Cuttle Bone In A Goldfish Tank

[LookingToLearn]

Hi,
I am about to give my snail a piece of cuttle bone for calcium. B4 I do this I want to make sure it is safe for my goldies as I am sure they are going to want to taste it.. lol LFS guy said it was OK but I thought I would ask here too just to be sure.
Thank you very much for any and all help
~heidi~

I have 2 goldfish, Common and a Shubunkin.

 

[Ultimateorandaluver]

Hi,
I am about to give my snail a piece of cuttle bone for calcium. B4 I do this I want to make sure it is safe for my goldies as I am sure they are going to want to taste it.. lol LFS guy said it was OK but I thought I would ask here too just to be sure.
Thank you very much for any and all help
~heidi~

I have 2 goldfish, Common and a Shubunkin.

yup, Will be just fine

 

[LookingToLearn]

Hi,
I am about to give my snail a piece of cuttle bone for calcium. B4 I do this I want to make sure it is safe for my goldies as I am sure they are going to want to taste it.. lol LFS guy said it was OK but I thought I would ask here too just to be sure.
Thank you very much for any and all help
~heidi~

I have 2 goldfish, Common and a Shubunkin.

yup, Will be just fine

Great! Thank you!

BTW.. Your sig is awesome! What a beautiful fish!

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd be worried about it having similar effects to adding calcium-containing rock, i.e. increasing the pH and making the water harder.

 

[black angel]

test the ph of your water and is your water hard or soft?

 

[Ultimateorandaluver]

You can add small amounts of cuttlebone at a time. check PH..Its a Decrease in PH that will harm fish more than the Increase.

 

[LookingToLearn]

I have soft water. 75ppm and the ph is 6.8.

Should I just put small chunks of cuttle bone in the water and let them dissolve? My LFS said the snail would/should eat it but my snail doesn't seem interested in the bone at all...

Thanx again for your help!

 

[Ultimateorandaluver]

I have soft water. 75ppm and the ph is 6.8.

Should I just put small chunks of cuttle bone in the water and let them dissolve? My LFS said the snail would/should eat it but my snail doesn't seem interested in the bone at all...

Thanx again for your help!

Well adding the bone isn't going to hurt a thing. Try small chunks that can't choke your fish. Maybe half a Cuttle-Bone.. Have you tried Veggie clips for your tank?..Snails love Lettuce.

 

[LookingToLearn]

Well adding the bone isn't going to hurt a thing. Try small chunks that can't choke your fish. Maybe half a Cuttle-Bone.. Have you tried Veggie clips for your tank?..Snails love Lettuce.

No, but I am going to get one. I have a hard time anchoring the veggies down with my gravel, something bumps it and it goes floating up to the top..

I saw my snail munching on a piece of Romaine Lettuce I put in there yesterday. Is that high in calcium? Yesterday was the first time I had offered it to him.

 

[Ultimateorandaluver]

Well adding the bone isn't going to hurt a thing. Try small chunks that can't choke your fish. Maybe half a Cuttle-Bone.. Have you tried Veggie clips for your tank?..Snails love Lettuce.

No, but I am going to get one. I have a hard time anchoring the veggies down with my gravel, something bumps it and it goes floating up to the top..

I saw my snail munching on a piece of Romaine Lettuce I put in there yesterday. Is that high in calcium? Yesterday was the first time I had offered it to him.

Romaine contains 11.3 mg of calcium per a 1 cup serving.. I looked it up for ya

 

[LookingToLearn]

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Romaine contains 11.3 mg of calcium per a 1 cup serving.. I looked it up for ya

Thank you so much!!