I know I'm not the only one who has wondered this. Just like many before me, I introduced my nerite due to a serious and enormous algae problem in my tank that the snail readily and completely eliminated within a week. Since then, my tank doesn't seem to have any visible algae left and I worry that my snail may be starving, I added him about 2 months ago so imagine how it's been without an abundant supply of food. He used to poop like crazy and now he poops dusty specs that float off in the current, nothing like the solid cylinders he used to do.
I recently cooked a small slice of cucumber for him to eat and after moving it a lot so he could see it, he spent about 2 hours on it and then just left.
A snail isn't like a fish where you can physically see its stomach and tell if it's over fed or starving, you can't really look at it to see if it's pale and has the physical symptoms of starvation or disease. How can I tell if my snail is healthy or if it's starving?
I recently cooked a small slice of cucumber for him to eat and after moving it a lot so he could see it, he spent about 2 hours on it and then just left.
A snail isn't like a fish where you can physically see its stomach and tell if it's over fed or starving, you can't really look at it to see if it's pale and has the physical symptoms of starvation or disease. How can I tell if my snail is healthy or if it's starving?
