When I dropped a jar of calcium powder on my wood floor I didn't think much of it until my mom walked in and she freaked out because she thought I was doing drugs in my room! 😂
Lauren Bellish my mom thought the same thing when she found powdered sugar from donuts in a bag in my room. She threatened to take it to the cops and everything xD like naw I'm just fat
Whenever I make my calcium powder I boil the shells then I put them in the oven for 2-3 hours to dry them. It works really really well I've never had a problem with mold!
This is really helpful! I need the calcium powder for my snails, and most reptile powder isn't safe for them to eat so learning this was a HUGE help. Thankyou for sharing!
Thank u so freaking much for this video!!!!!!! Cause ordering takes forever and no stores near me have it, my geko needed it now. U are amazing and I love your hair btw! U have no idea what this video means to me. Thank u! ❤️😊🙃
You can bake the egg shells on cookie sheet for 10-15 minuets350degrees. Coffee grinder works great. After boiling hard boil eggs you can use the water to put on your plants.
I have some limestone rocks in my tank. Do you think they would leach enough calcium in to the water? The rocks do have algae growing on them - I'm not sure if that means if the snails eat the algae they will get calcium the algae got out of the rock, or if the algae will trap the calcium inside the rock....... what do you think?
cuttlefish bones have a very distinctive fishy and oily texture and smell which deters tortoises from eating it. They need to be leached by boiling or left to hang for a week in rainy conditions. Many breeds of tortoise ( especially horsfield and spur thigh ) can become sick by eating untreated cuttlefish.
How do i feed this to my turtle if she eats in the water? won't it disperse or is that the point? She also never really took to the cuttlebones i put in her pond
Jennifer Tropiano you can just drop one in your tank and they will eat at it as is. (less trouble than eggshells or cuttlebones but if may harm fish so i dont use them) Just dont use the mint flavored Tums. and thanks :)
I know this is an old video, but I have a few questions. Is this safe for Nerite snails in a Betta tank? Also does it matter if the eggs are pasteurized? Maybe try using a food processor if you have one?
Out of curiosity, how would this supplement work for diurnal reptiles that need D3? I'm all for DIY but I want to make sure that my beardies and such will be getting all of the important stuff. Thanks for the video :)
+Courtney Reno i sometimes do but it makes your water cloudy for like 30 mins. (some people may not like that) Another thing i do with it is put it in gel food.
Ive made snello I was wondering abt just the powder Ive done it No clouds :) Cuddle bone and add tank water to shot glass. Mix it up. Poor the top part out and add slowly
Hi There! Love your videos! I am a new apple snail owner...just got my Melvin about a week ago now. I have added him in a 10 gallon with a group of 3 Glo Tetras. I would like to put some calcium powder in the tank for my apple snail, but am wondering how/if it will affect my fish. Can I put some in the tank for him and if not, what is a good way to get him calcium? I did feed him some baby spinach (well rinsed) for a treat this week (he loved it!) and was thinking of broccoli for a treat this week. Thanks!
Heyo! Im not sure if youll see this, but I just got 3 apple snails and 2 nerite snails, I was wondering if I can home them together? Do you think the apple snails will eat the nerites?
hey. experienced aquarist here. and yes you absolutely can. apple snails are avid herbivores and don't bother other creatures. most aquatic snails get along just fine in fact. nerites are essentially just smaller apple snails...
you definitely inspire me I love animales so young and beautiful you know so much thank you for teaching us. I'm just curious as to what (Spanish speaking) country your from? if you don't mind me asking. love all your videos I've learned so much
I have a question, can I put the calcium power in my aquarium and when it will dissolve, the calcium will be in the water? can I do that with betta fish too ,cuz my betta fish is in my aquarium with my snails to... or, I'll just put calcium in another container! :)
Elisha Wang some of it will dissolve into the water but most will sit in the bottom and the snails will eat it. i add it in the aquarium with my fish in it and they dont mind the calcium powder. they actually eat at it too lol.
