All snails die in my tanks

[AilyNC]

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

Oh cool. It's on Amazon so easy to get delivered. Thank you

 

[Geordie Paul]

Yes lots of growth in plants & algae too.

Humm very strange because nerite snails are adaptable. If there is no super high levels of ammonia or nitrates then it's puzzling as to why they are dying. It has to be something with the water in your location.

 

[StevenF]

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

"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.

 

[Essjay]

Is that tester available in Ireland?

 

[StevenF]

Is that tester available in Ireland?

Good point. There is Trito-Lab which I believe is based in Germany. And believe they have doing this longer . Again their business is mainly focused on salt water tanks. Salt water tank testing like this is becoming increasingly popular. It is a growing buisness and there are probably a number of companies that have gotten into this business. Also The ICP OES test is widely used in industry and water utilities do use it. So there are probably many companies hat can do the test around the world. And many companies make the equipment that does it.

 

[AilyNC]

"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.

It's not on amazon.co.uk but I'll look around for it.

The Irish limit set out in the drinking water directive for Copper is 2mg/l.

 

[StevenF]

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[AilyNC]

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.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

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

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!

 

[AilyNC]

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!

I miss my MTS but he didn't likey water.

Thanks, been a crazy busy few months and the tanks were relatively quiet (except for rainbowfish mess).

Hope all's well with you & your parents. Oh and fish of course!