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Post by pyropyrope on May 7, 2021 0:38:14 GMT
I just went to check up on my snails after I had to leave them for a few days and realized there were fruit flies around some veggies I had accidentally left in the tank. Went through to find one of my littlest snails buried deep in the substrate, dead, and full of worms! imgur.com/gallery/qsMWtkj What are they and what should I do? Update: did some research but I’m still not sure what those worms were. I was using a coconut coir substrate covered in store bought moss. I removed everything, washed the tank with soap and rinsed throughly, and placed the remaining snails in the clean empty tank with a fresh piece of moss to maintain some moisture, fresh cuttlebone, and some baby carrots to snack on. imgur.com/gallery/vFdhWGx any other suggestions?
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snaileyhammy
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Hi I am Hammy! I adore snails and slugs.
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Post by snaileyhammy on May 8, 2021 1:27:25 GMT
Hello! I’m very sorry to hear this! I’m unsure on what those worms could be, the picture is not great so I can’t really tell. Try adding some substrate back to your tank and put some fruit fly traps out for the fruit flies (if they are still a problem)
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Post by morningcoffee on May 8, 2021 10:55:14 GMT
I just went to check up on my snails after I had to leave them for a few days and realized there were fruit flies around some veggies I had accidentally left in the tank. Went through to find one of my littlest snails buried deep in the substrate, dead, and full of worms! imgur.com/gallery/qsMWtkj What are they and what should I do? Update: did some research but I’m still not sure what those worms were. I was using a coconut coir substrate covered in store bought moss. I removed everything, washed the tank with soap and rinsed throughly, and placed the remaining snails in the clean empty tank with a fresh piece of moss to maintain some moisture, fresh cuttlebone, and some baby carrots to snack on. imgur.com/gallery/vFdhWGx any other suggestions? If they were attracted to rotting vegetables they're almost certainly fungus gnats and not fruit flies. I can't really see the worms in your pic unfortunately but they could be fungus gnat larvae, it's possible the snail died from something unrelated and the larvae are just eating the body as it decomposes rather than being the cause of death.
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Worms???
May 9, 2021 4:18:11 GMT
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Post by pyropyrope on May 9, 2021 4:18:11 GMT
I just went to check up on my snails after I had to leave them for a few days and realized there were fruit flies around some veggies I had accidentally left in the tank. Went through to find one of my littlest snails buried deep in the substrate, dead, and full of worms! imgur.com/gallery/qsMWtkj What are they and what should I do? Update: did some research but I’m still not sure what those worms were. I was using a coconut coir substrate covered in store bought moss. I removed everything, washed the tank with soap and rinsed throughly, and placed the remaining snails in the clean empty tank with a fresh piece of moss to maintain some moisture, fresh cuttlebone, and some baby carrots to snack on. imgur.com/gallery/vFdhWGx any other suggestions? If they were attracted to rotting vegetables they're almost certainly fungus gnats and not fruit flies. I can't really see the worms in your pic unfortunately but they could be fungus gnat larvae, it's possible the snail died from something unrelated and the larvae are just eating the body as it decomposes rather than being the cause of death. Yeah I have had no more issues since the incident I’m just worried bc I had a random disappearance of a snail a few months back and I’m worried they might be related but if they are just larve then tossing everything from the tank should have fixed the problem and I’ll get new substrate next time I go out
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