Adding Crushed Eggshell For My Mystery Snails

[@soolly357]

3:35 your welcome

[@zimrianispresent8123]

Thanks

[@meshacktabane9277]

A legend among legends

[@RoflJoker1994]

Thank you. Can’t stand people who ramble on Zzz... just stfu and stick to the title of your video god dayum lmaooo..

[@janinedreyfus6879]

Hello, I just bought two mystery snails today and I was wondering how often I should feed them? They are in quarantine right now before I put them in my tank which currently houses two nerite and a betta. Thank you

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I've never fed the snails specifically. They'll eat any leftover food, including vegetation and algae. Just put an algae wafer in every day or two. If the tanks starts getting messy, then cut back a bit.

[@BilboLaggins228]

Careful betta's are known to eat the eyes of the snails in the same aquarium ;)

[@D.Will.C.]

They won't get the ChyNa Virus!!

[@Ballinsohardtheycallmenutsack]

@@D.Will.C. wtf

[@owlbestitching8839]

@@BilboLaggins228- I have my snail with a female betta. Can that still happen? Or is it with the more dominant male betta

[@killerStomper]

Why do you add Egg Shells to the tank. Came here to find out why as the title states and was hoping for a reason :-( Is it for the water parameters. Do the snails eat it. Is it to fix the cracked White snail shell. Soooo many questions.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

It adds calcium carbonate to the water to help buffer the tank. It also adds a bit of mineralization to my water.

[@hkk3656]

​@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly Baking soda?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

@@hkk3656 Baking soda will add KH, but not GH.

[@BIGDADDYTRICKZ]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonlycuttlebone works well to and last longer won’t mess up water perimeters

[@mountaingreenery]

Great video Dan

[@diannaleigh9914]

How often do you add calcium? How much for a 20 long? I have only mystery snails in this tank.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I usually used crushed coral. I'd add a cup of crushed coral to stablize it. If you want the water nice and hard, use the crused coral as substrate.

[@Shaden0040]

Guarantee that poop is from the Pleco.

[@nowhereman5760]

Pup314 I'll bet £5

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Saving money the wise smart way 😤

[@ehmmuh]

this raises the ph correct? i have many soft water type fish and i’d really hate to let it go up. also, do i need to boil the shells? i’m not sure if i should drop a shell in or grind them up but i’ll just have to see.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

It will raise your pH, but you need a lot of it to significantly shift your pH. I'd bake the shells for about an hour at 200 degrees F. This will destroy the proteins in the membrane and put less waste in your tank.

[@SamJammy]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I heard you could boil it in vinegar water and peel the inner-membrane off to do the same. is this correct? I've got 2 mystery snails and their shells are really suffering so I'm just here to ask questions and learn. One of them won't stop bobbing/floating (i've done air baths and he still does it. I'm convinced it's a combo of he likes being up there and he keeps getting air bubbles...he climbs plants and jumps off of them and then I will find him sticking to the sides of the tank for a day before doing it again for a day or two.) I have finally increased the pH to healthy level, but have yet to add calcium. we added a tiny bit of eggshell and nothing happened, but I don't believe we did it correctly that time.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

@@SamJammy I'm not sure about boiling in vinegar. I just bake the shells at 220 degrees foe 1/2 an hour. It'll take a good amount of eggshells to add a significant amount of calcium, and it'll take a while for the snails to show signs of improvement. You can put a cuttle bone in the tank too. The snails will grave directly from it.

[@marielevine5624]

My SAE IS Wild. He makes a mess of the substrate by digging into it and pushing it around. He kept smashing my largest snail into the glass so I had to move the snail to a different tank. I took him in from a neighbor that was moving and couldn’t keep him. He needs to be in a larger tank but I live in an apartment and don’t have room. Hoping to find a new home for him.

[@tic857]

Do your fish ever try to eat the eggshell? My fish always end up eating it and not spitting them out like they do with the sand.

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

i've never seen any fish eat them.

[@foryou-ft8vf]

I grind up small but not a powder and noticed the mystery snail eats the finely ground egg shell, is that ok? Its been a day and he seems ok. If he is eating it, how often should I put in and how much per gal. would you estimate?? Thank you!

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

If it's eating it, it probably needs the calcium and sulphur so let it have it. I really don't know a specific amount to put in.

[@tic857]

My ramshorn will gobble up the finer powder and will have white waste later, then dine on that again. They seem attracted to it and they are fine with it so your snails should be fine. If in the wild they would be rasping on calcium rich items anyway. I personally think their shells heal up a bit faster if they can ingest it.

[@necroeasy593]

Gravel vac is a most. You just have to hope you don't kill any plants. I can't imagine how much work Dan puts into that fish room, allot I'm sure.

[@VroomvroomNY]

Does the egg shell effect ph level?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

It does add carbonate, so if you put enough in your tank, it can raise pH.

[@micfee8712]

Love those angelfish lol what chubberz

[@AquariumThoughts]

I really love that catfish. It looks awesome

[@zilgill9589]

I have a single Siamese algae eater (genuine) I love watching it but it recently started chasing and pushing the pearl gouramis. This behaviour got worse so I moved him in with large female Plecos and guppys. He isn't bothering either. Could it be that it needs a group? I don't usually keep single fish but it was the only one there at the time. Are all yours in groups?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I'm not sure if they need a group or not. I have two, and they interact constantly, so you may be onto something.

