U could try taking the heaters out of the two sad snail tanks, could be that its just too warm
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I've never seen Red Ramshorn snails, you should post some pics!
Snails
Mine move about .
It took some time and they seamed to struggle at first , but after a wile they seam to get the hang of walking on sand.
The smallest have the least amount of trouble moving on sand .
As you stated , there is always a bunch of sand stuck to there foot.
They drag it up on to the plants and don't seam to climb the walls as much as they climb the plants .
There is also a noticeable amount of slime building up on top of the sand.
The longer I leave the "mucus slime" the better they do at moving about the tank .
If I clean , and disturb the sand I see they have trouble moving for a wile .
I also notice that they tend to dig more. I even have some empty shells under the sand. I can only guess that they dug down then could not dig back out.
Also as mine get larger and there shells get bigger they have a real hard time staying up right.
With no way way to grip the floor they seam to just fall over. Then some seam to be unable to right them self's.
I have begun to remove Large sizes snails to bare bottom breeder tanks.
And use only the smallest to clear out the algae .
Notice how the shell is not upright ?
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They almost look like they have to DRAG there shells threw the sand.
Mine move about .
It took some time and they seamed to struggle at first , but after a wile they seam to get the hang of walking on sand.
The smallest have the least amount of trouble moving on sand .
As you stated , there is always a bunch of sand stuck to there foot.
They drag it up on to the plants and don't seam to climb the walls as much as they climb the plants .
There is also a noticeable amount of slime building up on top of the sand.
The longer I leave the "mucus slime" the better they do at moving about the tank .
If I clean , and disturb the sand I see they have trouble moving for a wile .
I also notice that they tend to dig more. I even have some empty shells under the sand. I can only guess that they dug down then could not dig back out.
Also as mine get larger and there shells get bigger they have a real hard time staying up right.
With no way way to grip the floor they seam to just fall over. Then some seam to be unable to right them self's.
I have begun to remove Large sizes snails to bare bottom breeder tanks.
And use only the smallest to clear out the algae .
Notice how the shell is not upright ?
They almost look like they have to DRAG there shells threw the sand.
snails
I only know that the tanks I have snails and sand ( white cilica ) I have a LOT more empty shells in then my 2 breeder tanks that have bare bottomes.
Breeder tanks have nothing but snails . I have recently set up a couple of planted tanks where I mixed sand and gravel , to better hold the plants ( gravel) and to stop young snails from getting trapped in the gravel ( sand).
It is working out extremely well. Good movement and no struggling.
The snails seem to like being able to move from rock to rock with very little time in the sand .
Plants are doing great as the gravel helps hold them in place.
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I only know that the tanks I have snails and sand ( white cilica ) I have a LOT more empty shells in then my 2 breeder tanks that have bare bottomes.
Breeder tanks have nothing but snails . I have recently set up a couple of planted tanks where I mixed sand and gravel , to better hold the plants ( gravel) and to stop young snails from getting trapped in the gravel ( sand).
It is working out extremely well. Good movement and no struggling.
The snails seem to like being able to move from rock to rock with very little time in the sand .
Plants are doing great as the gravel helps hold them in place.
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