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Post by chazsgirl on Sept 20, 2008 2:29:14 GMT
HI, I bought 8 spixi snails a few months ago and they are mating like crazy with beautiful babies with perfect shells but the parents still have cracked poor looking shells! I add cuddlebone to their tank, calcium in their food, and a sprinkle of calcium in their tank but still nothing is working, what can i do to make them shiney and new?
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Sept 20, 2008 19:33:42 GMT
Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with that species. Perhaps someone else can chime in with advice?
For how long have you been giving them the extra calcium sources?
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Post by snailysnail on Sept 21, 2008 14:40:50 GMT
if their shells have lost the colour pigment, as far as i know you can't get it back...it is only the new shell growth that will be shiney and bright. if they are cracked then the shells might have healed in the inside, just not shown that they have healed on the outside. hope this helps =]
anna x
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Post by chazsgirl on Sept 23, 2008 4:54:04 GMT
Sorry, I'm unfamiliar with that species. Perhaps someone else can chime in with advice? For how long have you been giving them the extra calcium sources? they are otherwise known as Zebra Apple Snails this is a pic of their beautiful babies This is one of the parents, it's hard to see the cracked shell but you get the idea they have been getting extra calcium for about a month now. |
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