epiphany Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hey, so while feeding my shrimps today I found my ramshorn snail shell laying empty on its side in the gravel. I've had the snail since october when it came as a hitchiker on one of my plants. The tank is a 10 gallon with cherry shrimp, orange shrimp and amano shrimp with celestial pearl danios and golden white cloud mountain minnows, penguin 100 filter and no heater. Moderately planted with the odd dose of flourish. Nothing has changed in this tank in months and it was crawling around my tank last night before I went to sleep. What might cause something like this? Here's a picture of the shell. http://i.imgur.com/Mtu4a.jpg Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 If it died, the shrimp will pick it clean in no time. They may have even 'helped' the process along a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzalcoatl Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 All living things come to an end It is impossible to cheat death :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 snail fairy came...sorta like the grim reaper for people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted March 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 If it died, the shrimp will pick it clean in no time. They may have even 'helped' the process along a bit. What's the life span of these guys? I would have assumed it would live longer than 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 "The natural lifespan of a ramshorn snail is anywhere from 1 to 2 years depending on living conditions. How do you know if your ramshorn snail is dead? Sometimes it can be hard to tell is your snails are just resting, sick, or have passed away. You can check to see if they are still with you by smelling them. If there is a foul odor coming out of their shell hen you will know they are deceased. You should do this regularly because any dead animal in a tank will start to make the tank toxic." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JORG Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 :cry: I also noticed some empty ramshorn shells this morning while feeding my fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 :cry: I also noticed some empty ramshorn shells this morning while feeding my fish. LOL me too, but then again, the tank in question has assassin snails & red claw macro shrimp both of which love to dine on ramshorn snails Tigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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