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Hi!
Iām hoping someone can help as weāre relatively new to aquarium keeping (9+months or so). We currently have 2 mystery snails. The larger brown one is about 1 1/2ā long and looks bigger every day. The smaller blue one is about 1/2ā long and seems to be growing at a much smaller rate, although has definitely grown since July when we got it. The last couple weeks, the blue one has been really sluggish and not really moving. Iāve checked him daily to make sure heās not dead and have occasionally put him in a smaller dish to watch. Lately, if placed in the smaller dish, heāll poke his head out, but not really move too much. Today when I checked on him, it almost looked like there was white cotton batting stuffed in his shell. He let me scrape a little bit away from the edge of his shell near his head, but it seemed really thick and sticky. Water parameters are all within normal limits. The shell looks healthy otherwise (no pitting or cracks). There is a cuttlefish bone in the tank, but the water is naturally hard as well. The other snail and fishes are all fine. Just this poor thing. I canāt seem to find any answers on what is wrong and how I help/treat him. Any ideas or help would be appreciated! TIA!
Iām hoping someone can help as weāre relatively new to aquarium keeping (9+months or so). We currently have 2 mystery snails. The larger brown one is about 1 1/2ā long and looks bigger every day. The smaller blue one is about 1/2ā long and seems to be growing at a much smaller rate, although has definitely grown since July when we got it. The last couple weeks, the blue one has been really sluggish and not really moving. Iāve checked him daily to make sure heās not dead and have occasionally put him in a smaller dish to watch. Lately, if placed in the smaller dish, heāll poke his head out, but not really move too much. Today when I checked on him, it almost looked like there was white cotton batting stuffed in his shell. He let me scrape a little bit away from the edge of his shell near his head, but it seemed really thick and sticky. Water parameters are all within normal limits. The shell looks healthy otherwise (no pitting or cracks). There is a cuttlefish bone in the tank, but the water is naturally hard as well. The other snail and fishes are all fine. Just this poor thing. I canāt seem to find any answers on what is wrong and how I help/treat him. Any ideas or help would be appreciated! TIA!