Too much CUC?

[thincat]

there are several types of nerite snails too. When I get nerite snails I put them in a 10g tank overnight to see which ones stay in the water and which ones climb up and or out of the tank.

 

[carey]

Yeah if i woulda known, lol. It seems all 10 of them are top side snails. What a waste of money! hehe

 

[CaptainAhab]

They hang there till lights out then do the dirty deed. Some do have a habit of climbing out. IMO you're CUC is on the high side. As good dwindles so will they, as they will if you have any predators in the tank.

 

[carey]

I'm glad I only bought the clean up crew pack for a 25 gallon! lol

I caught my goby eating a tiny snail the other day, is that normal? How long does a cuc generally last? I dont think theres any predators to them in the tank really.

 

[Bigjbones]

They look like turbos - ones on glass. They will start to move all over the tank - glass, lr, p skimmer, heater, p head Mine have been on the move ever since day one. Only have 3 t snails in my 40 They don't really stay one spot - which I'm guessing is good, more cleaning. I have cut down on cleaning my glasss with that magnetic cleaner - figured I'm scraping off what they should be eating/cleaning. Do you clean ur glass often with magnetic scraper?

 

[carey]

Hardly ever. I have alot of algae eating fish plus the over loaded cuc lol.

I lost one in my protein skimmer, I dont even know how he got up into it. i have to clean it out and see hw many are in there.

 

[Bigjbones]

How did your p skimmer suck it up? U don't have that foam around where water gets in?? What p skimmer you have??

 

[carey]

I have a hang on remora. he went up the outflow and is stuck in there somewhere lol

 

[cmor1701d]

Yes, merited like to crawl out above the water line. The Florida ceriths also that, but they are not big.

 

[thincat]

Carey, Im not sure if it was already mentioned, but hermit crabs kill and eat snails for their shells. So it's a good idea to put in extra shells

 

[carey]

Carey, Im not sure if it was already mentioned, but hermit crabs kill and eat snails for there shells. So it's a good idea to put in extra shells

Lol I got 20 extr shells for them. I only have bout 15 hermits

 

[Bigjbones]

i agree with Hutchball " that time of the month" becasue i woke up this am and 2 of the 3 were around the top area

 

[Hutchball]

Just a thought, maybe a coincidence...

I noticed a lot of surface 'scum' on my water, like a light sort of oily layer. Turns out I had the water level too high for the filters, etc, to work properly. So I lowered it and the surface it crystal clear now. (the skimmer went mad for a day it two!)

Now my snails are all happily snailing around the rocks and lower levels.

It it possible the bad stuff on the surface was acting as a water-air barrier so the water was not aerating itself as efficiently as it should causing the snails to seek higher ground?

Just a thought.