Cause of dead

[Miranda]

Last night humbug died . When i checked his radula was right out his eyes and body was out but he wasnt reacting to anything and he was cold and stiff, is there any reaosn why this happens? Have i not looked after them properly at one end there tank is 18c and at the other end it is 22c They always have cuttlefish food and a shallow water dish to soak in, pumpkin is fine, so why did it happen?

Renamed - CroSSLeSS

[alexc1981]

Sorry to hear that. I don't think anyone knows for sure why this sometimes happens. Some sort of chemical or pesticide on the food perhaps or maybe just old age.

[Miranda]

I always rinse anything that goes into their tank †hough.

[mary]

Sorry about the bad news. A feeling of impotence when this things happen.
If it was not old (how long an Acantina snail can live?? ), probably the vegetables. What I do it is giving the internal leaves from letuces to avoid any posibility of poison.

Other thing it could be microorganisms in the aquarium. They could make your snail ill.

2 years ago, mines died during winter. It was like they were going to hibernate but never woke up again. I did not know why, well they were snails that someone gave me because they were not very healthy (children pets at school), so I dont know if finally they died of the accumulative effects. But 1 survived and some eggs gave me a baby :-). Today I have 4 (+ 2 babies), althought always I am taking eggs into the fridge, sometimes there is a little one that is born. If you want other ones I could give you the 2 little babies.