Snails can be trickier than people give them credit for when it comes to switching tanks. I have snails stay in one spot for a day or two and then be just fine, I've also had them stay there stunned or whenever and then die. My suggestion is that unless you see them move, you start pulling them out twice a day for a sniff test. Large rotting snails will produce ammonia.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Snails can be trickier than people give them credit for when it comes to switching tanks. I have snails stay in one spot for a day or two and then be just fine, I've also had them stay there stunned or whenever and then die. My suggestion is that unless you see them move, you start pulling them out twice a day for a sniff test. Large rotting snails will produce ammonia.

But not enough ammonia to kill anything…..and it’s good food for other scavengers

 

[Chrisv.]

But not enough ammonia to kill anything…..and it’s good food for other scavengers

If you have a big enough tank, and enough/the right scavengers.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

But not enough ammonia to kill anything…..and it’s good food for other scavengers

How can you be sure of this??

 

[Reefing_addiction]

If you have a big enough tank, and enough/the right scavengers.

Post in thread 'Ammonia and coral'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ammonia-and-coral.299645/post-7590241

 

[Reefing_addiction]

How can you be sure of this??

Lots of reading lately.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Every snail I've added to my tank takes 2-3 days to start moving, they just take a little longer to adjust.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Lots of reading lately.

So, if I put a bunch of snails in a smaller, new tank and they die, you can say with certainty that there won't be an ammonia spike that causes damage to my fish??
My issue is speaking in absolutes when there's no way you can know something for sure...

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Post in thread 'Ammonia and coral'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ammonia-and-coral.299645/post-7590241

Who said anything about coral being affected?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Who said anything about coral being affected?

So, if I put a bunch of snails in a smaller, new tank and they die, you can say with certainty that there won't be an ammonia spike that causes damage to my fish??
My issue is speaking in absolutes when there's no way you can know something for sure...

Smaller new tank and all the snails die at once and the tank doesn’t have an appropriate amount of nitrifying bacteria I would say yes that spike if greater than .05 will cause damage to the fish.


Between the ammonia the fish produce and the snails it could be detrimental but this is not the scenario we are talking about here