My snails have fallen and they can't get up

[Jimm0425]

This morning I look in my DT and all the snails that are usually on the LR that I can see are on their backs and not trying to right themselves. They aren't dead. Lights were still off and I leave the two power heads off at night just relying on the recirc pump. any ideas

 

[PeterD]

Can you get in at all and flip them over. Some snails have this probleam I thought evolution would take care of that.

 

[Jimm0425]

I did that and they're moving back to the rocks. But I have had this tank for more than a year and on this particular day I have to right so many of them when I rarely have done so in the past. It seemed too coincidental

 

[guarda]

Birds dropping, fish dying, snails tipping. Seems too coincidental to me lol. There MUST be a correlation of some sort...

 

[Jimm0425]

Some snails have this probleam I thought evolution would take care of that.

Evolution is a funy thing, there seem to be an awful lot of humans out there who should never have survived natural selection too

 

[JonnyJ]

Evolution is a funy thing, there seem to be an awful lot of humans out there who should never have survived natural selection too

Funny post

 

[e.muehlbauer]

Do you have any crabs in your tank that could be knocking them over?

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Do you have Clown fish? They sometimes knock my snails off the rock in my tank.

 

[jjersey85]

mine used to do that too and i used to flip em over and replace the ones that didnt make it, then after i noticed they were reproducing i stopped... i still lose some that my hermits and shrimp clean up but they are quickly replaced by the baby snails. hopefully you have as much luck and your dummies dont reproduce

 

[CheckSix187]

This thread as a whole is fantastic

 

[LongIslandAndy]

Are you dosing vodka...JK

 

[Jimm0425]

no I'm not so they aren't s-faced (figured I catch that one before someone else does).
Actually parameters are in good shape pH8.1, Alk 10.2 Cal 450 Mg 1300 Nitrate 2.0 Trite and Ammonia 0 phos on salifert read 0.03 without I'm running GFO in a canister with a bag of GAC in the sump Everything else looks to be doing well

 

[smoq]

Astrea snails can't get up. I read that evolution didn't took care about that because in their natural environment there are no rocks to fall off. I have to quite agree, I've seen them hanging on turtle grass where there were no rocks, but they can still fall down on the sand. My blenny don't give mine time to think when they fall near his cave