Snail Shells

[joxer]

I have a lot of empty shells in the rocks of my tank. My question is do the empty shells cause any harm to my tank water?

I pick them out every now and then but no way to get them all out in one picking. They are to heavy when I gravel vac it don't suck them up

 

[toehead11183]

shells will raise your pH

 

[joxer]

Is their a quick easy way of getting them out of my tank? All the snals are dead I just have a bunch of empty shells laying around. I don't have a TON but more then I care to look at

 

[Dr Joe]

Teach you fish to fetch or modify a turkey baster with a large piece of tubing on it.

(It will take time and alot of shells to do any real damage to the pH if your doing W/Cs).

Dr Joe

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