i have a 75g plant tank in which i have three snails: a gold mystery? (Sunny) and a baby blue mystery (moony) and a Ramshorn (Gary). Sunny and Moony are about the size of a quarter and Gary is half the size of my fist. I've had them in the tank for months now and they do a great job of algae control. I have barely any except for a tinge on my wood right up by the lights.
Well it appears taht sunny built a egg nest right under my nose and now I have ~100 baby golds the size of a push pin head. After some investigating, it looks like moony was busy too with a nest about ready to pop.
now i don't really care about the golds but I would like to raise a few blues since I have only seen them once in this area (when I bought her) so I have a few question before i decide my actions
1) Will these little suckers destroy my plants or will they behave like their moms?
2)Are they going to over whelm my tank and cause chaos in my equipment?
3) Are there any special requirements for baby snails?
4) if I decide i don't want them, is there a fish that will eat the little ones but can't harm the big guys?
5) how do snail reproduce? Asexually? since this batch appears all gold and the sac under the tank rim looks all blue, did they breed or make babies on their own?
Well it appears taht sunny built a egg nest right under my nose and now I have ~100 baby golds the size of a push pin head. After some investigating, it looks like moony was busy too with a nest about ready to pop.
now i don't really care about the golds but I would like to raise a few blues since I have only seen them once in this area (when I bought her) so I have a few question before i decide my actions
1) Will these little suckers destroy my plants or will they behave like their moms?
2)Are they going to over whelm my tank and cause chaos in my equipment?
3) Are there any special requirements for baby snails?
4) if I decide i don't want them, is there a fish that will eat the little ones but can't harm the big guys?
5) how do snail reproduce? Asexually? since this batch appears all gold and the sac under the tank rim looks all blue, did they breed or make babies on their own?
