New Orange Tylos

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nurseshelly

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Hi,
I just got my first orange tylo snails. I have been reading up on their care, but would welcome any tips or tricks anyone has for me. My tank is already hard water with a pH that reads 8.8 with the API high test so it could be higher than that, temp 80 to 82 right now because of my room temp in AZ is high during the day, drops to 78-80 at night with the heater. I have a some cuttle bone in there for calcium in case I don't have enough calcium in the water. I suspect I don't because in the past I have needed more to prevent pitting in snail shells with my water. I have snail jello and veggies of course. My tank is planted with a sand bottom and snail friendly tank mates. It's been running for years. Any other ideas? I'll post pictures after I get them acclimated and they are cruising around :)
Thanks for any help!!!
Michele
 

nurseshelly

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Here are my new snails :) They really make me laugh when they stick their heads all the way down in the sand to search for goodies!
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anamta

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Interesting, thanks for the info! The breeder who I bought my CRS from said they like cool and very low TDS conditions. I had my tank at 76 degrees, 60 TDS and PH about 7.8 for months but didn't see any babies. I have 20 in that tank. I now have 9 in a different tank with temp at 76, ph 7.8 and TDS 240. I see 2 are berries but haven't seen any little ones. I might try warmer water and see if that helps.
 
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