Snails not eating

[thegrandpoohbah]

I have been having a heck of a time keeping my P bridgesii snails alive. I have lost a number of them over the last few weeks and the 7 I have remaining are not moving and show no interest in food. The gH and kH were a little low the last time I checked but not low enough that there is any shell erosion. All water parameters are fine and as far as I can tell the other fish are not picking on them. I have German rams in this tank that should be far more susceptible to any poor water conditions but they are doing just fine. I'm stumped. Any thoughts?

[CACAdmin]

I'm somewhat at a loss too. Have you added anything to the tank (any meds?) that might have contained copper? You could try checking at applesnail.net (http://www.applesnail.net) for possible answers.

[thegrandpoohbah]

No, no meds or anything containing copper has been added. Even when they were in with my red cherry shrimp they were dying but the shrimp were fine.

[Melody]

German Rams would be my guess - the snails will hide in their shell and starve to death if they're being picked on. Rams probably pack a good bite, unlike nippy Swordtails, so they may be doing some damage.

Otherwise the only two nasties that usually have that much of an effect, are copper or Chloramines.