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Ok. So today I went to petsmart and bought a small nerite snail for one of my betta tanks (not sure which one it is going in yet but all my tanks are 3 gallons and are heated and cycled). I've never had a snail before and I did do a bunch of research before I got one.
I have a couple questions.
1) My girl's tank have Epsom salt (1/4 teaspoon per gallon) because she has chronic SBD. Does mean I shouldn't put the snail in her tank? If I can't, its not a problem because I have two other tanks that have no medication or salts in them.
2) I don't know if he is alive. I smelled him at the store and he does not smell like rotten eggs. He has a slight dirty smell, its not a pleasant smell though. I believe he is dormant at the moment. His trap door is closed. I read on this forum that nerite snails can go dormant. Because I don't know if he is dead, I set up my small .5 gallon holding tank I used to use to cup my bettas when doing 100% water changes before I got filters for their tanks. I put some tank water and some of the gravel from one of my tanks (the water and gravel is from one of the tanks that does not have epsom salt in it) and added the snail to that. Right now its getting some sunlight (not completely direct sunlight) to get some algae to grow. Petsmart was out of algae tabs so I am going to go to petco and buy some.
If there any other way to tell if he is alive? Should I wait a few days and see if he moves or does anything? I don't want to add him to any of my tanks until Im 100% positive that he isn't dead because I know dead snails add all kinds of poisonous stuff to the tank.
Thanks!
I have a couple questions.
1) My girl's tank have Epsom salt (1/4 teaspoon per gallon) because she has chronic SBD. Does mean I shouldn't put the snail in her tank? If I can't, its not a problem because I have two other tanks that have no medication or salts in them.
2) I don't know if he is alive. I smelled him at the store and he does not smell like rotten eggs. He has a slight dirty smell, its not a pleasant smell though. I believe he is dormant at the moment. His trap door is closed. I read on this forum that nerite snails can go dormant. Because I don't know if he is dead, I set up my small .5 gallon holding tank I used to use to cup my bettas when doing 100% water changes before I got filters for their tanks. I put some tank water and some of the gravel from one of my tanks (the water and gravel is from one of the tanks that does not have epsom salt in it) and added the snail to that. Right now its getting some sunlight (not completely direct sunlight) to get some algae to grow. Petsmart was out of algae tabs so I am going to go to petco and buy some.
If there any other way to tell if he is alive? Should I wait a few days and see if he moves or does anything? I don't want to add him to any of my tanks until Im 100% positive that he isn't dead because I know dead snails add all kinds of poisonous stuff to the tank.
Thanks!