I've couldn't keep snails for the longest time and couldn't figure out why? One day someone here on R2R told me to check my voltage in my tank with a multimeter. I did that and It came up something crazy like 30 volts running through my water column. I found out It was a bad heater through the process of elimination. I replaced the heater. Added a grounding probe and wala, problem solved.
Snails dying suddenly??
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maleks.reef
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How long did the snails live for before dying?
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maleks.reef
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https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/helpful-method-for-identifying-dinoflagellates.216508/
Trying this method of identification right now, will update you in an hour.
Trying this method of identification right now, will update you in an hour.
MikeTheNewbie
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Around a couple of months ago, some of my snails died and my nems were noticeably upset (closed and not bubbly). I sent an ICP test and my aluminum was very high. Magnesium was a bit high too and I read Mg makes snails letargic.
Over the past couple of months I fixed the high Aluminum and now the snails and nems look great. Maybe its worth doing an ICP although I have also seen how snails get "sick" after eating dinos.
Good luck solving the problem.
Over the past couple of months I fixed the high Aluminum and now the snails and nems look great. Maybe its worth doing an ICP although I have also seen how snails get "sick" after eating dinos.
Good luck solving the problem.
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maleks.reef
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How did you get aluminium in your tank? And how did you solve the issue?
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maleks.reef
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According to this method, i do not have dinos. Even when i extracted the "dinos" and put them in the plastic cup, they were green and algae-like and as far as i know dinos are brown so I think it's not dinos. I don't know if i should be happy or sad about this lol. Back to square one i guess. This hobby can be very frustrating sometimes...
MikeTheNewbie
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So far I have narrowed it down to the media brick i asked about before. I removed the block and added Metasorb and a polyfilter. A new ICP showed that those 2 did a good job reducing the aluminum.
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maleks.reef
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Any other ideas guys? Should I just assume it is dino and treat it like so? What other algaes or microorganisms make such bubbles?
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