I went to the dollarstore, and bought a 4$ jar of seashells, went through it meticulously to be the best possible real estate agent I could, and then sprinkled a few dozen shells around my tank. I only have 6 hermits, but I have a dozen or so snails to. Within a day, all the hermits but one were in their new, clean shells. And every so often I see them lining shells up and dancing over them.
I haven't had a single snail death, but its a new tank and I haven't been doing this long. While I'm sure it will come, I think showering them with possible extra homes helped!
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