So I got a few Snails the other day at a local store, One was dead open arrival or at list I think it was, The lady at the store grabbed a few out of every different tanks. I don't know if a snail needs to acclimate but being they all came from different tanks they didn't get it then. When I get home I let them acclimate to my tank. Over night 1 never came out of its shell. And another was upside down on the bottem of the tank Shivelled. Everything appears ok with the tank. but does anybody have any ideas what might cause this.?
to the RRMAS Forum, a nice site with lots of very nice members always willing to help I bet as cheap as they are the LFS (local fish store), will credit you for the ones that died, but I have read... many times... similar to the below post... All the best & Good Luck ! Acclimating Snails, Crabs, Shrimp, and Starfish Caution: Your Cleanup Critters are the most fragile during acclimation ( they are very sensitive to salinity and ph change), and need to be acclimated very slowly, over a period of approximately two hours. Do not rush this procedure or losses will occur. Acclimation Procedure: Snails, starfish, and other inverts are very sensitive to minor salinity and ph changes and must be slowly drip acclimated to insure their survival. Place invertebrates in a container and use a drip line to slowly acclimate all invertebrates. It is critical that invertebrates be slowly acclimated!! Drip acclimate at a rate of 1-2 drops per second for at least 2 hours.
One thing to remember about most of the snails we keep (which you might not have known) is they may not be able to right themselves if they are upside down in the substrate. Thus they will sit stranded until they starve and die.
