snails won’t eat in QT tank

reeferdugong · Feb 8, 2021

Hi guys, i bought 5 trochus snails and 1 toger conch and they’re currently in the QT tank.

ive tried to feed the trochus with algae wafers and nori but they won’t touch em and keep crawling to the water surface.
Only the tiger conch shows interest and eats anything i throw in there

Are they’re gonna be okay? theyve been in the QT tank for 2-3 days. Will it take few more days until they even touch the food?

Idoc · Feb 8, 2021

It may take awhile...maybe their bellies are full right now.

I rubber-band seaweed to a rock and they seem to find it in my QT. But if I don't see them actively going for the seaweed after a few days, I will manually set them on top of the seaweed on the rock...especially when I know there is no other algae source in the tank (new setups).

reeferdugong · Feb 8, 2021

i rubber-band mine to a PVC, but they dont seem to show any interest. I think i'm gonna use your tip to just manually place them on top of seaweed to "force" them to eat haha
Thanks for the idea!