Ennio Carpio freshwater snails can only handle a very small amount of salt. seashells will also rise the PH. its safer to just use calcium powder or pieces of cuttlebone or TUMS
steven more put it into homemade snail/fish gelatin food. i have a video called "simple snail jello" where i made some for my snails and added a whole lot of this powder into it and it doesn't cloud up my water. i also have another video called 'snowing on apple snails" where i just dropped it in and they ate it straight off the bottom. it does cloud up your water a bit but it clears up right away :)
LoL, I noticed the music playing in the background is the same used in a previous video about the same subject :-0 After I use my eggs, I put the shells in a bag and then in the freezer to keep them from going bad. FYI, you're too cute. Cheers
PLEASE HELP MY SNAIL ROBERT. Tonight he fell and hit the hard floor. He is a garden snail. the part that cracked is the very center of his coiled spiraled shell. it cracked inward in the shape of a tiny circle. Please tell me what to do for Robert ♡♡♡ Thank you
okay so I was making deviled eggs and after I made them when I took the eggshells off I thought to myself that I should make this so is it ok after they have been boiled for more than 10 minutes and....
Salmonella is a gram negative bacteria that requires the hen to be infected for an egg to potentially become infected. There's less than .01% chance you'll receive an infected egg from an infected chicken. Eggs are vigorously washed off before being sent to grocery stores, to remove bacteria and fecal matter. But in the case that you did receive an infected egg, assuming you kept it at an appropriate refrigerated temperature, salmonella would not be able to grow from the cold temp. 😊
By the way, collect your egg sheel weekly in a container in the fridge. Then wash them good, drain all water and put them in the microwave for 8-10 min at highest temperature. There you are! They are as dry as the desert sand! Grind them into a powder in your food processor! Simple! Isn't it? Why make life so difficult?
+Lily Liang Nop! How else would you get confection sugar, it's the same way. Instead of buying from the store, you just get plain old sugar and blend it and it becomes fine just like store bought confection sugar. Blenders are made for stuff like this. I use my blender to grind my horse's flaxseeds into powder consistancy.
When I dropped a jar of calcium powder on my wood floor I didn't think much of it until my mom walked in and she freaked out because she thought I was doing drugs in my room! 😂
Dang!
Lauren Bellish my mom thought the same thing when she found powdered sugar from donuts in a bag in my room. She threatened to take it to the cops and everything xD like naw I'm just fat
Wow😂
Lauren Bellish, wow
Erica Patterson w
Whenever I make my calcium powder I boil the shells then I put them in the oven for 2-3 hours to dry them. It works really really well I've never had a problem with mold!
Lexi Buxton, Thank you I was wonder this
I boil mine for five to ten minutes then I just bake them until they are crispy
This especially helps currently because we can't just go out and buy calcium
I don't eat eggs, and when I asked my neighbor to save the shells for me, he was soooo creeped out.
I mean maybe if u explained why? idk lol
This is really helpful! I need the calcium powder for my snails, and most reptile powder isn't safe for them to eat so learning this was a HUGE help. Thankyou for sharing!
Damn, you know how to do a lot of things.
Kunta Kinte of course she's Steff j
I stg she’s like magic or some shit
You can get a lot of egg shells at the restaurant in the morning just tell the cook to save them for you.
Who needs an update in 2020
Thank u so freaking much for this video!!!!!!! Cause ordering takes forever and no stores near me have it, my geko needed it now. U are amazing and I love your hair btw! U have no idea what this video means to me. Thank u! ❤️😊🙃
@Ray Ban, i cant ever reply to your comments or tag you on here? gosh lol.
but thanks for always watching and commenting!
cuttle bone is known for snails in the uk
+Jean-luc Chessher in Australia you give them to snail to cause say your snails Shell is broken it can five it
Daniella Rocks in the UK they need the extra calcium
what do yall use this for.
