Dying MTS

**jkan0228** · 05-01-2011, 12:18 AM

I added some 30 MTS to my 95G about a month ago and they all quickly buried themselves in the substrate. About a week ago, I've noticed a MTS that was laying on the substrate. Just now, I noticed that the same MTS is still there....
Are my MTS dying? Help!

**mordalphus** · 05-01-2011, 02:07 AM

pick up the snail and smell it, if it smells like satans toenails, then yes, it's dead! If not, then it's just napping

NatCh · 05-01-2011, 03:16 AM

Sometimes it's just a snail's time to go ....

**jkan0228** · 05-01-2011, 03:28 AM

Evn when they're only 1cm long?

NatCh · 05-01-2011, 12:28 PM

Sometimes.

**studentclimber** · 05-04-2011, 04:52 AM

My snails take long "playing dead" naps. I could have sworn one of my assassins was dead the day I got it. 1 dead snail out of 30 does not sound like a problem to me. But then again.... as you might guess by the assassins, I like my snails under control.

**jkan0228** · 05-04-2011, 04:22 PM

well more and more MTS are appearing and some of them have their shells cracked open so i guess theyre dead....

NatCh · 05-04-2011, 06:18 PM

That does sound most sincerely dead. What else is in the tank? I'm wondering if something might be eating them ....

**jkan0228** · 05-05-2011, 03:47 AM

Well the only think that I could think of is my Rainbow Shark, about 3.5" long.

**mordalphus** · 05-05-2011, 03:57 AM

puffers? loaches?

**jkan0228** · 05-05-2011, 04:51 AM

none

kozlany · 05-05-2011, 08:30 PM

Really soft water? That's the problem I had.

Buff Daddy · 05-05-2011, 08:38 PM

Got to have hard water... Also, if you have treated for algae with "algaefix" (among others), it contains copper. No aquarium salt, either. If it is soft water, you might need to add a little mineral supplement to your water occasionally.

fresh.salty · 05-05-2011, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

That does sound most sincerely dead.

Ding dong lol

I think all mine are gone. I use mostly RO water. In the past I'd always find 20-50 small ones in the canister filter but no more. Now it's just pond snails. lol

**jkan0228** · 05-05-2011, 11:50 PM

What can I use to make my water harder? A GH booster?

05-01-2011, 12:18 AM	#1
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	Dying MTS I added some 30 MTS to my 95G about a month ago and they all quickly buried themselves in the substrate. About a week ago, I've noticed a MTS that was laying on the substrate. Just now, I noticed that the same MTS is still there.... Are my MTS dying? Help! __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

05-01-2011, 03:28 AM	#4
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	Evn when they're only 1cm long? __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

05-04-2011, 04:22 PM	#7
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	well more and more MTS are appearing and some of them have their shells cracked open so i guess theyre dead.... __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

05-05-2011, 03:47 AM	#9
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	Well the only think that I could think of is my Rainbow Shark, about 3.5" long. __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

05-05-2011, 04:51 AM	#11
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	none __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

05-01-2011, 02:07 AM	#2
mordalphus These pants? are fancy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (261/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,565	pick up the snail and smell it, if it smells like satans toenails, then yes, it's dead! If not, then it's just napping

05-01-2011, 03:16 AM	#3
NatCh Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Jackson TN, U.S.A. Posts: 470	Sometimes it's just a snail's time to go ....

05-01-2011, 12:28 PM	#5
NatCh Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Jackson TN, U.S.A. Posts: 470	Sometimes.

05-04-2011, 04:52 AM	#6
studentclimber Dreamer EXtraordinaire (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 210	My snails take long "playing dead" naps. I could have sworn one of my assassins was dead the day I got it. 1 dead snail out of 30 does not sound like a problem to me. But then again.... as you might guess by the assassins, I like my snails under control.

05-04-2011, 06:18 PM	#8
NatCh Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Jackson TN, U.S.A. Posts: 470	That does sound most sincerely dead. What else is in the tank? I'm wondering if something might be eating them ....

05-05-2011, 03:57 AM	#10
mordalphus These pants? are fancy. (View User Tanks) PTrader: (261/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 7,565	puffers? loaches?

05-05-2011, 08:30 PM	#12
kozlany Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: snowdrifts, New England Posts: 135	Really soft water? That's the problem I had.

05-05-2011, 08:38 PM	#13
Buff Daddy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (18/100%) Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cartersville, GA Posts: 434	Got to have hard water... Also, if you have treated for algae with "algaefix" (among others), it contains copper. No aquarium salt, either. If it is soft water, you might need to add a little mineral supplement to your water occasionally. __________________ "If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much..." *Kipling* Fluval Ebi Pimp #29

05-05-2011, 11:50 PM	#15
jkan0228 Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (105/100%) Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Beaverton, Oregon Posts: 5,385	What can I use to make my water harder? A GH booster? __________________ First Planted 95G Mr. Aqua 11.4 Crypts and Shrimp Post Your Rare and Pricey Crypts!

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