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My apple snail whom ive had for a week was doing fine, but know is not leaving his shell or moving!!!How do i tell if he/she is still alive? how can i get he/she to move/walk around??


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Sometimes they will hide in their shell because your water is bad or because something in the tank is picking on them. Aside from the usual tests for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate make sure your ph is above 7 or it can be too acidic for them to make their shells. If you know those reasons aren't the problem then have you been feeding the snail? Applesnails can't live on algae and fish poo. They do best if fed sinking fish, invert, or even frog foods at least a couple times a week. Try dropping some sinking pellets or algae wafers nearby and see if he goes after those. They also like most vegetables and I fed mine on alot of lettuce, kale, cucumber, and mangos. Sometimes snails will just sit half open or fully closed when sleeping but they should move within the next day. If the snail doesn't come out for food after 12-24hours pick it up out of the tank and see if it smells. Dead snails smell absolutely horrible within a few hours. If you get any of it on your hands you'll be washing them 10 times to try to get the smell out.

Okey-Doke, so i know i need to buy some wafers, the p*ts*art people done know there stuff, ha i know more then the manager there, i had to give him help... ill buy some tommorow, hikari is good right?

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It is important to remember that during this time of year Apple snails are inclined to hybernate as well.

try observing your snail during night time with the light off.
I olso make a speacial feeding after the lights are out for both my pleco and my apple snail of algae waffers.
lots of info here
http://www.applesnail.net/

I would of thought that the apple snail would only hibernate when the temperature dropped to a point where it was better for the snail to sleep, as it wouldn't have the energy to generate enough body heat to keep it going AND dop it's day-to-day activities...

Ok, i'll shut up now.

Do you have a heater?

you can also feed zucchini, but make sure you don't feed too much or you will cloud the water

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oooh dead snails reeeeeek. Don't take it out with your hand if it has gone to join the choir invisible. Scoop out with... anything! Anything other than your paw.

That said. I hope it is just 'sleeping'. Try and lure with some zucchini or lettuce on a rock like mooondawg said.

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Sometimes if you bring a net up close to it they will go into thier shell as far as they can. Also, you could watch it for a day or so. If its alive it will move.

Inky