HelplessNewbie Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) *moderators, please move to Diseases, if appropriate* My 9 year old picked out a mystery snail from the swap meet but looking at it now, I think we picked a sick or old one. For 4 days, it stayed at the water surface, hardly budging. It is in my 20g (see signature). The tank has 4 endlers, plenty of bladder snails and cherry (I think) shrimp that came from a different seller at the same swap meet. All but the mystery snail are moving and eating fine. I took a photo last night: and today, where I found it on the substrate: Can someone tell me if this is normal adjustment behavior? Or. did we just pick an old or sick one? Edited August 9, 2023 by HelplessNewbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) I'm not sure if mystery snails actually get sick. They can be negatively affected by parameters, surroundings, undesired stuff in the water column like copper or medicine, any active fish that disturb or nip on them, etc. So I don't think it is sick. But likely to be an old one. Do you see its shell? There is so many different parts, basically reflecting different care and parameters it has been to during that time of growth. So it either changed so many tanks under someones care, or it has been to many different people's tanks before reaching you. Be its last and happy home. It's trapdoor also looks damaged. the best you can do is giving it the best care possible with a blanced diet of protein, veggies+algae, and calcium. I really don't know if trapdoor damage is fixable but you can try. @Guppysnail Gup have you ever been able to treat a damaged trapdoor, if you ever had any? Maybe rarely air baths to make it relax, but not often to make it not stressed. Edited August 9, 2023 by Lennie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 If you olaced it in one of the tanks you added medication, the medication could be negatively impacting along with @Lennie great advice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 @Lennie @Guppysnail Oh, I am so sorry for my poor snail. We will do the best we can to make it comfortable in our tank. There was medication in the quarantine tank, but it only spent 3 hours in it before we decided to just put it directly in the 20 gallon tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 8/9/2023 at 12:46 PM, HelplessNewbie said: @Lennie @Guppysnail Oh, I am so sorry for my poor snail. We will do the best we can to make it comfortable in our tank. There was medication in the quarantine tank, but it only spent 3 hours in it before we decided to just put it directly in the 20 gallon tank. What medication prazi and levamisole negatively impact them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted August 9, 2023 Author Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) On 8/9/2023 at 12:48 PM, Guppysnail said: What medication prazi Yes, prazi and fenbendazole. I am a bad snail-mom!!! Edited August 9, 2023 by HelplessNewbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 On 8/9/2023 at 12:54 PM, HelplessNewbie said: Yes, prazi and fenbendazole. I am a bad snail-mom!!! No you did not know. Fenben is really hard on them. You got them out quickly so they may recover. When dealing with snails be very careful and research before adding things to their tank or putting them in tanks where meds were used. Some can linger for months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 If it dies, should I immediately take it out ir allow the tankmates to eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 8/10/2023 at 1:51 AM, HelplessNewbie said: If it dies, should I immediately take it out ir allow the tankmates to eat it? If it dies you want to remove it as soon as possible to prevent an ammonia spike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 It passed away. 😥 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafJelly Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 So sorry for your lost. You did your best though after making a mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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