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 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:49 pm
my friend's apple snail is ditermined to kill itself. it always crawls out of the tank andoff of her dresser then across her floor until he dries up, she finds him, and puts him back in the tank. he is the only apple snail either of us have/ever had that does this.
what are some reasons he could be doing this? im startign to wonder if her giant betta is saying mean things about him or something
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:49 am
sometimes animals leave tanks when the conditions are poor for living....they think they can find a better place to live
i know some saltwater snails are tidal meaning they come out of the water on low tide to look for food...i dont know how apple snails are though >_<
poor betta XD getting blamed
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:04 am
lol, well they are the only 2 animals in the tank.
she takes care of her tank pretty well. it is the only tank she does partial water changes with though. but her betta is doing fine and is at a huge size and never acts sick or anything
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:21 am
Wikipedia: The Ampullariidae (Apple Snail ) are unusual because they have both gills and lungs, the mantle cavity being divided to separate the two types of respiratory structures
Perhaps, like Lizzy said he was searching for new waters? Not enough food, high nitrites.... or maybe just a lot of personality? ^____^
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:23 pm
I had one particular apple snail that used to do that too. They have an operculum, that flat disc they can close themselves into their shell with. It keeps them from drying out too quickly, and if you get them back into the water they will probably be OK. But I don't know why they do it. I have one now that keeps trying get its soft bits stuck in the filter intake. I hate to say it, but I think, ...well snails aren't known for being BRIGHT razz
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:37 am
Generally with things like snails and crayfish you're supposed to make sure there are no openings at all in the tank. This means going to far as to tape up the spaces between the hood and filter etc. Sometimes they just leave because they're curious. Also, I think apple snails lay their eggs above the water line? I'll check when I'm less tired.
I made my own makeshift hood on my snail tank out of cardboard and duct tape wth only a small cut out for the top of the filter. So far so good, no snail escapees.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:40 am
-Vanilla- eXe Generally with things like snails and crayfish you're supposed to make sure there are no openings at all in the tank. This means going to far as to tape up the spaces between the hood and filter etc. Sometimes they just leave because they're curious. Also, I think apple snails lay their eggs above the water line? I'll check when I'm less tired.
I made my own makeshift hood on my snail tank out of cardboard and duct tape wth only a small cut out for the top of the filter. So far so good, no snail escapees. You are absolutely right, apple snails lay their eggs above the waterline.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:47 am
Yay! I think I remembered that because of a picture on another website of the eggsack and how neat it looked.
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:25 pm
hers is the only snail ive ever seen who goea out of the tank. all my tanks are uncovored and i have 3 right now but i have had some more in the past, and she has quite a few as well
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:09 am
Well, tell her to make or buy a cover for whatever tank that particular snail is in, that way she won't have a dead snail on her hands.
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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:44 pm
i will
but on the bright side he has stopped trying to get out. she didnt change anything so this may have just been a weird snail
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:00 am
Has she done a water change since? Like someone else suggested, maybe there were just bad water conditions and the snail was trying to get the hell outta there, lol.
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:34 pm
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 5:25 pm
Oh my! Good luck. I suppose the snail keeps you on your toes? ^_^;
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:54 am
I had a snail that did the same thing and it took me a while, but I have figured out why a snail will do this. There are a few reasons, most hit by other people already.
1. The snail may crawl out of the tank if it does not enjoy the conditions, usually this is due to a lack of food, not 'dirty water.'
Solution: Keep you snail well fed, don't allow 'escape routes,' they usually can't climb over the usual lip around the aquarium, but mine would escape by climbing into my filter an nocking the lid off, so I tapped the lid down.
2. Your snail wants to give birth (lay an egg sack). Snails can hold sperm for easily 3 months and unless you provide the right conditions, will not give birth, but try to find a place to.
Solution: You will need to keep about 1.5-2 inches of space from the top of your tank and the water so they have space above water to lay their eggs. Try this for at least 1 week, sometimes they just want the space up top for no reason we know.
It is sort of funny when the snails crawl out... once my snail woke me up because of the loud sound it made when it fell out of my tank onto my desk, lol. In general, food is their first concern, and then having space above the waterline is their next concern.
Have fun!
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