Keeping CUC alive during QT (1 Viewer)

[malira]

I am QTing my CUC. How do I keep them alive for 5 weeks? Most of them are just hanging out on the bottom of the 10g tank not really moving much. The most Nerites have moved to the top, the nassarius are cruising all over the tank.
But the ceriths are my issue. I have dwarf and florida. Some of the dwarf are hanging on the glass and the shells of the other snails but most are on the tank bottom. Most of the Florida haven't moved at all in a week. (they went in 7 days ago)

The bulk of the snails went in 2 weeks ago. But the initial die-off of the florida cerith from shipping stress and a about 1/3 of the nerites. They arrived dead or dying.

I change the water almost daily because of the die-off. My concern is keeping what has survived shipping alive long enough to go into the DT.

What do you feed them? How do you care for them?

 

[dragon99]

Some nori would probably work. Do you have some hair or other macro algae in your DT you could pull out and add to the QT?

Tagging along to see some other opinions.

 

[malira]

I'm feeding nori, and flake. Also a little mysis and reef frenzy. I also feed I also have 4 peppermint shrimp and a foxface in there.

 

[steveb]

Nori is what I have see recommended.. nassarius should eat about anything meaty..

if you happen to have a small rock with some algae on it in another tank, you might sacrifice it, put it in the QT tank and start dosing some KNO3 (potassium nitrate) and NaPO4 (sodium phosphate), put a red/yellow spectrum bulb on the rock and see if the algae takes off...

 

[malira]

Nori is what I have see recommended.. nassarius should eat about anything meaty..if you happen to have a small rock with some algae on it in another tank, you might sacrifice it, put it in the QT tank and start dosing some KNO3 (potassium nitrate) and NaPO4 (sodium phosphate), put a red/yellow spectrum bulb on the rock and see if the algae takes off...

Good idea. I have a rock in there and a 50/50 fluorescent bulb. But I do have rocks in my DT sump that I want out of the sump. I will try the dosing also.

 

[Mark L.]

Steve nailed it. Also don't clean the glass on the tank and let some diatoms start growing. The problem with feeding flake, meaty food is the food will float around in the water much faster than the snails can move to catch it. Definitely put a rock in there and secure a sheet of nori to it with a rubber band. Or lay a sheet of nori on the bottom of the tank and place the rock on top of it. Think of ways to secure some meaty food in place if you can.

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, malira.
IMO, there is no need to QT your CUC. (How's that for using obscure abbreviations?) Snails don't really carry diseases that will infect your fish and unwanted hitchhikers are not usually a problem. BTW, I posed this question to Dr. Ron Shimek once, his comment was don't bother. Whenever I order snails or other invertebrates, they go straight into the display tank.

good luck,
Steve

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