Somethin's eatin' ma' snails!

copper maybe

 

are you sure you don't have a mantis hiding in there someplace? Do you hear clicking or tapping coming from the tank at times?

 

Wouldn't copper in the water hurt my fish & cleaner shrimp too though? I do use tap. I have been meaning to test for copper, but haven't gotten to Lowe's. I haven't used any copper treatments & actually haven't needed to use treatments at all for that matter.

 

Not sure on the mantis. That would be neat. I haven't gotten any LR in a few months, but I guess a hitch hiker is always a possibility. If I fond one I can put it in my QT & trade it in at my LFS, or get store credit. lol I kinda hope I have one.

 

Maybe switch. I don't buy inverts from a couple of stores for just that reason. I have snails that are 8 years old... so it's not my tank. It's their source or their acclimation.

 

my money is on the cleaner shrimp. "cleaner" shrimp love to eat snails. peps are bad, scarlet/skunks are worse, coral banded aren't as bad despite their mean temper to any other shrimp.

 

he does now....;D

IMO it is the hermits. If you dont feed them they will eat the snails. Any snails that hit the sand were written off in my book.

 

hermit crabs will kill snails for their shell. cleaner shrimp will eat hermit crabs...why because they taste good i guess?

 

I have plenty of shells in the tank.

 

I'm confused. You kind of contradicted yourself there.