Breeding Mystery Snails

Jellymolly44

Jellymolly44

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I have soo many questions today. But anyways, how do you breed mystery snails?
 
Put a couple in your tank, lower the waterline an inch or two and sit back and wait. That's about it. :)
 
Hmm. Well the water line in my tank is already sort of low though. Your saying that if I lower it more they'll possibly breed? I thought that there was male and female in this species also. I don't know. I'm dumb about all this. Thanks for anybody's advice.
 
No you don't have to lower it more, they just like a dry place to lay their eggs. As to making them breed, I don't think you can but when mine reached sexual maturity (they were a little larger than a nickel) they went at it like attention starved teenagers and haven't stopped since. I have to take their clutches every few days and freeze them or I would be overrun with snails. As it is, one of my sneaky girls laid a clutch under the filter outlet and I have about 50 babies running around.

Making babies
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Teeny baby up close
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Teeny baby looking for a snack
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Big snail, teeny snail
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Those are nice picks jacklomy. I hope I have male and female. I can't tell at all.
 
I don't know if it works with your mystery snails, but my Colombian Ramshorns (also a type of apple snail) always go wild (think major snail orgy here) right after a big water change.
 
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