Calcium for snails?

[JoBodude]

What can i get for a calcium source for snails b4 i get a few?

 

[JoBodude]

the reason i am asking is cuz people say that snail need calcium for their shells...? will cucumber work>?

 

[jflowers]

A green lettuce leaf each week will help, that has calcium. Calcium additives are available, but only as a last resort as they can alter the water chemistry. What snails are you after? I keep golden apples and zebras in dechlorinated tap water with great success and just feed flake/pellet and the odd green lettuce leaf.

Jon

 

[morgan]

My ph is 7 - 7.5 would there be enough calcium in the water naturally ?

 

[smithrc]

I'm curently looking into calcium suppliments too...

Our breeding apple snails are sapping calcium up quicker than.. well you know what i mean.

mose have stopped growing now and i have to keep moving them about in my tanks to help them get more calcium.

Is there liquid supplements i can add?

 

[Inchworm]

I've heard that cuttlebones, that are sold for birds, could be put in the tank for the snails to eat. I haven't tried it though.

http/www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...D=1110579082517

I would be interested in finding out how well they work.

 

[jflowers]

Any lfs that stocks marines will be able to sell you liquid calcium (used as an additive for healthy corals), but I would add very small amounts and monitor kh and gh carefully as you add more.

Jon

 

[smithrc]

i was looking at the Kent range yesturday...

I might try the cuttle bone first