Why Is My Snail Floating?

Sarahm92

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Eddie my mystery snail was floating around the top of the tank before, one moment he was fine and the next I see him floating..
I was shocked since I've never seen him do this before and I thought if a snail was floating it means they are dead 
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Anyway I picked him up and sat him down on the cover glass and he moved a tiny bit.. put him back in the tank to watch him float around some more then finally he let out an air bubble floated down to the bottom and began acting normal again..
 
now he is floating again! why is he doing this? should I be worried? is it normal?
 
his now floated down a bit and his shell is resting on a plant but his not actually attached to it or suctioned to it if you know what i mean?
 
is it okay to have an air pump going in this fish tank he is in? could that be annoying him?
 
Sarahm92 said:
Eddie my mystery snail was floating around the top of the tank before, one moment he was fine and the next I see him floating..
I was shocked since I've never seen him do this before and I thought if a snail was floating it means they are dead 
noexpression.gif

 
Anyway I picked him up and sat him down on the cover glass and he moved a tiny bit.. put him back in the tank to watch him float around some more then finally he let out an air bubble floated down to the bottom and began acting normal again..
 
now he is floating again! why is he doing this? should I be worried? is it normal?
 
his now floated down a bit and his shell is resting on a plant but his not actually attached to it or suctioned to it if you know what i mean?
 
is it okay to have an air pump going in this fish tank he is in? could that be annoying him?
 
 
nah. Its normal behavior. Mine do it all the time. Comical really. Nothing to worry about :3
 
they'll be fine, its when they start to stink you know they are dead :)
 

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