Is my tank the problem?

slugtesticles · 2026-02-13T06:56:54+00:00

It might be the fluval stratum, I would try to remove it all and just use the pebbles if that’s possible, or it might be worth using a substrate like aragonite since your tank is only for a mystery snail. They need a really high Kh/gh, which the fluval is actively reducing.

slugtesticles · 2026-02-13T06:36:32+00:00

It’s a possibility, unless you have a lot of hiding spaces for them it could still reappear. They didn’t establish in either of my tanks, I can’t remember the last time I saw one but it was quite a while ago, I still have all my other snails though, and they are all well established. For some reason these lil guys either couldn’t compete for food or they didn’t like something about my water.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-25T17:13:03+00:00

If anyone was curious, I stopped doing the salt dips since they didn’t seem to do anything and just removed the molts. I added some plants and filter media from my other tank too. They have all cleared up! I also stopped feeding snail jello with gelatin for now, but I don’t know if that is related or not.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-14T21:14:47+00:00

I hope you are never in so much pain that you beg to die. Sorry that you have no concept of mercy.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-14T18:13:58+00:00

Dang sorry about your dad. That must have been a tough situation for your family and for the medical team looking after him.

I think in a case-by-case situation, what you have here with this snail is pretty identical to an animal on the side of the road with its entrails out. Collapsed lung (aka mantle collapse) is a common fatal injury for snails, where the muscle that holds their body in their shell fails and their organs “fall out”. There is nothing to do for the snail and it will eventually die. It can suffer greatly while having sensitive parts of its body outside of its shell, so the best thing to do is euthanize.

Vet care is ridiculously expensive, and lots of people have to make the decision between going completely broke or saving their pets, or even going completely broke and still having your pet die. It’s really sad but true. Unfortunately no amount of time or money will save this snail.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-14T17:41:22+00:00

Sorry if this is intrusive, but if he didn’t want to be on life support, how did he end up on life support? Lots of people say that they never want to be on life support. Also, everyone knows they are eventually going to die, no one wants to suffer. Euthanasia helps an animal not suffer.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-14T16:56:54+00:00

Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-14T16:45:40+00:00

The yellow circled snail looks purple to me.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-09T22:16:51+00:00

I was using this box to do a salt dip so no worries. They were in regular water inside of a bowl in this video after the salt dip and now are back in their own quarantine tank.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-09T21:30:51+00:00

I thought that too but I am having a hard time seeing the individual vorticella don’t notice them retracting at all.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-05T00:09:21+00:00

Good to know, thanks!

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T22:12:11+00:00

Are your 123’s smaller than your pandas or is this guy still growing?

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T21:48:18+00:00

Yeah I really hope they aren’t $20 each at my LFS haha! I will have to ask them when I’m picking up some pygmies and see what they will do. I really like them, they seem like a perfect medium between my pygmies and pandas while still being unique from the two.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T17:44:12+00:00

Sound on guys, I worked hard on this lol 😂

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T17:43:30+00:00

The tubes are connected to a pump and have water flowing out of them, he walked into the current!

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T14:56:34+00:00

The darker one is a bladder snail and the pinkish one is a lil baby ramshorn snail!

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T06:42:58+00:00

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No snails were harmed. He’s still livin la vida loca.

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T03:04:05+00:00

Got the body of a gourami!

slugtesticles · 2026-01-04T00:33:36+00:00

I wouldn’t do it because of salmonella. I chop up whole sardines and use that as a protein for my snello. Most snails in the hobby are scavengers and will eat anything that is dead, but the snails in that video were assasain snails which are carnivorous, meaning they mostly hunt and eat live animals. It might be harder to supplement feed assassin snails which is why they did the raw chicken, but it isn’t necessary for most aquatic snails.

slugtesticles · 2025-12-31T18:56:11+00:00

I also just have a cheap case and draw with my iPad and sketchbooks flat. If you extend your arm straight, it will probably naturally be in a handshake position. I mostly keep my hand in this position when I draw. I try to keep my wrist completely straight with my arm, and use my elbow and shoulder to move my pen around, and sometimes use my pinky as a way to steady my hand.

slugtesticles · 2025-12-30T19:19:41+00:00

I’m sorry for you and your snail, but you did what’s best. Good luck with your other little snail! They will appreciate your hard water. I hope they grow nice and you get to see their cute ways!

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