Steff J IS THIS SAFE FOR LAND HERMET CRABES THE FIRST WAY I DONT WANT TO BY cuttlebone cuttlebone
Thanks a bunch! Glad I stumbled across this. This would have been amazingly helpful a year ago, but better late than never :D
does it matter what kind of egg shells u use ??? cuz in my country all the chickens only lay brown eggs
Those would be fine white and brown eggs are both calcium
can you use this for your snails?
krissy Torres yep
Little Aquatics Snails aren't reptiles genius.
Pardon?
@@Joesgamesntech LMAOOO
Pardon?? IM DYINGGGG
Hi steff. Can I add the calcium powder into my tank? I have 2 small mystery snails, fancy guppies, and tetras. Will the calcium hurt my fish?
It will rise your PH a bit. Add in 1 tablespoon every 2-ish weeks or more and they should be fine
No
@@krunoslavcicmir5166 yes, actually you can. The amount all depends on the size of the tank, but the general rul of thumb is 1tbsp per 20 gallons
You can bake the egg shells on cookie sheet for 10-15 minuets350degrees. Coffee grinder works great. After boiling hard boil eggs you can use the water to put on your plants.
I have some limestone rocks in my tank. Do you think they would leach enough calcium in to the water? The rocks do have algae growing on them - I'm not sure if that means if the snails eat the algae they will get calcium the algae got out of the rock, or if the algae will trap the calcium inside the rock....... what do you think?
Could you smash the eggs after you let them dry
Fish Girl that's what I do
#theSRUGGLE
Thanks for the great tips and having a cute girl showing off her tips made the video even more enjoyable.
u trying to flirt with her mate lol
cuttlefish bones have a very distinctive fishy and oily texture and smell which deters tortoises from eating it. They need to be leached by boiling or left to hang for a week in rainy conditions. Many breeds of tortoise ( especially horsfield and spur thigh ) can become sick by eating untreated cuttlefish.
this her
son thank you so much you have no clue how much this is goona help
Dang, i should start saving my eggshells
How do i feed this to my turtle if she eats in the water? won't it disperse or is that the point? She also never really took to the cuttlebones i put in her pond
After the blender you could use a pestle and mortal to make the powder even finer
So if you put baked egg shells, in a tank for snails, the snails can't eat it, if there not broken up? I'll try making the powder. Thank you do much.
Can crushed Tums be used to substitute for the eggshells? Or should I just go with a bunch of cuttlefish bones? Btw I love your hair :)
Jennifer Tropiano you can just drop one in your tank and they will eat at it as is. (less trouble than eggshells or cuttlebones but if may harm fish so i dont use them) Just dont use the mint flavored Tums.
and thanks :)
How often should you put the calcium powder in tank? After the snails have eaten it all?
I know this is an old video, but I have a few questions. Is this safe for Nerite snails in a Betta tank? Also does it matter if the eggs are pasteurized? Maybe try using a food processor if you have one?
Should I use eggs or cuttlefish bone? I have seen this on the channel Leopard Gecko and I’m kinda torn
does it work for shrimps?? and is it safe in a community tank?? what happen if a fish it the calcium food gel??
Could I put it in the tank with ghost shrimp and fresh water shrimp ?or will it harm them?
I know, stupid question but does the eggs shell calcium have d3 in it?
You can find the cutter bone on beaches to and this video gave me heaps of ideas because I also have a snail.
Do you clean the egg before putting them away in the corner?
How often and how much would I give this to a leopard gecko?
Out of curiosity, how would this supplement work for diurnal reptiles that need D3? I'm all for DIY but I want to make sure that my beardies and such will be getting all of the important stuff. Thanks for the video :)
ALOT of people in canada have reptiles every pet store has reptile supplies
Do you have to remove the membranes first? If so, how do you do that since they are so difficult to remove?
Pet shop told me I couldn't make this. Thankyou!
If I eat egg shells is that calcium for me? GREAT!
I always put them in the oven after boiling them to dry them and then use a coffee grinder to powderize them
can i use the brown chicken eggs?
Yeah
thomas laoha they are the same
thomas laoha did it turn out brown? 😂
Yes the powder will have a brown tint.
