I bought 2 Turbo snails today as a CUC for my Nano, small tank. I know they were healthy when I purchased as they were on glass. I do plan on moving them to my larger tank with my Damsels in a week. The new tank is almost at a complete cycle.
I acclimated for 20 minutes in the bag. I took a water sample to my LFS and my salinity was just a little off, I'm thinking (my tank 1.024, their tanks 1.022)
Anyway, long story short, they piggybacked each other even before I put them in my tank on the ride home.
Now, it's 8 hours later and they are still stuck to each other. Is this normal? I know they are alive as they are sticking to rock as I tried to move them to sand and they would not budge.
I'm pretty experienced with my tropical tank. My Nerite and Inca snails went to work straight away after acclimation. Are SW snails different when it comes to getting their job done in a SW tank?
I might add that this batch of Turbo snails just arrived yesterday at my LFS. Could it be too much trauma in 2 days from shipment to one tank then my tank?
I acclimated for 20 minutes in the bag. I took a water sample to my LFS and my salinity was just a little off, I'm thinking (my tank 1.024, their tanks 1.022)
Anyway, long story short, they piggybacked each other even before I put them in my tank on the ride home.
Now, it's 8 hours later and they are still stuck to each other. Is this normal? I know they are alive as they are sticking to rock as I tried to move them to sand and they would not budge.
I'm pretty experienced with my tropical tank. My Nerite and Inca snails went to work straight away after acclimation. Are SW snails different when it comes to getting their job done in a SW tank?
I might add that this batch of Turbo snails just arrived yesterday at my LFS. Could it be too much trauma in 2 days from shipment to one tank then my tank?