Noviceafter2yea
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I apologize. Feel like I ask questions on here everyday.
My black mystery snail gets stuck in the filter stream sometimes and just bobs. When I move out of the stream, it just floats.
Yesterday I did a vacuum with a 40-50% water change and last night the snail was enjoying fake plants which I had rinsed in the discarded water.
I moved it to a small container where it continued to float. I shined a flashlight on it for a while and noticed movement. Eventually it emerged, but if I turned the flashlight off it went back inside its shell.
Back to shining the light and snail emerged, I noticed the body looked a little white, there seemed to be a poopish thing and a little fuzz. I gently used a turkey baster to see if anything would get sucked up. It did - the poop, some of the fuzzy. He attached to the container and it looked like there was white in its mouth. Used baster again, and an ant came out - how it was there is also a mystery, no problems with ants. He seems a bit livelier, but his body looks whitish, not fuzz, almost leathery.
Maybe the poop and the ant and water change stressed him out? I dosed tank with prime and the replacement water is pretreated.
Should I add a little anti fungal or aquarium salt to his little container? More stress guard? He's moving around now.
20 gallon 3 bleeding heart tetras
2 cories (I know I need to add more)
3 platys
1 Molly
1 male guppy
Water parameters are normal
Will try to post a pic, when I can get a good one.
Thanks so much, sorry for length.
Also, no similar questions on invert section which is why I posted here.
My black mystery snail gets stuck in the filter stream sometimes and just bobs. When I move out of the stream, it just floats.
Yesterday I did a vacuum with a 40-50% water change and last night the snail was enjoying fake plants which I had rinsed in the discarded water.
I moved it to a small container where it continued to float. I shined a flashlight on it for a while and noticed movement. Eventually it emerged, but if I turned the flashlight off it went back inside its shell.
Back to shining the light and snail emerged, I noticed the body looked a little white, there seemed to be a poopish thing and a little fuzz. I gently used a turkey baster to see if anything would get sucked up. It did - the poop, some of the fuzzy. He attached to the container and it looked like there was white in its mouth. Used baster again, and an ant came out - how it was there is also a mystery, no problems with ants. He seems a bit livelier, but his body looks whitish, not fuzz, almost leathery.
Maybe the poop and the ant and water change stressed him out? I dosed tank with prime and the replacement water is pretreated.
Should I add a little anti fungal or aquarium salt to his little container? More stress guard? He's moving around now.
20 gallon 3 bleeding heart tetras
2 cories (I know I need to add more)
3 platys
1 Molly
1 male guppy
Water parameters are normal
Will try to post a pic, when I can get a good one.
Thanks so much, sorry for length.
Also, no similar questions on invert section which is why I posted here.