Thanks Lenny, I'm tired and I wasn't able to be specific enough, took
too much energy to think of the big words, LOL.

Amber

Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote:
>
>
> 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
> Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com <http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com>
> (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
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> [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.com>] On
> Behalf Of Amber Berglund
> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:01 PM
> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.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:
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
>