Snails and Salt

[oneponygirl]

I know snails can't live in water that has salt, but can they tolerate any at all? I got my mystery snail and then remembered a few days later that I may have used a bit of aquarium salt in the last water change (I didn't record it in my records, but I thought I remembered doing it). Anyway, just to be safe I moved him to my ten gallon, where there is no salt and I like him so much there but I NEED him in my three gallon because that one gets sun and the algae is growing like mad. I did a 25% water change yesterday with water with NO salt. Is it safe yet to put the snail back in?

 

[Snailguy101]

Im sure it wouldn't hurt him go ahead and try

 

[GSD]

snails are very sensitive to salt and shouldnt be put in a tank with ANY salt so dont go ahead and try!!!!!it could kill him

 

[Opcn]

snails can handle more salt than you would think, apple snails hang out in florida estuaries and if there in a bad state can climb out of the water. Snails are intollerant of Crystaline salt, desolved is okay to an extent

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

If its only a 3gal tank you should be able to find somwhere for it that isn't infront of a window for a couple of days so the algae will die off. Either that or just close the curtains on the window or put a towel over the tank to cover it off from the sunlight