Nerite snail - white sheel/pitted -calcium?

shift · 01-15-2013, 04:21 AM

My apple snail (nerite) has some white substance on his shell. almost like a bit of pitting. I'm guessing that it may be a calcium deficiency? Or would it be something else?

How do i help fix the little guy?

TwoTacoCombo · 01-15-2013, 06:14 AM

Are you running CO2? I've got the same thing happening to some of my ramshorns, only to the extreme. The whole shell is basically being eaten away by something, and I'm thinking it's because my KH had dropped to almost 0 and the pH had to be plunging well into acidic during the day. I know my snails get enough calcium because they love to dine on the shrimp food and consume the shrimp moltings...

**Soothing Shrimp** · 01-15-2013, 02:45 PM

low gh, low kh and low ph (below 7ish) will cause erosion of shells.

shift · 01-15-2013, 03:58 PM

My last test results
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: .5
PH: 7.8
Alkalinity: 180
Hardness: 150

What can i do to help fix him?

**Soothing Shrimp** · 01-15-2013, 04:51 PM

Have you tried cuttle bone to help them ingest calcium?

01-15-2013, 04:21 AM	#1
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 923	Nerite snail - white sheel/pitted -calcium? My apple snail (nerite) has some white substance on his shell. almost like a bit of pitting. I'm guessing that it may be a calcium deficiency? Or would it be something else? How do i help fix the little guy? __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

01-15-2013, 02:45 PM	#3
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (77/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,532	low gh, low kh and low ph (below 7ish) will cause erosion of shells. __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

01-15-2013, 03:58 PM	#4
shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: canada Posts: 923	My last test results Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: .5 PH: 7.8 Alkalinity: 180 Hardness: 150 What can i do to help fix him? __________________ 84G - The Osaka Forest 12G Fluval Edge - Celestial pearl Danios, Boraras urophthalmoides & PFR shrimp 5.5G Fluval Chi - Pumpkin shrimplets 10G - CRS/CBS 10G - Red Rilli's 10G - Yellow shrimp

01-15-2013, 04:51 PM	#5
Soothing Shrimp Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (77/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,532	Have you tried cuttle bone to help them ingest calcium? __________________ DBP Club! My thinking has been invert-ed!

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01-15-2013, 06:14 AM	#2
TwoTacoCombo Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 383	Are you running CO2? I've got the same thing happening to some of my ramshorns, only to the extreme. The whole shell is basically being eaten away by something, and I'm thinking it's because my KH had dropped to almost 0 and the pH had to be plunging well into acidic during the day. I know my snails get enough calcium because they love to dine on the shrimp food and consume the shrimp moltings...