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05-26-2006, 08:55 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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  |  How do Turbo Snails die?
I recently bought 4 turbo snails along with several other clean up crew members. I have noticed 2 of my turbos on their "backs" in the sand, and the little plate or whatever that is when they close up is pretty deep in their shells. I righted one and it seemed to start moving around, but now it is back on its...back. Is this what they do when they die? They aren't even trying to get back up like they were a day or so ago......I honestly haven't tried setting them back up again, because I'm not sure what's at work here. Any thoughts or experiences would be helpful. Thanks! _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, 2 Rose BTAs  | 
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05-26-2006, 09:31 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ohio Age: 27
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I have 3 mexican turbos in my tank. I have noticed that sometimes they will just fall off the glass or off a rock into an area where they cant get ahold of anything to right themselves. I just flip them over and sometimes the come right out and scurry off. Most of the time they are stressed and will chill in their shell for a while. If yours are new they may not be used to the environment and are scared after you flip them. | |
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05-27-2006, 06:31 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NC Age: 24
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bubbles in there shells maybe? ive heard it can happen if you take them out of the water...not sure maybe try rotating them under the water and see what happens
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24gal nano, xenia, green plate, orange zoos, orange spot gobie, 4 turbos, 4 scarlets
New tank 150 gal show tank, hippo tang, yellow tang, snowflake eel, 2 clarks, cardnial, toby puffer, dwarf loin, anemone, starry blenny, 4 blue chromis....im sure i left someone out.... | |
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05-27-2006, 08:27 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Age: 25
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Brandon, I read that some turbo's don't do well with warmer water. Sometimes mine will not move for a few hours, if they don't move for a few days I would assume they are done. I loose about 1 out of 5 but the ones that make it are doing great. | |
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05-27-2006, 10:49 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Turbos need to be affixed to either live rock or the glass of your tank in order to survive. They can't navigate on the sand like a Nassirus snail can. Also alot of times they die due to lack of food. Also, water parameters need to be consistent and in fairly good order or they will parish. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Cerianthid Stars Hermits snails Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria Kenyon Tree Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa)
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05-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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When they start falling off the glass and rocks and turning upside down, they are losing energy. Culprit... lack of food or water params are stressing it. Yep, if they start to turn upside down a lot and the little plate sinks deep, take them out before they die and rot.
Be sure to acclimate them when you bring them in, they do get shocked too y ou know.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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05-27-2006, 09:40 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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As bad as an anemone!!
Man I took out the two that haven't moved in days and they smelled BAD! Almost worse then a dead anemone!!  Well I'm not sure what happened to those 2, the other 2 seem to be steaming along with no problems......I tested my water and the nitrates are a little higher than normal, like 10. Usually they are undetectable, but that's probably because of the rotting turbos in the water for a couple days......... Everything else seems fine, especially all my corals. Which usually are an indicator of bad water in my experience. I did a change a little more than a week ago. In my battle with red slime, I have cut back feeding a LOT. Like every other day for the fish, once every 1 1/2 weeks with the micro-vert, and once or twice every 1-1 1/2 weeks for the sun coral.  ......................oh well, guess its just one of those things. | |
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05-28-2006, 03:44 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin Age: 24
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Originally Posted by coral reefer Turbos need to be affixed to either live rock or the glass of your tank in order to survive. They can't navigate on the sand like a Nassirus snail can. | My turbos take strolls through the sand quite often, to get from the rocks to the glass. They do quite well.
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75 G Display, 12 G Refuge, 12 G sump, 1/10 Chiller, Coralife Skimmer, 300 Watts MH 14,000 K, 356 Watts of Actinic PC Lighting, 120 Pounds of Substrate, 109 lbs of Rock.
Corals: Pumping Xenia, colt, Hammer, 4 misc mushroom groups.
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clowns, Yellow Tang.
Inverts: turbo snails, astrea snails, tiger striped serpent star, sifting star, skunk cleaner shrimp, sally, red ball sponge, 50 or so hermit crabs | |
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05-28-2006, 11:02 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
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I have a turbo that will only move at night (the other two move all day and all night. You may have a nocturnal snail. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, 3 Green Chromis damsels, Macrodactyla dorensis anemone, 1 giant Bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral Shrimp.
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05-29-2006, 05:18 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2005
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My turbos scoot along the sand bed sometimes too...
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37 gallon: coral beauty angel, clarki clownfish, yellow tail damsel, velvet damsel, fiji damsel, scooter blenny, camel shrimp, gold coral banded shrimp, serpent star, sand sifting star, long tentacle anemone, flower tree coral, red shrooms, purple shrooms, super bright neon green xenia like thing.
10 gallon: 2x three stripe damsels, skunk cleaner shrimp, horseshoe crab, large feather duster, tube anemone, and fiji xenia. | |
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