You have come to the right place for help with all your reef aquarium
questions and troubles. In order to help you, some of the things we need
to know are:
How was the tank set up
Can you show us a pic
Are there other inverts (coral are inverts too) that are able to survive? Hermit crabs maybe?
I hope that you are removing dead snails as soon as possible, because a bad
algae bloom is sure to follow unless this problem can be resolved soon.
Phosphate (PO4) would be the most important thing to check for. Snails
die when PO4 is too high. PO4 is removed with either of two chemical
media; Activated Alumina (AA) or Granulated Ferric Oxide (GFO)
*** But before we point to PO4 as the culprit, what was the LR and LS that was used in this tank? Where did it come from
If it was LR or sand that was allowed to die and then was used in this
tank, that would be the culprit. LR and LS have living organisms way deep inside. If LR and LS are not treated the same as a fish or coral would be treated, they die and cause pollution. In this case PO4 may not be too high
but other pollution not detectable by the usual testing would be the
thing to address. Look in the
WMAS Reefkeeping Tips below in my sig line for the Tip titled "
Can I use the dry rock and sand that came with this aquarium? The instructions of how to deal with it are there.