Perfect. I NEVER thought about using tums.

~gives both amber and lenny a big hug~ :-)


--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, Amber Berglund <arberglund@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
>