Nerite escape artist
- G S P Freak
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Figure Eight Puffers, Binks (29G)
Dwarf puffers, named "He-Puffer" (male) and She-puffer (female) (10g)
Non-puffer:
1 Red-eared slider, Tortuga (female)(100g)
1 rubber lip pleco - Location (country): USA, Indiana
Nerite escape artist
Ok, so I recently got a zebra nerite snail for my BW f8 tank, and it seems to spend all of its time at or above the waterlline. Recently I found it stuck on the bottom of the aquarium hood. Is this normal, if not what can I do to fix it? Is it a water quality issue?
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.
-John Ruskin-
"I have to laugh when people call fish-keeping a hobby, if anything, it's a science... and for some, an obsession." - Me
-John Ruskin-
"I have to laugh when people call fish-keeping a hobby, if anything, it's a science... and for some, an obsession." - Me
- Tim
- Fahaka Puffer
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Re: Nerite escape artist
Generally snails try to leave the aquarium if there is no food or if the water quality is very poor.G S P Freak wrote:Ok, so I recently got a zebra nerite snail for my BW f8 tank, and it seems to spend all of its time at or above the waterlline. Recently I found it stuck on the bottom of the aquarium hood. Is this normal, if not what can I do to fix it? Is it a water quality issue?
*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
- G S P Freak
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 421
- Joined: Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:58 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Figure Eight Puffers, Binks (29G)
Dwarf puffers, named "He-Puffer" (male) and She-puffer (female) (10g)
Non-puffer:
1 Red-eared slider, Tortuga (female)(100g)
1 rubber lip pleco - Location (country): USA, Indiana
Re: Nerite escape artist
Hm, well my water quality isn't poor, or my puffer would be sick, so it must be a food problem. I'll try throwing in a piece of leafy green/cucumber or something and see if that helps. I heard snails hate copper, but I use prime for tap and have used RO/DI water, so I doubt this is the problem. Maybe he's getting used to the BW, the lfs kept them in FW.Tim wrote:Generally snails try to leave the aquarium if there is no food or if the water quality is very poor.G S P Freak wrote:Ok, so I recently got a zebra nerite snail for my BW f8 tank, and it seems to spend all of its time at or above the waterlline. Recently I found it stuck on the bottom of the aquarium hood. Is this normal, if not what can I do to fix it? Is it a water quality issue?
No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.
-John Ruskin-
"I have to laugh when people call fish-keeping a hobby, if anything, it's a science... and for some, an obsession." - Me
-John Ruskin-
"I have to laugh when people call fish-keeping a hobby, if anything, it's a science... and for some, an obsession." - Me