aqua sapphire
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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Abit of backstory as I'm a new owner of snails never had any experience with them. The pet shop sold it to me and said they were easy maintenance as long as you clean weekly. I had a betta fish for a year and decided to get a 10g to give him more room.
I recently got my snail about 3-4 weeks ago. I added him to a new tank along with my betta fish in a 10g. Prior to that I set up the water in the tank a few days earlier. My betta fish had some possible rot on his fin so I did a tetra fungus and bacteria removal in the tank. 4 days later I did a 25% water change and then another 25$ the day later and added the snail in. Snail was fine fast forward to a week ago I moved into a new place and did a 50% water change and cleaned up any fecal waste however 2 days ago I noticed my snail had alot of shell disintegration. I feed him cucumbers and salad. I added a cuttlebone to the tank along with some crushed egg shells as the pet shop told me my hardness along with calcium was insufficient. This morning I woke up and saw it didnt improve and was recommended by the pet shop to add a tiny pinch of baking soda in the tank as it's probably the ph. I'm going to go tomorrow and get a ph tester but my water is supposed to be in the higher 7 range. What should I do for now remove the snail from the tank and put him in a covered bowl with fresh water till the 10g is sorted out? I'm worried about his condition getting worse if I leave him in there. Here's a pic of what he looks like right now. He originally had a tiny bit of shell gone from his spiral point but now it's much worse.
Thanks for the help!
I recently got my snail about 3-4 weeks ago. I added him to a new tank along with my betta fish in a 10g. Prior to that I set up the water in the tank a few days earlier. My betta fish had some possible rot on his fin so I did a tetra fungus and bacteria removal in the tank. 4 days later I did a 25% water change and then another 25$ the day later and added the snail in. Snail was fine fast forward to a week ago I moved into a new place and did a 50% water change and cleaned up any fecal waste however 2 days ago I noticed my snail had alot of shell disintegration. I feed him cucumbers and salad. I added a cuttlebone to the tank along with some crushed egg shells as the pet shop told me my hardness along with calcium was insufficient. This morning I woke up and saw it didnt improve and was recommended by the pet shop to add a tiny pinch of baking soda in the tank as it's probably the ph. I'm going to go tomorrow and get a ph tester but my water is supposed to be in the higher 7 range. What should I do for now remove the snail from the tank and put him in a covered bowl with fresh water till the 10g is sorted out? I'm worried about his condition getting worse if I leave him in there. Here's a pic of what he looks like right now. He originally had a tiny bit of shell gone from his spiral point but now it's much worse.
Thanks for the help!