malevolentsparkle Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 after having a fair few invaders of the snail persuasion in the past, I have noticed lately that the population is near to 0. the only major change I have made that I can think would make a difference is I have softened the water (I have a air driven filter with peat in it). the gH is around 80ppm. from what i know about snails and water chemistry it seems likely that the lower gH gives the snails less minerals to build there shells and so leaves them open to being eaten by my fish. sound plausible? does anyone with soft water have a problem with snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 it would be good if there is truth in this, as snail-rid products cannot be used in softwater (im guessing they will cause a ph crash otherwise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Your hardness is about twice ours and snails live OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted August 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 hmm wonder what happened to mine then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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