Shady9503
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A few weeks ago I posted this thread
Nerites keep dying, help please! | Snails 443688
A quick summary is that I can't keep nerites alive for the life of me, tested for copper, none.
It was mentioned that it could be a contamination issue, as my brother's have 2 other tanks with nerites who do just fine, where as when I add them to my tank they're dead in under a week, literally like 3-4 days.
So it was suggested I do 2 big water changes, 50% one day and 50% the next day.
Well I did the 2 50% changes and then we had to move the tank so on the 3rd day I drained the water down and basically did a 75% water change, any contamination should be gone, great I thought, a few days ago I bought 5 more, plopped em in after drip acclimating for 1 hour, they seemed ok, and the next day they were on their backs, and 2 days later (yes I flipped em over) dead.
Someone said test the and KH, I just got the kit and my kh test tube turned yellow after 4 drops, KH is 4 (right?) and my GH test tube turned green after 9 drops, so GH is 9 (right?)
Ph7.4 nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, nitrates 10-20
Are these parameters ok for nerite snails??
Nerites keep dying, help please! | Snails 443688
A quick summary is that I can't keep nerites alive for the life of me, tested for copper, none.
It was mentioned that it could be a contamination issue, as my brother's have 2 other tanks with nerites who do just fine, where as when I add them to my tank they're dead in under a week, literally like 3-4 days.
So it was suggested I do 2 big water changes, 50% one day and 50% the next day.
Well I did the 2 50% changes and then we had to move the tank so on the 3rd day I drained the water down and basically did a 75% water change, any contamination should be gone, great I thought, a few days ago I bought 5 more, plopped em in after drip acclimating for 1 hour, they seemed ok, and the next day they were on their backs, and 2 days later (yes I flipped em over) dead.
Someone said test the and KH, I just got the kit and my kh test tube turned yellow after 4 drops, KH is 4 (right?) and my GH test tube turned green after 9 drops, so GH is 9 (right?)
Ph7.4 nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, nitrates 10-20
Are these parameters ok for nerite snails??
