Please Please Help

[leanne*fish]

hi how do u know if the golden apple snail is dead as mine has not moved since yest morning and was even lying on its side, i got him in my net and moved him but he didnt move please help me

 

[three-fingers]

Yep sounds like he's dead . Sorry for your loss, R.I.P Mr Apple snail.
Do you know why he died? Were you medicating the tank? Add any new plants? Switch to a new food?
Or was the apple snail new? Did you acclimatise him properly? And what are your tank stats?

 

[dthoffsett]

Mine have gone for days without moving.

This is from http/www.applesnail.net/


"My snail is floating around for a day now. Is he/she dead or what? What should/can I do?
Well, apple snails can be very inactive for days (see answer above this one) and if they have a lot of air in their lung, they float (sounds logical isn't it?). Floating of an apple snail doesn't indicate that there is something wrong or that he/she is dead.
To check if the snail is alive, take it out of the water and see if you can get it moving by touching the shell door. If the shell is closed completely, then you can be sure that the snail is alive because once the snail is dead, the muscles are relaxed and the shell door stays at least partly open.
Another way to check the snails is by looking at the heartbeat (only possible with young snails and snails with a thin shell). To do this, keep the snail in front of a strong light source so the light shines through it and look at the heartbeat. Have a look at the anatomy section to see where to look for.
'Diseases' section."