Snail snafu
I have lost a number of adult mystery snails to the intake filter. I have a fluval canister on the tank that this happened to and I had to put a sponge pre filter on it to avoid this problem. Pam
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.comFrom: alambiet@yahoo.comDate: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 03:00:54 +0000Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Snail snafu
Yes, good point. I don’t think Sunny (the Snail) has been sick; she certainly was moving about and seemed happy; there did not seem to be anything unusual going on though, well, snails aren’t exactly easy to read. I think she’s in shock and at the bottom of the tank, and she’s probably going to be OK; she is just laying there but I can tell that her foot has shut her door nicely so she must have some muscle left. Time will tell. And this time — I am having a girly-girl moment here — I just don’t have the strength or desire to pluck her out and smell her, which is what the super snail people suggested, cuz well, apparently the smell of dead snail is worse than that nasty flower that smells like rotting flesh and blooms once every 40 years. Now, what about hickeys with vaccumn cleaners? Seriously, Len, that is a new one on me!!!!!! LOL. Didn’t somebody’s momma whip them for trying things like that at home???Anyway, I’m taking a watch and see…will let you know how it goes.ThanksAlina — In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, “Lenny V. aka GoldLenny” wrote:>> I think something was wrong with that snail… if it actually got stuck on> the intake.. or maybe it was just trying to clean the inside of the strainer> and got part of it’s foot caught.. like getting a finger caught in a crack> and then it started to panic and got sick as a result of the stress. > > I had two powerful filter systems on my tank when I had Mystery Snails (a> 350GPH and a 200GPH) and they would crawl all over the intake tubes and even> the filter intake strainer with no problems. I also see much smaller snails> crawling around on the intake tube with no problems. A healthy fish or any> other critter should not get sucked against a filter intake strainer. When> this happens to a fish, it usually means the fish was already sick or> weakened from something else. Now fry would certainly be at more risk since> they can’t swim as well, but healthy adult fish should not be affected at> all… nor should snails or other healthy critters.> > Watch your filter intake some times. While it is certainly sucking in a lot> of water, it’s not nearly as strong of a suction as you might think. I> regularly see a piece of detritus (small piece of leaf or poop) float by the> intake within an inch or closer to the intake and not get sucked in. I’ve> also seen a single blade of anacharis leaf get sucked onto the intake and> just sit there, not getting sucked in through the slightly smaller strainer> opening… same with a piece of fish poop. > > Now, if something was able to cover all of the slots on the intake screen,> like if the snail had a large enough foot to envelope the entire strainer,> that might create enough suction to cause a problem… think about putting> your hand near a vacuum cleaner hose and feeling the air flow by.. no big> deal… and then putting your hand over the entire opening and the amount of> suction that then occurs… big difference…. like the teens who would give> themselves hickeys with vacuum cleaners back in the day. Did anyone ever> fall for them perfectly round hickeys? LOL> > OK.. back to fish. Certainly, if you have really small fish, potential for> fry in the tank or a sick fish, putting a sponge or other protection over> the intake (I use a small pore filter media bag on the intake of my AC-20 on> my Cherry Shrimp tank since the cherry shrimp fry are so small) would help> but there are millions of people running filters on their tanks without a> problem so when something happens, it’s usually a result of the fish or> critter being sick first, not the filter system causing enough suction to> cause a problem.> > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com> (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right> side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month)> > > > —–Original Message—–> From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On> Behalf Of Jerry> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:36 AM> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Snail snafu> > Hi> > I think netting such as used on a bridal veil could be taped or rubber> banded to the inlet. This would keep everything larger than a baby guppy> from going up the tube.> > Jerry> > Alina wrote:> > > > Hi guys> > > > Happy New Year to all. Something weird happened with one of my snails, > > where it was stuck (or partly sucked in) onto my intake tube in the > > filter system..I was able to slowly pry her loose and she’s still just > > at the bottom of the tank.> > > > The folks at applesnail.net suggested covering the tube with something > > like a sponge, but I’m not sure whether I can do that without messing > > up the system…> > > > Anyone have thoughts about anything I can do to prevent them from > > sliding down the filter box and onto the tube?> > > > Thanks> > > > Alina> >>
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