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Old 05-26-2007, 03:49 PM   #1
Kageshi17
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Lightbulb Mystery Snails!

What is the best way to care for mystery snails? Before I was a fish nerd I had a mystery snail in my 10g and he did soooooo great. Big healthy shell, got to a huge size, and was ALWAYS moving.

But now that I check water conditions, am aware of filters and bacteria growth, have live plants, add calcium, plant food, and water clarifier to the water when I change it as well as stress coat, they seem to be doing pretty aweful. I mean they are ok...but they have cracks in their shells and wont move around the tank for days at a time. They also are really small still...not really small but the same size as when I first got them.

I used to change my tank water (1/3) every week but now I change it every 2 weeks which seems to be helping? My water has always been cloudy, really cloudy, so I use the clarifier every 2 weeks.

But any ideas on this? I feed them algae wafers. And the tank is 29g and has been established for about 6 months.
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