BettaBabe94 Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I gave a family members one of my Nerite snails probably six months ago. She has a 5 gallon tank with a female betta. Everything has been fine. This weekend she messages me that she thinks something is wrong with the snail. She thought it was dead but the snail closed it’s door when she picked it up. I tested her water, everything was alright, ammonia was up a little (only enough to slightly change the color of the ACO ammonia strips). She didn’t have a lot of algae so I thought maybe the snail needed some more food. I brought the snail home so it could eat from my tanks. I put her in a floating breeder box just so I could keep an eye on her with the thought that if she crawled out then I knew she was fine. She’s still hanging on, but what I notice is that her “foot” thing doesn’t come out all the way. It’s like she wants to move based on her antenna movement, but she can’t come out all the way. She fumbles around, but doesn’t move very much. Anyone know what her problem could be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 It could be lasting affects of starvation or old age. Try some spirulina powder. I hope she recovers. I have seen them recover. Good luck. Kats aquatics also has calcium food chips my nerites like 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBabe94 Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 I tried an algae pellet I have from my local pet store, Saturday night. I will try the Kats aquatics, I have some. Never had any luck with my snails eating it before, but it’s worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 On 10/2/2023 at 7:12 PM, BettaBabe94 said: I tried an algae pellet I have from my local pet store, Saturday night. I will try the Kats aquatics, I have some. Never had any luck with my snails eating it before, but it’s worth a shot. It’s one of the few a couple of us tried that nerites will eat. You can also microwave a fresh green bean and open it to expose the meat. Remove the seeds and weight it down. My nerites eat that and zucchini 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBabe94 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 @Guppysnail I got a video today, but apparently I can’t post a video. Not sure if it will help any but here is a pic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 10/3/2023 at 6:11 PM, BettaBabe94 said: but apparently I can’t post a video. Upload to YouTube and post the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBabe94 Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 https://youtube.com/shorts/cNuCQm8PkLM?si=EeOkmalsiaCGp-ia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaBabe94 Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 She has not changed, I feel bad for the poor thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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