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  1. Trouble with Snails - Could these Hitchhikers be the problem?

    I posted before that I've been having trouble with many of my snails dying. Not sure of the cause I've tried many things and received many suggestions.

    I took out about 70% of my live rock and have been cooking it for several months. I wanted to see if there was something on the live rock that was killing the snails. I'm happy to report that after a number of weeks in the cooking barrel all the snails are fine. So wanting to do a little control test I took one turbo snail and ...
  2. Water Testing Results - High Molybdenum

    I received 4 testing kits from Aquarium Water Testing for my birthday. With the trouble I was having with Snails dying I was curious to see if these test showed anything. The results are in and most things look okay expect for few parameters Molybdenum and Stronium.

    Has anyone heard of troubles with this value. See the note from AWT on the parmeter.

    Also the Free calcium versus total - never heard of this before. I'll have to read more.

    The good news is ...