question about stomatella snails

[JonnyJ]

everyday i wake up and check out the tank...about 3x a week for the past month i always notice that one of my stomatellas are on their back kinda curled up dead. Then i move them and they start trying to right side up themselves. is this normal for them to do this every couple of days? is someone picking on them [sixline maybe] and then when they fall they cannot right side. should i get rid of them before one of them dies and goes unnoticed and fouls the tank [solana 34gal]?

 

[REEF ADDICT]

could be the wrasse ...

 

[JonnyJ]

its the only thing i could think of, the wrasse is always on the hunt. he has completely diminished my pod population lol.

 

[REEF ADDICT]

my wrasse use to grab the snails and crack the shell open on a rock .... slamajamma can voutch for that he gave me the fish .... when i 1st saw that i was like this fish is a bad ass....

 

[anthony27]

jonny def 100% the wrass, I have the 6 line and that fish is the best killer in the tank. Efficent to the point. I have no more snails in the tank cause of this fish. So yes it is def the wrass

 

[crxin]

thats weird cause I have tons of snails and the sixline doesnt bother any of them.

 

[topmav1]

Its not weird. Its just like everything else in this insane hobby. Always another side...or another guy thats used tap water with no problems or that used Red Slime and didn't have any coral loss.

 

[anthony27]

my six line kills the prymid snails I have and the stolm. snails. Now I am moving all the little stomi snails over to my little tank I have. I feel bad for them but the 6 line is not going any where.

 

[KathyC]

Just how big are your stomatells that you'd worry thed die and foul the tank?
I doubt that would be an issue.
Do you have any gobies in the tank, they also like to pick up snails and move them, tho many don't eat them,they just move them...lol