jessibell
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My three japanese trapdoor snails have had 18 babies this week
Since the snails are supposed to help me keep the tank CLEAN, this kind of defeats the purpose LOL so I moved all the babies and one of the adults into a 1 gallon bowl.
Now, instead of being dispersed all over the tank doing their thing, they are sitting at the top of the water line in a ring and staying there, not moving. I have read this means they are not liking their water. The only difference is that the tank is smaller and is not heated - but I also read the snails prefered cooler water to warmer water. I used dechlorinated aged water in their bowl. They are not touching the pleco log at the bottom - which they formerly loved.
Is the tank too small? Too cold? Not enough oxygen in the water? I do a 50% water change every day in both the tank and the bowl. The 5 gallon fry tank has a sponge filter in it that is putting out about 1 bubble per second, and the temp in there is 81 F. The snails remaining in there (and three MORE babies they had today, WTF!) seem to be doing splendidly.
Any ideas?
Since the snails are supposed to help me keep the tank CLEAN, this kind of defeats the purpose LOL so I moved all the babies and one of the adults into a 1 gallon bowl.
Now, instead of being dispersed all over the tank doing their thing, they are sitting at the top of the water line in a ring and staying there, not moving. I have read this means they are not liking their water. The only difference is that the tank is smaller and is not heated - but I also read the snails prefered cooler water to warmer water. I used dechlorinated aged water in their bowl. They are not touching the pleco log at the bottom - which they formerly loved.
Is the tank too small? Too cold? Not enough oxygen in the water? I do a 50% water change every day in both the tank and the bowl. The 5 gallon fry tank has a sponge filter in it that is putting out about 1 bubble per second, and the temp in there is 81 F. The snails remaining in there (and three MORE babies they had today, WTF!) seem to be doing splendidly.
Any ideas?