Escaping Snails

[BaylorPerez]

So i looked up more info on my Mystery snails.
i saw that they were "escape artists" if my water line was to close to my Tank lid
 
So had got rid of about 3-4Inches of water from my tank lid. Is this enough for them to still escape or am i good?

 

[Jeremy180]

I've heard of snails crawling 1 or 2 feet to escape a tank...
Your best bet would be to make any holes in the tank cover too small for them to escape through.

 

[BaylorPerez]

I've heard of snails crawling 1 or 2 feet to escape a tank...
Your best bet would be to make any holes in the tank cover too small for them to escape through.

the only hole big enough is next to my filter, it came with the lid but the snails are on the opposite side of the tank, i guess i shall keep an eye on the little( i say little when the snails are quite big compared to others ive seen. as with their shells are white specs(almost pure white circles) supposed to be on them? as well as for the snails itself, how much calcium should i give to the water for them to use it?

 

[Jeremy180]

I just did a quick check on your "snails not moving" thread, and many of the fish you currently have like acidic water and would not appreciate calcium being added, as this will raise the PH.
Hmm...
The following is speculation on my part, but based on the fact that land snails can often find and eat calcium sources when needed, I suspect that your mystery snails might be able to do the same, and one very small shell (careful, the ones in souvinier shops can be painted) or Limestone piece may not effect the water too badly.
I'd proceed with caution here though, as stated, I'm not sure about this

 

[BaylorPerez]

I just did a quick check on your "snails not moving" thread, and many of the fish you currently have like acidic water and would not appreciate calcium being added, as this will raise the PH.
Hmm...
The following is speculation on my part, but based on the fact that land snails can often find and eat calcium sources when needed, I suspect that your mystery snails might be able to do the same, and one very small shell (careful, the ones in souvinier shops can be painted) or Limestone piece may not effect the water too badly.
I'd proceed with caution here though, as stated, I'm not sure about this

With my Plant food it adds about .05% of the total amount added when i add the food, does this change the Ph much?

 

[Jeremy180]

Oh, no, terribly sorry I thought you meant something like rift lake salts, used to make water very hard.
The amount of calcium in plant food shouldn't be enough to affect the overall hardness much, sorry for the confusion.

 

[BaylorPerez]

dont worry, but if needed, what calcium supplements should be used if my snails shell become thin/white soft.
 
Also i just noticed that one of my snails has a white(tube-like) strand coming from its shell i think, is that its breathing tube that it uses to gather Oxygen as well as its on the bottom of the tank, near my gravel bed and near several algae wafers that i tossed in there(2 daily one for each snail) or should i wait til they go soft in the shell?

 

[NickAu]

 
dont worry, but if needed, what calcium supplements should be used if my snails shell become thin/white soft.

Feed the snails Ken's Premium Vegetable Sticks With Calcium - Ken's Fish
 
Happy well fed snails wont try and escape.

 

[BaylorPerez]

are algae wafers with special algae(Calcium enriched) good for the snails. or are the brands from petsmart worth it?

when they do decide to eat them that is

 

[NickAu]

Mystery snails are omnivores and will eat just about anything the fish will. Algae wafers are just that algae with calcium, The Veggie sticks I linked to are way more nutritious, My Corys Snails Shrimp Kuhli Loaches BN's Mollies and Platys all love them.

 

[BaylorPerez]

but i dont have 7$ for that, i wish i did but i dont 

 

[Baccus]

A cheap option that many fish, shrimp and snails love is Nori sheets, which are the seaweed sheet warps that go around sushi. I am not sure how much calcium would be in a sheet, but it will contain other micro-nutrients.