Adding shells to my nano?

[chvynva916]

I have been considering throwing in a bunch of small shells into my nano. I had hoped it might maintain my alk, and also give my hermits a choice of house change if they want. What do you guys think?

[Twins Guy]

but understand that a few snail//hermit shells aren't really gonna buffer your tank, no matter how small the tank is. i would definately use some arag sand to help with that. make sure the shells are clean (no carcasses) and rinse em off well, should be fine.

[Physh1]

The shells won't do anything at all really. They will look good though. Your best bet like mentioned is some aragonite sand or just some good buffers.

 

Cameron

[flaunt]

your hermits should love em though! i took a ton of empty shells out recently because they were literring the sand. i used to always see the hermits cleaning them out, switching, etc.

[harbingerofthefish]

If you have hermits, drop in some shells.

 

I got few shells when I got my 2 hermits. But I grabbed out of the rubble tank. **SIDE NOTE** can you believe that one LFS I go to actually sells marble sized pieces of rock at the same price as big hunks? I've actually found the right guy to talk to to finagle scoops. anyways... I picked up spagehtti worms, feather dusters, bristles, pods, all from "free" shells. Any little thing to add diversity right?

 

oh and speaking of worms(ya'll wern't but I was). Since the first bristle I saw kiel over and die in my tank, I thought they all just died when they were inadvertantly added. Well last night I found a 1"er and this frickin' 1/4" wide 3-4" long mama crawlin around.

[Dave ESPI]

Shells ? I have lots of empties.

but I thought brass and copper was BAD in a reef......