[SophiebethK]

Hi everyone, i have had fish in my tank for a wee while now but still pretty new to it all. I currently have 4 platy's a male siamese fighter and snails,which are the main cause for my post 2 days ago i had 5, i now have 2
I dont know what happened, my tank was clean, i do frequent 25-50% changes, i ahve lots of live plants and we where all happy. Then when i went to check on them the other day two of my snails (one tiger and one spotted) where lying upside down, as if they had lost grip of the glass. I picked them up and sorted them asap but unfortunately they left for snail heaven. Then when i woke up the next morning another one was upiside down and quickly followed the other two to snail heaven. I now only have two left which seem fine but seem to prefer being above the water level?
I did a water change to make sure there was no extra ammoniaor anything with having dead snails.
Does anyone have any idea what the cause for this could be? I dont want to lose my last two remaining snails.

 

[NewFishFiend]

Hi everyone, i have had fish in my tank for a wee while now but still pretty new to it all. I currently have 4 platy's a male siamese fighter and snails,which are the main cause for my post 2 days ago i had 5, i now have 2
I dont know what happened, my tank was clean, i do frequent 25-50% changes, i ahve lots of live plants and we where all happy. Then when i went to check on them the other day two of my snails (one tiger and one spotted) where lying upside down, as if they had lost grip of the glass. I picked them up and sorted them asap but unfortunately they left for snail heaven. Then when i woke up the next morning another one was upiside down and quickly followed the other two to snail heaven. I now only have two left which seem fine but seem to prefer being above the water level?
I did a water change to make sure there was no extra ammoniaor anything with having dead snails.
Does anyone have any idea what the cause for this could be? I dont want to lose my last two remaining snails.

Do u know what ur water hardness is? I have a terrible time keeping snails because my water is so soft. Not enough calcium to support then. Also, if the tank is new they may have been not getting enough to eat. Ive been through about 10 apple snails before i just gave up and realized maybe im just not suited for snails. This is speculation but something to look in to

 

[SophiebethK]

Water hardness? Fish store man never mentioned that. Ah, we have soft water here. How would I harden it or get more calcium into it?

 

[Ogre44]

If they prefer to be out of the water one of your parameters is most likely off.
I don't know what constitutes a "wee while" but are you sure your tank is fully cycled?
Do you know, or can you test, what your values for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate are?
What about your PH?