Caught A Snail Dead In One Of My Tanks

[ileopard]

I've got an apple snail (pomacea bridgesii) that I got from PetSmart a few months ago that has been doing a lot of floating recently. Today, I noticed an odd smell in the aquarium. The two fish obviously were still living, so I knew it must have been the snail.

I took the snail out, and indeed, it smells very bad. It looks like it has a shell growth problem. I know that it's dead, so there's nothing to be done, but it would be good to know what it was so that I can possibly take preventative measures in the future (for my other snails).

Thank you.

 

[three-fingers]

Well what type of water do you have?
And did you recently change anything in the tank? Like buy new plants or treat with medication?

 

[ileopard]

I use tap water treated with either Jungle Start Right fizz tabs or Tetra AquaSafe (depending on what the LFS has in stock). I just checked, and ammonia is 0ppm, nitrite is 0ppm, and nitrate is 40ppm. Hardness is about 150ppm (my water is extremely hard), and the pH is 7.4.

The only things I have in there are a tank divider, a filter, a heater, a thermometer, 2 bettas (one on each side of the divider), and 2 extra snails. (I had to medicate another tank so I had to isolate the snail). Since it's a divided tank, I don't have much in there.

I also haven't medicated the tank. I actually have a small bowl just for isolating snails in the case of medications, but when a larger tank is available, I use it.