My snails are committing suicide

[p7willm]

I added my CUC a while ago and found some shells on the floor and assumed they were the extras for the hermits and I just missed when I put them in. Found some more and figured I missed more when I added them. Today I found some more and I know they were not there yesterday.

Apparently they are climbing up and over the rimless tank and winding up on the floor, dead. I do have a top to keep the fish from jumping out but the snails get through the gap around the edge.

Are there any ideas on how I can keep them happy so they don't kill themselves? Or ideas on how to prevent despondent snails from offing themselves.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's not that they're not happy, it's what they do in the wild. They are expecting the tide to come back.

 

[p7willm]

I refuse to flood my living room for them.:)

 

[Lionfish Lair]

LOL!!!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I find a few escape in the beginning, but then they kind of knock it off somewhat.

 

[Pruett-nc]

That's odd mine have climbed to the water line but never out of the water . Have you check the water temp . Seems to me something could be bothering them . What kind are they .

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It depends on which species as to how bad they do it, but it's honestly very normal. They are specifically called inter-tidal nerites for this reason.

 

[Pruett-nc]

I must have always had good snails cause I have never had a suey snail . Plenty to do the back stroke death but never suey.

 

[p7willm]

Its just the nerites I find on the floor. the rest seem to like it in the tank.

 

[revhtree]

I can raise the level in my display 1 inch and I'll lose a bunch of them from crawling out. Lower it back down and they are all good! Raise it and they all lose their mind!

 

[Tooch]

I have noticed my turbo snails tend to escape my rimless

 

[Arron209]

I noticed Nerite snails like to climb over. After doing a little research I found out they come out of the water and either the tide will rise or they'll move back into the water.