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16 April 2016 Water quality in snail farming
Water quality is a decisive factor in farming, especially during the reproduction period which takes place indoors. Water with poor parameters should be chemically treated and/or in an installation of appropriate filters.
Basic quality parameters of water used in farming:
| pH: | 6.5-8.5 |
| hardness | up to 200 mval/dcm3 |
| ammonia | up to 5 mg N/dcm3 |
| nitrites | 0 (may not be present) |
| iron | up to 0,5 mg/Fe/dcm3 |
| heavy metals | 0 (may not be present) |
| Coli, fecal | 0 (may not be present) |
| Pseudomonas Aeruginosa | 0 (may not be present) |
