Eggshell as calcium source????

[patoloco]

Read what I found:

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-12/1007434629.Bt.r.html

Can egg shells be used as a source of calcium for the aquarium? Both for plants and inverts? Would it be safe for SW?

I remember my dad used to put crushed eggshells around his plants as a kind fertilizer, just as this document says.

Also, as a source of calcium I don't know if it can be used as we use crushed coral to raise KH.

Just wondering.

 

[neoprodigy]

Read what I found:

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-12/1007434629.Bt.r.html

Can egg shells be used as a source of calcium for the aquarium? Both for plants and inverts? Would it be safe for SW?

I remember my dad used to put crushed eggshells around his plants as a kind fertilizer, just as this document says.

Also, as a source of calcium I don't know if it can be used as we use crushed coral to raise KH.

Just wondering.

instresting... but crushed coal will be a better source

 

[Roan Art]

Some rainbowfish breeders use eggshells in their spawning tanks to make sure the females get enough calcium to produce good eggs.

I mentioned that on here somewhere -- lemme take a look -- in this thread:

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73346&page=1&pp=15&highlight=calcium

Roan

 

[Roan Art]

instresting... but crushed coal will be a better source

Hrm, I don't think crushed coal would supply a lot of calcium but it sure would produce awfully dark fish.

Roan

 

[DaisyTattoo]

It would produce dark fish? It will make their colors stand out?

 

[Hurley]

I have read that people use it as a source of calcium for snails but from what I remember it had mixed results. I think they were having trouble crushing it up into a powder that was small enough it wouldn't make the tank cloudy. I wonder if you were to just leave it as bigger pieces if it will have the same effect?

 

[bunlet]

I think he meant crushed coral.

 

[Roan Art]

I think he meant crushed coral.

Oh, probably he did, but it's funnier reading it the way it was written

Roan

 

[RTR]

I use eggshells around my lavender to help counteract the local soil acidity. I have a dedicated blender for the garden, used mostly for eggshells and moss.

I would be a bit concerned with eggshells in the tank, as the protein coat on the inside can invite some nice fungi, along with being a small boost to the bioload, I would use either aragonite (slightly better solubility) or crushed coral. Either will provude both Ca++ & Mg++, along with CO3--/HCO3-.

Why would coral make Rainbows dark?

 

[downloader]

How about cuttle bone, I have seen this in a petshop. A piece of it in a tank for apple snails

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