free & nice shells & how to get rid of the smell

hermiefanatic · Post by **hermiefanatic** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:00 am

i posted a thread about this, but couldnt find it. anyway, i went to my local fish store. they sell small-medium snails there for the aquarium. i saw some empty shells in the tank and the worker gave them to me for free. the shells are very nice, no holes and what not. i figured, hey, maybe the crabs might like them. the last time i posted on the thread, i said i couldnt get rid of the smell and tossed the shells. well, i found away to get rid of the smell. dump the shells into a bag. then dump in baking soda- enough to cover the shells. let them set for a day.wash the shells with water and repeat as necessary until the smell is gone. then wash in warm water until there is no more baking soda present. make sure its out of the inside of the shell. then boil for 5mins, and you have clean, non smelling, nice, free, shells for your hermies.

Kilimanjaro · Post by **Kilimanjaro** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:12 pm

What types of shells were they?

Have you any pictures?

hermiefanatic · Post by **hermiefanatic** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:09 am

^ they were snail shells of some sort.... i will try to post pics later this afternoon, gotta run now!!

*** one other thing- some of the shells i got had algae on them. i used a toothbrush to scrub it off. i used water too, it seemed to help. and no, i didnt use the toothbrush again!!***