ɐupɹǝʍ ʞᴉɯ in asia the chicken is brown 😁
Can i use this method for my bearded dragon?
Instead of making it can I use any other calcium like store bought which should I use
So do you just add a spoon full of this to feed the snails? Drop it right into the tank?
+Courtney Reno i sometimes do but it makes your water cloudy for like 30 mins. (some people may not like that) Another thing i do with it is put it in gel food.
Ive made snello
I was wondering abt just the powder
Ive done it
No clouds :)
Cuddle bone and add tank water to shot glass. Mix it up. Poor the top part out and add slowly
Hi There! Love your videos! I am a new apple snail owner...just got my Melvin about a week ago now. I have added him in a 10 gallon with a group of 3 Glo Tetras. I would like to put some calcium powder in the tank for my apple snail, but am wondering how/if it will affect my fish. Can I put some in the tank for him and if not, what is a good way to get him calcium? I did feed him some baby spinach (well rinsed) for a treat this week (he loved it!) and was thinking of broccoli for a treat this week. Thanks!
I'm thinking of getting apple snails in a bunch of months after my current tanks are running.... I'm going to start saving up my eggshells!
What do you do with calcium powder?
do the snails eat the calcium or they absorb it naturally thru their bodies?
Ennio Carpio they eat it :)
Is it safe for leopard gecko ?
Heyo! Im not sure if youll see this, but I just got 3 apple snails and 2 nerite snails, I was wondering if I can home them together? Do you think the apple snails will eat the nerites?
hey. experienced aquarist here. and yes you absolutely can. apple snails are avid herbivores and don't bother other creatures. most aquatic snails get along just fine in fact. nerites are essentially just smaller apple snails...
Thank you for this I will definitely be doing both!!😘👍
Can you use This for snails in a freshwater community tank?
you definitely inspire me I love animales so young and beautiful you know so much thank you for teaching us. I'm just curious as to what (Spanish speaking) country your from? if you don't mind me asking. love all your videos I've learned so much
is it safe to put in a tank with guppies too? because all my snails are in a tank with the guppies
It's safe just watch your PH and it will be great!!
Can you use it on yourself as well?🤔I heard it is good for nails
I have a question, can I put the calcium power in my aquarium and when it will dissolve, the calcium will be in the water? can I do that with betta fish too ,cuz my betta fish is in my aquarium with my snails to... or, I'll just put calcium in another container! :)
Elisha Wang some of it will dissolve into the water but most will sit in the bottom and the snails will eat it. i add it in the aquarium with my fish in it and they dont mind the calcium powder. they actually eat at it too lol.
My snails have been getting really weak although I feed them egg shells.. Someone help?
could Sea shells from your local beach be a good substitute for getting calcium for your snails?
Ennio Carpio freshwater snails can only handle a very small amount of salt. seashells will also rise the PH. its safer to just use calcium powder or pieces of cuttlebone or TUMS
I came here to see how I could make calcium powder but I was looking at you for the first few minutes. You look really beautiful.
Can you skip the boiling/baking part?
You cannot
Can we use snail shell to make calcuim powder for consumption
How would u be able to give the calcium to fish or snails?would u put it with fishfood and would it cloud up the water?
steven more put it into homemade snail/fish gelatin food. i have a video called "simple snail jello" where i made some for my snails and added a whole lot of this powder into it and it doesn't cloud up my water. i also have another video called 'snowing on apple snails" where i just dropped it in and they ate it straight off the bottom. it does cloud up your water a bit but it clears up right away :)
thanks
Okay I burnt the egg shells, can I still use it????
Does it matter what kind of eggs cuz I eat brown eggs??
Is it me, or when I collect egg shells for my hermit crabs and snails it smells? Is there anywhere you can prevent this?
AlexVsPeoni wash them out then put them in a bag and collect them up and blitz them up
Take of the membrane
I know I'm late but can I use normal reptile calcium for my snails?
Moon Rise Stables yep! Thats why im here ! Im planning on getting a snail!
