Blue Mystery Snail In Trouble?

[JoeGuzzo]

i bought a blue mystery snail maybe about a week a week and a half ago. i bought him rather large and grown already.

when i first introduced him into my tank he was doing just fine he was all over the place, ive never seen a snail move as fast as he was. however recently he never really moves except for when i dont see him.

he will be in one spot and stay there for as long as im watching (he stays in his shell mind you) then if i dont watch him for a couple of hours or even sometimes a couple of minutes hes on the complete opposite side of the tank doing the same thing, sitting there in his shell motionless.

i swear i think he just teleports across the tank because i have not seen him move the past few days he is always just in a different spot.

he also will be on the glass towards the top right below the water level and stay there for a while (or until he decides to teleport somewhere else)

anyway im not sure if i should be concerned with this behavior and if i should would somebody please tell me why.

any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[MisssMarie]

Mine go like that sometime, so long as he moves occasionally, no worries!

 

[JoeGuzzo]

alright thanks i just wanted to make sure

but i do have another question.

onviously snails and fish are completely different but i was just wondering, you know how fish generally you buy in a pair so theyre not lonely..do snails get lonely if theyre the only snail in the tank, do they need another snail pal?

 

[MisssMarie]

Honestly? It's up to you. I have my two together, because I had been planning on seperating them, but then I ended up feeling bad about it, so, they got to stay together. I've also had ones on their own and they do fine as well. I just like having two - and i have a male/female, so, they give me babies to trade to the pet store for fish food

 

[JoeGuzzo]

oh thats a good idea except i have absolutely no idea how to sex a snail lol

and im switching from gravel to sand shortly in about a week and i was wondering how to snails do on sand does it even make a difference to them?

 

[MisssMarie]

Haha, i just switched them to my sand tank, and they seem to be doing just fine! And i didn't know how to sex them either! You've got like a 1 in 4 chance of getting a male and a female though, so not too bad odds if ya think about it!

 

[JoeGuzzo]

yea except with my luck ill have to buy like 12 snails before i finally get a male and female pair

and i assume they stay on the decorations and the glass a lot more due to the sand though?

 

[MisssMarie]

Actually, I see mine spending a lot more time on the floor now. With the gravel they were constantly up on the grass but now they're perfectly happy on the bottom of the tank

 

[JoeGuzzo]

that actually suprises me but i guess ill see what my snail does in a few days from now hopefully

thanks for your comments!

 

[MisssMarie]

More than welcome lol!