This is nearly as big as the snails are! Anyone have experience raising snail "fry"? The egg pack is about 5 inches above the water up on the wall, should I remove it and let it hatch in a different tank? I want to raise them properly so I can sell/trade them off when they are quarter sized, any help is appreciated.
ive had some hatch but i could never keep them alive check out applesnail.com or maybe it was dot net. im sure you will find it. the best way to raise them would probably be outside in a tub or tank filled with algae and green water. that will get them growing fastest.
They don't have fry. They are miniature snails, silly. Not sure about apple snails, but if they are like my snails i breed for my Puffer fish, then just feed them alot...
Make sure it stays moist. By the end of the year my fish pond has like 50 drie up clumps of apple snail eggs around it. They dry out in the sun. I'd spray it lightly once or twice a day with a fine mist. Don't let them get submerged in the water. If you try to move it you risk crushing the fragile eggs.
I had two eggsacks in my 75g tank. I just left them alone and they hatched. Tons of little snails everywhere so I increased by feeding of greens. Lots of lettuce and green beans went into that tank. I gave some away kept others and fed some to my DP. Just make sure you don't drown the eggs in water and they should do just fine. My only major hint is to make sure you have a sponge or some other device on your filter intake. That will cut down on the baby snail loss.
I had two eggsacks in my 75g tank. I just left them alone and they hatched. Tons of little snails everywhere so I increased by feeding of greens. Lots of lettuce and green beans went into that tank. I gave some away kept others and fed some to my DP. Just make sure you don't drown the eggs in water and they should do just fine. My only major hint is to make sure you have a sponge or some other device on your filter intake. That will cut down on the baby snail loss.
Thanks for the info guys! I already have prefilters on both pumps so they should be fine until I can gather them up into a snail only tank. I was wondering why the largest snail had started eating EVERYTHING in the tank. She mowed down one whole red/green plant and started shredding a 2 foot tall plant, then stopped and laid the egg cluster. I dropped 2 big chunks of cucumber in the tank and they are half gone this morning! I almost bought a loach to kill off a few small red snails in my plant/QT tank the same day I found the eggs... talk about a close call!
