RE: [APD] Nerite Snails....problems with K2SO4?

["Jason Reck" <bigdaddysparky at earthlink_net>]

I only have 3 Nerite snails in my 75 gallon but I never noticed a
problem when dosing K2SO4.  I don't add nearly that much either
though...I add about 5/8tsp to my tank once a week which brings the ppm
to about 6.3. I'd do a water change and try a smaller does next time.

-----Original Message-----
From: aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com
[mailto:aquatic-plants-bounces at actwin_com] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Rota
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:29 PM
To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
Subject: [APD] Nerite Snails....problems with K2SO4?

Hiya....

I added some potassium sulphate for first time to my tank in order to
raise 
K to about 10-20 ppm per Chuck Gadds calculator.  A few hours later , I 
noticed all my Nerite snails are very unhappy...lying on bottom, not
moving. 
   If I take them out and put in water without K2SO4, they
recover....put 
them back into tank, and they get unhappy again.

All other tank parameters are A-OK...ph=6.7, ammonia zero, nitites zero,

nitrates 10 ppm.

Anyone else have this kind of problem with Nerite snails after adding 
potassium sulphate?


Thanks

Lorenzo Rota
Santa Cruz, CA

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