Help!
A few days ago I had a major catastrophe with my brigs.
At the beginning of the week my oldest snail pasted away. I was sad but figured it was her time, then a couple days later my second oldest died. Coincidence? Then when I changed their water I realized all of my other snails were acting strange - really sluggish (pardon the term), and some were just laying part way out of their shells. I contacted the breeder and she informed me that since I was keeping them in pairs, with a betta in 1 gallon unfiltered tanks they were probably suffering from ammo/nitrite poisoning. Upon further inspection I realized they ALL were suffering from mantle collapse. Since then I have been changing their water frequently, and tried to resign myself to the fact that all my snaily friends are going to die (everything I have read says that this condition is fatal). Surprisingly, they are becoming increasingly active and appear to be improving. Could they actually survive? There is no certain cause of this condition, from what I have learned. Could this be caused my poisoning? Also, I moved then into a new tank to care for them and they are eating all of the fuzz off my fake plant. Is this dangerous??
Any advice greatly appreciated!
A few days ago I had a major catastrophe with my brigs.
At the beginning of the week my oldest snail pasted away. I was sad but figured it was her time, then a couple days later my second oldest died. Coincidence? Then when I changed their water I realized all of my other snails were acting strange - really sluggish (pardon the term), and some were just laying part way out of their shells. I contacted the breeder and she informed me that since I was keeping them in pairs, with a betta in 1 gallon unfiltered tanks they were probably suffering from ammo/nitrite poisoning. Upon further inspection I realized they ALL were suffering from mantle collapse. Since then I have been changing their water frequently, and tried to resign myself to the fact that all my snaily friends are going to die (everything I have read says that this condition is fatal). Surprisingly, they are becoming increasingly active and appear to be improving. Could they actually survive? There is no certain cause of this condition, from what I have learned. Could this be caused my poisoning? Also, I moved then into a new tank to care for them and they are eating all of the fuzz off my fake plant. Is this dangerous??
Any advice greatly appreciated!