I've keep mystery snails before, but I never actively encouraged them to breed. Whenever I came across egg clutches I would remove them etc. However I've gathered from multiply sources (msjinkzd being one among others) that they are good to keep in breeding/fry tanks (I keep a few breeding/fry tanks). As a result I made a few incubators & started to remove new egg clutches to place them in these incubators.
I keep the incubators in a heated/hooded tank to maintain a consistent temperature. I keep the inside of the incubators humid with damp paper towels while keeping the eggs themselves "dry" replacing the paper towel they are laid out on whenever it gets damp.
But despite my efforts the eggs never develop & hatch. I've got 3 big mystery snails in a 29g tank that are always laying clutches & this is where I harvest the egg clutches from. Is there something else I should be or can be doing to get these clutches to hatch? These snails lay clutches pretty regularly (about 3 - 6 per week) but I'm beginning to think that I either have all females (due the to frequency I find clutches, about 1 daily) or a sterile male (or 2) among the trio. Would females even lay eggs without a male present?
Any similar past experiences & thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks
I keep the incubators in a heated/hooded tank to maintain a consistent temperature. I keep the inside of the incubators humid with damp paper towels while keeping the eggs themselves "dry" replacing the paper towel they are laid out on whenever it gets damp.
But despite my efforts the eggs never develop & hatch. I've got 3 big mystery snails in a 29g tank that are always laying clutches & this is where I harvest the egg clutches from. Is there something else I should be or can be doing to get these clutches to hatch? These snails lay clutches pretty regularly (about 3 - 6 per week) but I'm beginning to think that I either have all females (due the to frequency I find clutches, about 1 daily) or a sterile male (or 2) among the trio. Would females even lay eggs without a male present?
Any similar past experiences & thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks