Mystery snail all died

[hickoryflat30188]

I'm strange I guess b/c I LOVE mystery snails! Since getting into this hobby approx. 1 year ago I've had 4-5 of them -all gotten from a very reputable Aquatic store. They have all died😞😖 my best & most beautiful one Finn & the newest one Phoebe I just had to bury this past week. Finn has always been with one betta in a planted heated, filtered 10g tank, Phoebe w/3 cory catfish in a 5g Fluval. Phoebe had several egg clutches none that ever hatched. I tried feeding all of them separately away from the fish, but they never seemed to eat. All water parameters have consistently been normal per API master water tester kit. I don't know about copper in their substrate or Flourish tabs. One tank has Flourite black substrate the other Spectrastone. The 5g tank is now completely stripped & I'm starting from scratch w/it. I want it to be my "snail" tank.
Can any of you think why my snails are dying? Pls. Help

[littlegoldsnail]

Is the tank cycled? What are the exact numbers the test kit is reading? We can’t really go by just fine or normal. Exact numbers are needed.

[littlegoldsnail]

Here is a an easy to understand article on the nitrogen cycle (which is very important to know when keeping aquatic species). www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm
In short, fish (and snails) produce waste (poop) which releases ammonia. In an aquarium the ammonia goes into the water column and can build up and make your water toxic very fast. The nitrogen cycle is growing a colony of good bacteria to eat ammonia so you don’t have to stress about doing a water change every day (in an uncycled tank you have to use prime and do daily large water changes to keep ammonia down). A clean tank is not just about physical dirty ness, it’s about water quality and your perimeter levels. I hope this helps!

[hickoryflat30188]

Sorry I have not been back to this forum in awhile. My aquarium hobby is FAILING MISERABLY! I lost my beautiful betta "Blue" --- I'm now DONE w/Betta fish, I re-homed my 3 adult Cory Catfish since they continuously had babies and after loosing all my snails I had decided to also give up on them. I, however had a moment of weakness & purchased 3 more at one of our very reputable Aquatic Store here in Atlanta. I got them on 10/30/19 & now the Nerite & one Mystery snail that are in a 10g heated, filtered, aerated, heavily planted tank are acting SICK! To answer your previous question the water parameters are per API Master water kit: ph 6.8-7.0/ ammonia 0/ Nitrate 10.ppm/ Nitrite 0. I've tried feeding them leafy green lettuce/algae wafers/green beans they eat NOTING. I have NO algae to speak of on the tank walls & now nothing else in the tank to feed so NO fish food

[littlegoldsnail]

Nerite snails prefer algae over vegtables so if they have enough to sustain themselves then they won’t eat anything else. I have three nerites I’ve have for the best part of a year and none of them have eaten anything I fed them because I keep the light on long so they have algae. I did once get the zebra to eat some boiled cabbage, but the others didn’t eat any. Don’t worry about it, just leave the light on as long as you can to provide algae.

[littlegoldsnail]

If the are acting sick then I would do daily water changes till you know what’s wrong. If there any chorine or chloramine in the tap water, any copper? If you have large amounts of chloramines or copper then they could get sick and have a shortened life span. Your perimeters look good. What kind of conditioner do you use?

[littlegoldsnail]

Btw, mystery snails can lay infertile eggs, so if you have a line snails it’s not a big surprise if the don’t hatch.