Invert update with baby snail teaser

[msjinkzd]

I have been hatching OODLES of snails trying to fill the surprising demand for the purple and magenta snails. Also some pics of my blue pearl, tiger, crystals,etc.
The newest hatched baby bridgesii:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6043.jpg
Chestnut (or maybe burgundy to be near mommy magenta):
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6044.jpg
Lovely Ms. magenta II:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6067.jpg
Tiger:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6076.jpg
Blue Pearl:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6077.jpg
Yellow:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6028.jpg
Snowball:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6008.jpg
Crystal red:
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/msjinkzd/100_6083.jpg

[fishorama]

Those are lovely! Momma magenta & the yellow shrimp are especially cool. & of course I already saw the CRS, pretty.

[dixienut]

sweet, but i bet with all that eating they are a mess to clean up after
after all, babies just eat and poop, but then adult snails just eat and poop, sort of like my hubby:grinyes:

[msjinkzd]

Its not so bad, i keep them in breeder traps until they are pea-sized and easy to avoid with the gravel vac. I do 50% wc's every other day on the growout tank. Luckily I have a hose set up from a sink and its super easy to fill.

[eroomlorac]

They are all adorable. Especially the 'traffic jam' of all those little baby snails.

[Yadokari]

That's A LOT of snails! Really cute :-)

[Gourami85]

Too Cute!

Really makes me want to set up an invert tank. :)

[-KT-]

Gorgeous little snails, i'll have to get some eventually to breed with my yellow baby. She was the only baby out of 2 clutches to be the same bright yellow as her mom her who unfortunately passed away about a month ago.

[Flaringshutter]

jeez that's a huge amount of snailors. almost a frightening amount. how do you keep up with feeding? :eek3:

[Redneck Woman]

:omg: Very pretty Msj!

[thebullit]

there great snaps jinkz, and some very pretty snails.

[Fishy_Fun]

LOL thats alot

[msjinkzd]

jeez that's a huge amount of snailors. almost a frightening amount. how do you keep up with feeding? :eek3:

Luckily for me, and the snails, I am a stay at home mom. I make lots of jello and only cook from scratch for my family, so they get lots of fresh veggie "scraps". The babies are just over a week old (in the breeder trap dogpile pic). I have shipped out most of the other juveniles that were of appropriate size and just have 3 adult breeders in a 30g tank. I do 50% wc's every other day for now and also have the tank planted. So far so good.


LOL thats alot

I know! but I only got through 4 or 5 people on the waiting list and the first 50 snails were gone. Hoping that trend continues and people don't run out of patience or I will have to come up with plan B, lol.

[catfish69hunter]

Wow MS those are some great pics and some nice looking snails.

[jenratico]

just have 3 adult breeders in a 30g tank.


What colors are your breeders to get all colors out of them? Do all mystery snails do that? I just had one gold for my daughter but recently added a chestnut and the gold has been piggy back ever since - I hope they have snail babies! I saw some pictures of your other babies (kids) in the mugshots - they are cute too.

[msjinkzd]

Well, when I started my breeding "project", I had 1 purple striped male, 1 burgundy female, and 1 magenta female, and 1 purple female. I have since sold the purples for cash (as I have a couple babies growing out, and COUNTLESS clutches). There is a heritability calculator. Here is a link to a thread about color probability as well: http://www.applesnail.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18519&highlight=color+colour+chart

To be perfectly honest, most of my offspring don't fall into the percentages offered by any calculator available. I basically got about 40% chestnut/gold striped, 30% magenta, and about 30% mixed between ivory, blue, and dark purple from my snails.

[jenratico]

Thanks for the link. I found another that helped me identify the actual colors of my snails Dad (Butterfly) is golden, and mom (Birdseye) is striped yellow. This link helped on the colors:
http://www.angelfire.com/va/myevolution/snails/bridgesii.htm

Then I looked at the links you gave and found the "Color Inheritence Applet" http://www.angelfire.com/va/myevolution/snails/applet/color_cross.htm

Which gives you not percentages, but at least the possible colors that can come from the parents. With the golden and striped yellow I'm supposed to get golden, ivory, light striped purple, red-white, and striped yellow.

If I have babies we'll find out! Though I haven't found a picture of what red-white looks like and didn't see it on the color thingy I listed first.

[chesterthehero]

your inverts are very impressive. i love the shrimp!

[msjinkzd]

thanks :)

[Hollygirl]

Since the Mystery snails lay their eggs above the water level, what kind of breeding setup do you have? Just curious. I had one of my snails crawl out of the tank through the opening that would normally be for a heater and it ended up on the floor. I'm assuming it was trying to come out of the water to lay eggs? The snail is okay by the way.

[Hollygirl]

Oh and those babies are adorable!!!! :headbang2:

[gocrow77]

Love the yellow shrimp!!! I will have to get myself some of those someday. Beautiful shrimp and snails. I love the briggs I have babies that I bought as clutches and have gotten pretty much every color out of them except the chesnut and brown striped. I adore the magentas and purples, yours are very nice!!

Aimee

[emptywallet]

dang lots of nice snails....i wonder how long is this waiting list for these?

[msjinkzd]

there are about 30 or so people on the list for the magenta/purples. I will have ivories and chestnut available sooner.

[emptywallet]

dang so im on the bottom of that list