Chipped Mystery Snail Shell
#1
Posted 18 November 2015 - 07:24 AM
Tank is planted community. There are yo yo loaches but the snails have seemed OK with them for months.
Shifted to a small tank, added a cuttlebone and dosing a liquid calcium carbonate. Anything else I can do or missed?
Main tank is gh of 8 and kh of 6. Tap water is 6 for gh and kh from memory. Small tank would be similar.
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#3
Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:09 PM
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#4
Posted 18 November 2015 - 10:16 PM
for info I was put onto this by Paul from Morley aquariums if ya want more info give him a call he will happily help you out
#5
Posted 19 November 2015 - 01:42 AM
acidic water eats away at their shell..... if the rate of this is quicker than the snail shells growth you will get degraded shell quality thats weak and chips / breaks easy.... also eats away at the snails foot and then it cant close up when attacked by predators....
i'd imagine with co2 added to a tank it increases its acidity......
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#6
Posted 19 November 2015 - 11:57 AM
acidic water eats away at their shell..... if the rate of this is quicker than the snail shells growth you will get degraded shell quality thats weak and chips / breaks easy.... also eats away at the snails foot and then it cant close up when attacked by predators....
i'd imagine with co2 added to a tank it increases its acidity......
Correct, and this is just one reason that correct kH levels are so important when using CO2 supplementation, since this controls the pH.
Syd.
#7
Posted 19 November 2015 - 12:14 PM
When I added co2 to an aquarium recently, I took a sample of the tank water to Aquotix, and was advised to add KH buffer (I think?)
Pretty sure this is the buffer I got: http://www.aquariumo...generator-150g/
Rovik was the guy I spoke to
#8
Posted 19 November 2015 - 06:12 PM
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Posted 20 November 2015 - 12:50 AM
When I added co2 to an aquarium recently, I took a sample of the tank water to Aquotix, and was advised to add KH buffer (I think?)
Pretty sure this is the buffer I got: http://www.aquariumo...generator-150g/
Rovik was the guy I spoke to
i use nahco3 at the rate of 2 table spoons per 400 litres to raise kh 2 degrees
but the buffer in your link is pretty cost effective also.... just hate big priced buffers some shops try to sell you when they really arent needed....
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#10
Posted 20 November 2015 - 10:53 AM
Sodium bicarbonate alone is actually a rather poor buffer, and adds too much sodium ion to aquarium water. My preferred buffer is solution containing 6% potassium bicarbonate and 1% sodium carbonate; easy and cheap to make. I use it at 1mL/litre. This raises kH by 50 to 60 ppm depending on water supply..
One advantage of this mixture is that it supplies potassium, which benefits plant growth, and of course the sodium is much lower. It goes without saying that no buffer should be continuously added to aquaria to control pH without a water change being effected before adding the buffer. Even so, it will be evident that unless reasonably large water changes are made, both potassium and sodium levels will progressively increase, and it is my experience that this is often the source of undiagnosed problems.
Sodium carbonate is also known as washing soda, and is available from most grocery suppliers. Potassium bicarbonate is available from pool chemical suppliers (usually in large bulk supply), or Aquagreen.
Syd..
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#11
Posted 20 November 2015 - 08:54 PM
Or I could go with liquid or dry calcium carbonate dosing.
I could do both but I'm wondering which would be more effective? I assume in the water column would be?
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Posted 22 November 2015 - 06:06 PM
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