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PostalPenguin
09-17-2009, 02:12 AM
My 20g has 4 nerite snails and 1 apple snail. My water is quite hard, has a natural pH of 8.1 which I drop to 6.4 via CO2 injection. Will the snails be OK at a pH of 6.4? The water is quite hard which makes me think yes since they will have plenty of calcium to build their shells with.

rich311k
09-17-2009, 02:13 AM
They should be fine. The PH due to CO2 should have little effect on them.

Northernguy
09-17-2009, 02:20 AM
Watch out for signs of the shell beginning to to deteriorate.I beleive it starts from the point of the spiral.Make sure you add calcium to their diet as well.