How I Prepare Eggshells For My Fish Tanks (Bonus ASMR?) 

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@@harry103 you’re right, you could also use a toaster oven which is my preferred method. An oven however, has more room for more eggs. So you end up saving time and energy in the long run by making a large surplus. I can tell you, for the three years I’ve had my Leopard Gecko, I only ever used the oven once for making calcium powder out of eggshells because I made so much of it hahaha. Other times I used the toaster oven when there’s some spare egg shells laying around. Applying high heat is what makes the rubbery membranes brittle, even when dried by the sun I found the membranes still get chewy or rubbery which I worry would choke my pet. So that’s why I have to overkill it with high heat.

hello, how long do I need to put the shells in an oven and on what temperature?

@@koin5320 I think the RU-vid channel Leopard Gecko has a video on making the eggshell powder. It may be better explained there.

That's a good idea.

That also destroys any remaining protiens from the membrne.

The Yellow ones are female albino Millenium Rainbowfish. the bright orange are the males. The big brown fish is a Ctenopma acutirostre (African spotted leaf fish / leopard gourami / etc...)

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly thank you! I can't get any of these out here in the PNW...any recommendation on online ordering along the west coast? Ty for your videos...subscribed and will be watching more.

@@flyingsalmon No, I get mine from local stores, not online, so I couldn't recommend anywhere. sorry.

I doubt it'll have much impact. Even putting several eggshells in a tank isn't enough for me to measure any difference in TDS, pH, or GH.

Yeah, they're really pricy fish though.

Petsmart usually. The ones I currently have are from Petsmart.

What do you mean by "bagging" them?

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly tea bag

@@jimmylai433 If you want to, I don't see how it would hurt.

I don't really have any specific recipe. I just add some and assume it's doing it's thing. You can try adding one egg shell, and then test your water a day later to see if it made a difference. If not, try adding more.

It will, but it looks ugly having eggs in the tank. Crushing it provides more surface area which does help it dissolve faster too.

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I hear you... Thanks for replying. 🙏

I've never heard that before.

I never had any problems with them getting backed up or anything.

I'd start with a few, and see how it affects your water.

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly a few what table spoons, pinches? I'm scared of becoming a murderer.

@@wijkeellis8163 A few eggshells

Look up "polished man"

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly That is really cool. We need more people out there taking a stand against violence - physical or sexual.

I had no idea it was polish... just thought he smashed his thumb while hammering something! Ha!

Put a few eggs worth of shell in the tank and see how it affects things. If you need more, you can always add more later.

@@DanHiteshew-oneandonly I have a small tank with 8 snails. I hope 2 eggs will be enough

@@zulqadarabbas7567 Snails leech absolutely every bit of calcium and minerals out of water for their shells so it's probably safe to say that it would take a lot to be "too" much for them. :D

@@JessRansdellSmith I sprinkle the egg shells after every water change 😅

@@zulqadarabbas7567 I'm sure it'll be fine.

Test your water and see if it's what you need.

Look up "polished man"