On Wednesday I introduced 15 king Koopa nerite snails to my 200 ltr jungle scape, to be the backbone of my clean up crew. I can’t use shrimp as I think they will be eaten by the Odessa Barbs and Pearl Gourami I have in the tank. I acclimated the snails very slowly using the drip method for about 5-6 hours, they all seemed to be moving so I introduced them to the aquarium. Since then 11 have not moved, 1 has definitely died as I sniffed each of them. 3 have disappeared in to the dense growth and 1 is on the glass but not moving.
I am concerned that they are dying. I checked my water parameters this morning using NTLabs testing kit:
Ammonia 0.2 (turned to yellow 0 reading after 15 minutes)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
PH 6
KH 3
GH 6
TDS 156
I was surprised by a reading of 0.2 for NH3, but I think this is probably due to 1 dead snail (possibly more), I have just changed some of my filter media which might impact slightly, and the water is due a weekly change tomorrow.
I tested with Prime and now it is reading 0.
Just to say I have healthy fish and plants and a bit of algae which is not a major problem on a mature established tank.
All advice welcome.
Tom
I am concerned that they are dying. I checked my water parameters this morning using NTLabs testing kit:
Ammonia 0.2 (turned to yellow 0 reading after 15 minutes)
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
PH 6
KH 3
GH 6
TDS 156
I was surprised by a reading of 0.2 for NH3, but I think this is probably due to 1 dead snail (possibly more), I have just changed some of my filter media which might impact slightly, and the water is due a weekly change tomorrow.
I tested with Prime and now it is reading 0.
Just to say I have healthy fish and plants and a bit of algae which is not a major problem on a mature established tank.
All advice welcome.
Tom