Snail Shells

[Myuu]

Over the past three months, my dwarf puffer tank has gained a lot of snail shells from feeding my DP snails. Do the decaying snail shells do anything to the water? I only thought of that a few days ago. And I was wondering if I should pick them out or not.

 

[wishiwasafish]

if there is no meat left over the worst it could do is lower the ph of your tank or so i was told cause my old 55 gal. was acidic i was told to add snail shells or crushed coral to lower the ph but make sure there is no snail left in the shell or it could be bad

 

[Myuu]

Lowering is good. The water in my area has such a high pH. If it was gonna do something, I was hoping it lowered the pH. Maybe I could save those shells if I ever needed them in the future..

 

[dylema]

Are you sure they will lower the pH (make it more acidic) I would have thought it would raise the pH (more alkali) if anything.

 

[Griz]

You're correct dylema, snail shells will raise the pH; though probably not much.