[@zilgill9589]

Dan Hiteshew I will get it some friends, as I do like it, very interesting fish to watch and was very sociable to start with. I totally agree with you about the Indian/Chinese algae eaters, I made that mistake years ago and was relieved when it eventually died.

[@AquariumThoughts]

Dan Hiteshew I'm pretty sure they need more than one. I think I heard 3 being said at least. But I have two and they leave other fish alone for the most part. They might chase each other but other fish are left alone

[@jeremystephenson7499]

What type of plants do you have in your aquarium?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Mostly anubias and java fern.

[@jeremystephenson7499]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly okay thanks

[@officialhunting]

Good

[@Mateiisback]

Can you turn it into a powder and will it still work?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I grind it pretty fine, but it's not quite "powder". It should work better the smaller you grind it. (more surface area) It will dissolve faster though.

[@Mateiisback]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly ok thank you! But will it still work if they don’t eat it even if it’s just in the water

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

@@Mateiisback It isn't meant to be eaten. It's supposed to dissolve in the water.

[@Mateiisback]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly oh ok thank you!

[@mitchellphillip2869]

The egg shell dose it up set the ph ??

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I never really noticed any difference in anything, including pH.

[@tropicalterrarium1742]

Does it effect the ph? I cant find anything on this

[@rocki_bb]

It can effect kh, which can effect pH in acidic environments. It can effect the amount of dissolved CO2 as well, but not in an overall negative way. I'll illustrate how I learned this the hard way through my own stupidity recently. I was doing some work on a DIY, low budget way to get some CO2 in to some plants. I accidentally released a HUGE burst of CO2 into my tank. I could see it almost instantly stress my fish, so I did a bit of an emergency water change. But I didn't change enough, because less than a week later I look for my snails in the tank. One was hiding at the waterline. The other was dead with multiple holes in a shell that had become thin & brittle from the now acidic water. If I had had a source of calcium in the tank it would have helped stabilize the sudden change in dissolved CO2 and shift in pH. And I'm still kicking myself over that poor snail. I've had enough organic chemistry to know I should have been closely monitoring the water parameters and adding a pH raiser. Sorry for the novel. I hope I answered your question

[@SomeJustice19k]

@@rocki_bb epic response, sorry for your loss. Shit happens, sounds like you learned

[@rocki_bb]

@@SomeJustice19k thanks! I did, I'm just sorry my carelessness hurt an animal. I'm also kind of excited I'm actually putting my degree to some kind of use 😂

[@theanimaladdiction]

Nice video man. I have a new 20 gallon and I'm probably gonna stock it with mystery snails shrimp and some kind of shoaling or schooling fish. Any ideas?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

If you can find Diamond Tetras you won't be disappointed.

[@theanimaladdiction]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly thanks I'll definately see if I can find them but I've never seen them in. Store before so fingers crossed

[@blessedlove8946]

What if other fish eats the egg shell?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I've seen them grab bits out of the water, but they just spit it out again.

[@mangothejuice6348]

If I put a lot of grind up eggshell will it higher my ph

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

I've never noticed any shift in pH or hardness.

[@tic857]

If your tank is acidic it might raise it a bit. Larger chunks will also dissolve slower and have a slower reaction than finer powder.

[@nowhereman5760]

Loving that Tbar!

[@Lucinda_96]

Do u have an update on how it helped your snails?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

No, but they always have nice hard shells. (the snails, I mean)

[@melissas3064]

Do I need to boil the egg shell first before giving my two mystery snails crushed egg shell? Also, what does the crushed egg shell do for mystery snails? Thanks

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

No, you don't even have to crush them. It provides calcium and other minerals.

[@melissas3064]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly So I can just wash the egg shell very well , don’t crush it and just place it in my tank and they will eat it?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

@@melissas3064 I don't know how fast they'll "eat" it, but it'll dissolve in the water. If your tank is decorative, then crush them up so the eggshells don't look ugly. If it's just a tank you don't look at, then just toss them in.

[@melissas3064]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly Ok Thankyou :)

[@SamJammy]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly we just tossed a little in a week ago and nothing happened. the betta and the snails completely left them alone. i also tried to add an algae wafer and my snails aren't even going for them anymore. I think they don't like the ones we bought so I bought new ones today that are calciium and protein rich.

[@IsabellaM._]

Nice tank!

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Thanks!

[@caroleblair1438]

Why put egg shells in the tank?

[@umbrareptiles270]

carole blair helps add calcium to the system

[@ElectricBoogaloo007]

Have you ever had a healthy (non-dying) plant get eaten by a Mystery Snail?

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Nope. I don't even see my pond and ramshorn snails damaging my healthy plants. (maybe I've got enough dead stuff to keep them busy. lol)

[@mariobros753]

Tip - edit your video and make it more concise.

[@deejohnson3483]

Yes pleco😵

[@cswsriding]

are you from philly? 🤣

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

Lol No, Baltimore. I can't believe how often I get asked if I'm from Philly though.

[@cswsriding]

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly wow! you have quite an accent haha, close enough! great vid by the way, thanks 👍🏼👍🏼

[@DanHiteshew-oneandonly]

@@cswsriding Lol

[@VictorMartinez-by8tz]

So was this video about pleco poop or the snails? Not really helpful

[@kevywilliams3304]

Omg way to much calcium