Nassarius snail question

[mtlion]

Hey everyone, just had a quick question regarding nassarius snails. I have had my tank up for about a year now and all fish, hermits, turbo, and margarita snails are doing fine. Earlier in the year I added 10 nassarius snails to my tank, saw them for about 2 weeks and then they disappeared. I then bought several more a month or so later and it was the same thing. I am not thinking it had anything to do with water quality as everything else is thriving. I was thinking about buying some more soon but don't want to throw the money away on them. Does anyone have any ideas or had the same type of experience? Thanks!

 

[HN1]

Have you found them dead? They may just be happily buried.

 

[mtlion]

Yes when moving my sand around I had unfortunately found them dead in the sand bed

 

[melosu58]

Maybe you did not acclimate them enough. I know mine still come up when I feed. Also be careful moving that sand around. It will foul up the tank.

 

[mtlion]

ok will try more acclimation

 

[Jaybird]

Odd that they were all dead in the sand. Mine bury themselves with just a little "snorkle" poking out. When it's feeding time they erupt from the sand like zombies in a B-rate movie. One of them is huge and it's impressive how easily he can hide himself in the sand.