Calcium Rich Food For Snails

[Night61]

well today my mystery snail clutch finally hatched, i am getting the advice to give them calcium rich foods to help develop their tiny shells. what i need is suggestions on what i can give these tiny little rascals to make them grow up to be big and sellable.
thank you for any help you can give me.

 

[pippoodle]

i just add some cuttlefish bone to the tank for my snails

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Snails get the materials to build their shells primarily from the water, not their food. I would add a bit of crushed coral to the filter or some shells to the display so that they can provide a bit of extra calcium and such as they dissolve.

This will push the ph up a bit so make sure your fish will be ok with this.

 

[pippoodle]

the cuttlefish bone gradually disolves this can be broken up and put in the filter if you want i just leave mine behind the bogwood

 

[Syphoniera]

Me, too, only I try to put smaller bits of cuttlebone in, as I haven't got lovely big tanks like pippoodle's, or a horde of large snails.