I had about 15 Nassarious snails in my tank for about 5 months, they were very clean looking and would levitate out of the sand as soon as food hit the water..................my question is, do they have a short life span?? i don't see em anymore and i can see a few of their empty shells around..................my crabs never bothered them nor the clowns, but i have a serious amount of copepods now and i even stired up a bristle worm of some sort a week or so ago.............will they eat the snails???????? or do they only live a few months and then die off?????

thanks,

Snowboss

Sounds like you have a mantis shrimp or something eating them. Are their shells chipped or cracked?

i have had mine for years with no problems.. other then my pepermint shrimp and blue leg hermits would kill them.. i dont know if bristle worms will eat them or not.

i love my nassarius snails... i make sure that they eat a shrimp pellet or a piece of silverside every other day...