Feeding tums to snails

[stopwhiningsadie]

I knows they need calcium and tums are full of calcium and I'm wondering if I can drop a tums tablet in my tank without harming anything the only other inhabitant is a betta I have eggs but they're from the grocery store and they usually put chemicals on them before selling

 

[richiep]

I read a lot here good and bad about tums and a lot make snello to get minerals in, if you can get them to eat zucchini,broccoli, cooked or blanched spinach I think you'll do far better

 

[david1978]

I have never heard of them causing an issue.

 

[BettaNgold]

I feed Tums to my snails and shrimp. They love them.

 

[richiep]

I feed Tums to my snails and shrimp. They love them.

That's one to note then

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

I feed Tums to my snails and shrimp. They love them.

I feed Tums to my snails and shrimp. They love them.

fruit or mint flavour?

 

[kallililly1973]

I've never used them but I think most use the plain ones with no flavor.

 

[stopwhiningsadie]

I read a lot here good and bad about tums and a lot make snello to get minerals in, if you can get them to eat zucchini,broccoli, cooked or blanched spinach I think you'll do far better

what's snello? the snail version of jello?

 

[rainbowsprinkles]

I feed to my snails and shrimp and they love it. Will leave little white snail poop trails in your tank. If you put a whole one it might cloud the tank. Break it up and start small. Fruit flavor is a favorite.

 

[altwitch]

Been feeding variety of mystery snails TUMS once a week for almost a year and no problems with them or any of their tank mates. Agree that the vanilla kind are best and sometimes hard to find as indigestion suffering middle aged folks love their minty/fruity varieties which I avoid.

If there's a variable you can control or eliminate then do so and coloring flavoring falls in that category for me.

 

[BettaNgold]

fruit or mint flavour?

Mine love the fruit.