Need help faith water quality

[Pleco1415]

For the past few months the shell on my apple snail has been developing what looks like erosion. I've tried the cuddle fish bones and even a cream that suppose to help with shell issues but nothing has worked. I recently checked my water quality and it appears I have high ph and high alkalinity. Correct me if I'm wrong but could this be the reason my snail is having shell issues? My next question is how can I lower these?


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[PNWaquarist]

Have you tested your water hardness (GH)? If it's too low, that would cause shell erosion. Placing a bag of crushed coral in your filter will help.


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[Pleco1415]

Originally Posted by PNWaquarist

Have you tested your water hardness (GH)? If it's too low, that would cause shell erosion. Placing a bag of crushed coral in your filter will help.


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The hardness is not low in fact I think it's really high. I will try the coral though


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[Mebbid]

If you have high alkalinity and ph then skip the crushed coral its not gonna do anything for you.

Could you post a pic of the snail?

[PNWaquarist]

Originally Posted by Mebbid

If you have high alkalinity and ph then skip the crushed coral its not gonna do anything for you.

Could you post a pic of the snail?

That assumes that the high pH is tied to high calcium concentration. That's usually the case, but not always.



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