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Posted by on February 19, 2008, 9:59 am
Please log in for more thread options what Bill says... but I will tell you that IF the pH of your water out of the
tap is
below pH 7.0 or so that conch shell will dissolve rather rapidly. Ingrid
>Shells can also be a good thing, as long as they're free of contaminants.
>They act to buffer (add KH) the water, which keeps the PH from crashing as
>your water gets dirtier with age. I keep Aragonite (crushed coral) in my
>Goldfish filters to keep the PH up. With weekly water changes the PH stays
>somewhere around 7.6. It's unlikely that your shell would have the same
>surface area as crushed corals, so it would have much less impact on the PH.
>I have quite a bit of Limestone in the pond, which keeps the PH around 8.6
>and the fish don't seem to mind.
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