All snails die in my tanks

essjay said:

This is just one brand, there will be others

API® | COPPER TEST KIT

Copper – a treatment for many parasitic infections – must be monitored in an aquarium or a pond. The copper level can drop too low for the treatment to be effective, or can increase to a point that is detrimental to fish health.

apifishcare.com

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AilyNC said:

Yes lots of growth in plants & algae too.

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essjay said:

This is just one brand, there will be others

API® | COPPER TEST KIT

Copper – a treatment for many parasitic infections – must be monitored in an aquarium or a pond. The copper level can drop too low for the treatment to be effective, or can increase to a point that is detrimental to fish health.

apifishcare.com

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essjay said:

Is that tester available in Ireland?

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StevenF said:

"According to the API web site for this copper test:
The API® COPPER TEST KIT allows you to easily and accurately monitor copper levels to maintain copper-based fish treatments at therapeutic levels, and tests copper levels from 0 to 4 ppm."

This test can only read between 0 and 4PPM. Most fertilizers on the market only supply 0.001PPM. And the EPA limit for tap water is 1.3PPM. I don't know what Ireland coppers standards are but I doubt there levels are higher than EPA limit.

I would advise you to save your money and not buy this test. The ICP-OES test I mentioned will detect copper down to 0.001 and will probably read above 1PPM. I have never seen copper levels that high but it will easily read calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorous levels way above 1PPM. No standard aquarium test kit will provide you with as much information as one ICP-OES test will do.

I have used this test and I have Nerites in my aquarium. So at a minimum we could compare your tank water with the test result from my tanks.

ICP-analysis.com test kit on Amazon.

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AilyNC said:

The copper test kit arrived after 2 months! No high copper.

This guy's hitchhiked on a plant and seem to be doing ok. No idea what it is though. I have 3 of them.View attachment 130582

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AdoraBelle Dearheart said:

It's a bladder snail, a type of pond snail. My favourite of the 'pest' snails! Try not to over feed the tank or the population will explode, but otherwise, helpful little clean up crew guys! I kinda miss the ones I had in my tank. Think the MTS out competed them or something.

Nice to see you back!

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