Snail acclimation???

[Mikeman]

Well, I'm bringing back 2 more fish and getting some store credit, I'm thinking about buying some more snails, but how should I acclimate them, I've heard that your supposed to drip acclimate them, well how do you do that? I did hear a couple of days ago that somebody would leave the snails on the glass, at the way top of the tank, should they be in the water or not? thanks all

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Mikeman

Heros are like muffins when things get hot, they rise to the top.

[coralman]

Start a siphon in a airline tube with a air control valve with a drip of 3-9 drops a second into a 5 gal bucket. you may want to dump out the bucket 1 or 2 times to get the chemical levels closer to eachother.

[orion25]

I acclimated mine the same way I acclimate fish. First float the bag for 15 to 30 min. Add tank water at the rate of a shot glass (1.5 oz) every 5 min to the bag until it's volume is about double the origional. Then pour half of the water in the bag down the drain. Repeat the water addition process. Then transfer the snails to the tank and discard the water in the bag.

Of course this is just the method I used and there are most likely better methods out there. [img]/ubb/spineyes.gif[/img]

[Evets]

After reading some of Ron Shimek's articles/posts, as well as Rob Toonen's, I switched to a two hour acclimation for snails and starfish. I also convinced my LFS to do the same, and the mortality rates for these creatures decreased significantly. The adjustment is typically harder for snails and starfish than it is for many fish and corals. Knowing the LFS water paramenters so that you can compare them to your own obviously helps determine an appropriate acclimation period as well.
-Steve

[Ninong]

Originally posted by orion25:

Of course this is just the method I used and there are most likely better methods out there. [img]/ubb/spineyes.gif[/img]

Well, this is the part of your post that I agree with. [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

Here is some suggested reading for ya: http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...wb/default.asp

Ninong [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]



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[chromis]

I read in a post a few days ago about ravenmore's method of putting the snails at the water line where they can adjust their salinity there. Seems to work well.
Andrew

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[Mikeman]

the hour power outage put a end to my plan, maybe next weekend? [img]/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Mikeman

Heros are like muffins when things get hot, they rise to the top.

[orion25]

Thanks for the link. This was something I had never heard about. Are there any other creatures that are extremely sensitive to salinity changes?

Ryan

[Ninong]

Sure! Sea stars are extremely sensitive to changes in salinity. That's because they have water vascular systems.

Ninong [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]

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