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Thanks. But the crack has produced a wide open hole. I think if I wanted to repair it, I would have to superglue a piece of eggshell over the crevice?

My zebra nerite snail has a large crack in its shell: I'm going to move it to a hard water low- tech tank. Hopefully this will prevent the shell from deteriorating any further. But I'm concerned that I should repair the damage already done. I've read about people using nail varnish/ glue...

Yeah it does. It spends at least 50% of its life above the water line. Only comes back in when the Co2 is off. So, at least it "knows" that the Co2 isn't good for it.

My nerite snail is healthy enough, but I only see him during the Co2- off period. It's about 3-4 years old, and has been in this tank happily for this time. The pH drops to around 6.2- 6.4, the KH is 2-3.

Is the answer simply that no- one knows?

I keep a small container of RO water just for making tea. I drink a lot of green tea and it's horrible when made with hard water.

I'm just wondering why you're using RO, it doesn't sound like you need it.

It sounds like you have RO coming from the tap! What's the TDS of the tap water?

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As I said before, I was simply repeating what I had been said by Darrel. This is the advice he gave me: "Because the snail shell is calcium carbonate (in its aragonite form) it is a potential H+ ion acceptor, and if you place a shell into water with lots of H+ ions, they will rapidly erode the...

Everything I have said in this thread is based on advice I have been given on this forumhttp://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/what-tds-should-i-aim-for.31049/#post-327053 " "Also, have any of you kept Nerite snails happy in acidic water for a decent period of time..." You can't, this is where...

These are nerite snails. They are from brackish water. To thrive, they need a high pH with hard water. They will survive in acidic water, but their shells will become cracked and pitted over time

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No it doesn't. But the snails need two things- calcium and high pH. You can have as hard water as you like, but if you have made it acidic with co2, the snails will suffer. In acidic water, the calcium ions are stripped out of the shell of the snail

I've had a nerite in my high tech tank for over a year and it does ok. I wouldn't recommend it though. I have quite a lot of surface agitation, which drives the pH up above 7 overnight. The lights are only on from 3-10pm. So between about 11 pm and 11 am, the pH stays above 7. I never see the...

I would put a whole bone in. It's not to dissolve calcium into the water, it's for the shrimp/ snails to actually eat the calcium off the surface of the bone.

Chuck a cuttlefish bone into the tank. You can buy it from pet stores as it is food for pet birds

They molt!

So what is the verdict! Drip acclimation with Co2 off, or leave the Co2 on and float them while adding water?

Thanks Michael. I have a standard "grill" style filter inlet. Will that be ok for them? The slits are very thin so too small for a shrimp to fit through. Also, will I need to change the way I remineralise my RO water? I currently use JBL Aquadur (45% of Cations are Calcium)

I am wanting to get some Amano shrimp but am concerned as to whether my tank will be ok for them. Can they co- exist with (large) zebra danios and Pentazona barbs? I also have cardinal tetras and corydoras trilineatus but I doubt those will pose a risk. Has anyone kept shrimp with danios...