foxgirl158
Fishaholic
So before you guys get really steamed about this, just know that I feel absolutely terrible about what happened and I take full responsibility.
I think I killed my nerite.
I put a sick fish into my 10 gallon quarantine/hospital tank, and the fish ended up dying. This was my favorite fish. There were a lot of other things going on in my life at that point, and I was too emotionally and physically exhausted to take her out right away.
Thing is, I forgot my nerite was in there. If I had remembered, I would have made time to take her out as soon as she died, but she was in the tank for probably a week after she died. (Please donāt yell at me, I feel bad enough.)
I went to take her out on Friday right before we left for a weekend trip, and I remembered the snail when I saw him on the side of the tank.
I quickly took him out and put him in a 1/2 gallon tank that I had with a little of his water and the rest of the water from my main tank (they were pretty close in parameters, at least it was before the fish died.) I put duckweed in to help filter out whatever ammonia he would produce over the weekend and told my grandma to keep an eye on him. Come Thursday (today) and he still hasnāt moved.
How do I tell if heās dead? Is it normal for nerites to stay still for this long? Iām planning on doing an 80% water change and cleaning the gravel and decorations in the 10g as soon as I can, would it help if I put him back in once Iām done?
I feel so terrible that my actions might have caused a creatures death. Iāve bashed myself enough that you donāt have to. Iām asking how to tell if my snail is dead, and if heās not, how do I help him. Thanks.
I think I killed my nerite.
I put a sick fish into my 10 gallon quarantine/hospital tank, and the fish ended up dying. This was my favorite fish. There were a lot of other things going on in my life at that point, and I was too emotionally and physically exhausted to take her out right away.
Thing is, I forgot my nerite was in there. If I had remembered, I would have made time to take her out as soon as she died, but she was in the tank for probably a week after she died. (Please donāt yell at me, I feel bad enough.)
I went to take her out on Friday right before we left for a weekend trip, and I remembered the snail when I saw him on the side of the tank.
I quickly took him out and put him in a 1/2 gallon tank that I had with a little of his water and the rest of the water from my main tank (they were pretty close in parameters, at least it was before the fish died.) I put duckweed in to help filter out whatever ammonia he would produce over the weekend and told my grandma to keep an eye on him. Come Thursday (today) and he still hasnāt moved.
How do I tell if heās dead? Is it normal for nerites to stay still for this long? Iām planning on doing an 80% water change and cleaning the gravel and decorations in the 10g as soon as I can, would it help if I put him back in once Iām done?
I feel so terrible that my actions might have caused a creatures death. Iāve bashed myself enough that you donāt have to. Iām asking how to tell if my snail is dead, and if heās not, how do I help him. Thanks.