is this gonna work

[unknowncivicsi]

sup guys well my question is putting a egg shell as a subtrate for my plants is this good or bad ???

 

[Mr Miagi]

By that i guess u mean crushed egg shell??? I havnt heard anybody else do it before but it might have a bad effect on your water quality.

 

[emo]

I didn't really read this... but it seems to be close to what you are wanting to do


http/archimedes.galilei.com/raiar/eggshell.html

 

[jacblades]

i think the sharp edges could possibly hurt the fish if not ground to a fine powder...which then would probably make your tank cloudy...

 

[Silly me]

eggshell works well and I know someone that is useing it in his sump to reduse nitrates and increase the calcium in his Nano REEF tank..


putting some into you freshwater tank might cause hudge problems, both in hardness and PH..

 

[opiesilver]

Yep, it's also called the poor man's calcium reactor in the salt water world. I think it would probably work just fine for non-digging cichlids.