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03/20/2006, 09:13 PM
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dead snails
just opened a new pail of Kent salt last week and made a new batch of water, did a water change on sat as I have many times before, yesterday most of my snails are on the bottom upside down, flame scallop not looking to good, today all snail are dead,flame scallop is a empty shell , every test I have seems good
Any help would be a great help Ph 8.2 no2 0 no3 0 amm 0 phos 0 sil 0 cal 420 alk 12 temp 79
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03/20/2006, 09:27 PM
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Ouch! Did you test SG? A sudden SG change can be pretty hard on snails, I think. You might just have a bad batch of salt. There have been some issues with low alkalinity, but nothing that would kill snails like that.
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03/20/2006, 09:30 PM
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sorry SG was 1.024 same as always
just heard something about a recall of Kent salt ?? anyone hear about this ?
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03/20/2006, 11:22 PM
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There's a thread in the chemistry forum on the topic, if you want to look at a very long discussion.
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