Just to clarify what Amber is saying, Cuttlebone, Crushed Coral and Tums all
have Calcium Carbonate, not just calcium. While calcium will make the water
harder (GH level), the Carbonate part will also help to raise the KH level.

Lenny Vasbinder
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-----Original Message-----
From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Amber Berglund
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:01 PM
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Snails with bad shells??

Cuttle bones in your filter, or if you want to get the calcium directly into
them (eating it) drop a couple tablets of some fruity flavor of tums (they
are attracted to the fruit flavoring, and it's mostly calcium as Lenny
pointed out in another post).
You can also used crushed coral in your filter to raise the KH and GH (which
is what calcium does, and crushed coral is a form that has calcium in it).
Your best bet would be to drop some tums or caltrate into the tank for them
to get calcium.

Amber

babyhellcat69 wrote:
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> my freshwater snails shells are looking bad, chipped. Im thinking they
> need some calicum or something. If so what exactly will help them and
> where can I buy it online? Thanks.
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