Crushed up egg shells as calcium in substrate?

[lNSECTOID]

ive crushed egg shells into a fine powder, can i add this to my enclosures? will it benefit my inverts live milipedes and isopods? thanks, should i mix it in with substrate? thanks.

 

[Smotzer]

yes I have added crushed up egg shells for calcium with isopods before!

 

[lNSECTOID]

yes I have added crushed up egg shells for calcium with isopods before!

thank you i appreciate the feedback

 

[viper69]

Let them eat cake! Yes it should work

 

[darkness975]

I personally wouldn't.

 

[Isopods others]

I personally wouldn't.

Why not?

 

[The Snark]

Weird thread. Egg shells: Calcium Carbonate, CaCO3 + trace amounts of phosphorous, magnesium and a few other minerals. Excellent dietary source for calcium but mostly unassimilable unless the animal has a slightly acidic digestive system. (Just meanders on through and out the other end)