How hardy are snails ?

[shilo_1]

I just purchased about 50# of LR from the lfs and got a few snails on the rock too. I want to find out if they will survive the tank cycling ? Just curious. :)

[bennerkla]

They should do fine.

[brianlena2000]

Snails (and most inverts) are fairly sensitive to ammonia and nitrite. If you want to make sure they survive the cycle I would recommend keeping a close eye on your ammonia levels and doing water changes if they get very high.

[cwbroden]

brianlena2000 is correct. Snails can die also if a cycle is strong. Is that 50lbs of rock going into that 125G tank? Is it brand new or is there other rock in there?

[shilo_1]

It is the only LR in the tank at the moment - it is from an established tank. So far, everything has been up and running for two days now.

I will keep close tabs on the ammonia, etc. and hopefully try to minimize the spikes if at all possible.

Its really cool - I sat looking at the rock as I was placing it around the tank - there is so much life on it !! I must have counted about 20 tiny star fish !!! :D I hope that they don't all die in the cycle...