Eternity A. thank you!
I love your channel steff j
is it safe to put calcium powder in a tank with a Betta fish?
+John Lizaso a small amount every week should be okay, just be careful as too much will make your water harder.
Thanks for replying. My snails shell is deteriorating so i hope this helps. I followed you on instagram btw hope you catch my DM!
Haha my mom was so confused when she saw me boiling egg shells with a bunch of egg goop in a dish on the side 😂 I ate the eggs afte
LoL, I noticed the music playing in the background is the same used in a previous video about the same subject :-0
After I use my eggs, I put the shells in a bag and then in the freezer to keep them from going bad.
FYI, you're too cute. Cheers
PLEASE HELP MY SNAIL ROBERT. Tonight he fell and hit the hard floor. He is a garden snail. the part that cracked is the very center of his coiled spiraled shell. it cracked inward in the shape of a tiny circle. Please tell me what to do for Robert ♡♡♡ Thank you
Would this powder be safe for land snails? (Garden snails)
yes
Yes
Awesome im gonna try this for my water snail
Emily Danese they will like it!
Steff J I bet they will :) Thanks!
Great video. You've got one heck of a blender.
Can u tell us how to make sodium alginate also pls
Do you know why my missipi map gets soooooo scared when it is basking any sound will spook it
how big is your snail tank?
Katya Harris 30 gal. tall
can we feed these to nerite snails I rescued one and its shell is awful I wanna help my snail
okay so I was making deviled eggs and after I made them when I took the eggshells off I thought to myself that I should make this so is it ok after they have been boiled for more than 10 minutes and....
if i use the eggs right away do i still need to boil them? or can i get away with a hot rinse?
Blurry Face
Alway boil or bake to kill salmonella
Salmonella is a gram negative bacteria that requires the hen to be infected for an egg to potentially become infected. There's less than .01% chance you'll receive an infected egg from an infected chicken. Eggs are vigorously washed off before being sent to grocery stores, to remove bacteria and fecal matter. But in the case that you did receive an infected egg, assuming you kept it at an appropriate refrigerated temperature, salmonella would not be able to grow from the cold temp. 😊
Steff, can u sell calcium powder for merchandise??
i know this is an old video but this is helpful to me because im going to be getting some snails soon and will be making snello
By the way, collect your egg sheel weekly in a container in the fridge. Then wash them good, drain all water and put them in the microwave for 8-10 min at highest temperature. There you are! They are as dry as the desert sand! Grind them into a powder in your food processor! Simple! Isn't it? Why make life so difficult?
Does it work for baby bearded dragon s
I ate this stuff in science today on a dare and was just seeing if I was gonna die or somethn
melanie lambrecht lol Oof
can i put this directly into my water?
So what do you do with Calcium powder...put it in ur food?
Yaras Jenny
In animal food yes
How do u know when it not good anymore?
do you believe i could use a mortar and pestle instead of a coffee grinder of some sort
I'm sure you could it would just take a while
Take a while but yes also blender would work
Can I feed this to my turtle??
I LIVE IN INDIA... AND I CANT EVEN FIND A DAMN TURTLE.....
Can I sun dry the egg shells?
Wouldn't that break your blender?
+Lily Liang Nop! How else would you get confection sugar, it's the same way. Instead of buying from the store, you just get plain old sugar and blend it and it becomes fine just like store bought confection sugar. Blenders are made for stuff like this. I use my blender to grind my horse's flaxseeds into powder consistancy.
So is this pure calcium? Or just a Calcium compound?
Academic Egg
all consumable calcium is a calcium compound(calcium carbonate, usually). Not sure where you'd find pure calcium.
what else could you use instead of egg shells
+Shan Chenoweth cuttle bones....depends on what you need the calcium powder for.
thank you for sharing video, I'm gonna try it to my hydroponics nutrients.
Can i use it on a reef tank ????
can i use a hair dryer to speed up the drying
Might blow pieces of egg shell everywhere lol
could you use a food processor?
Victoria Sabaliskaite Yes