So I was cleaning the coarse filter I have over the end of my skimmer to stop fish and such from getting sucked in, and I noticed these really hard white things bound in the meshing. I tore a small piece off and pulled out the items. They are tiny little snail shells. They had the opening and everything, I was unable to see any snails, but I am sure they were new shells. A week and a half ago, my 2 big astrea snails sat and spewed white stuff into the tank for about an hour, and I turned off the flow to let them mix. Really neat. I freed a couple from the meshing, and hope they thrive. The other ones were to tightly bound. I may go buy a new cover tomorrow and cut the other one up.
Snail Breeding, Nature wins?
- Thread starter Gildurath
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Last night, I had a peak an hour or so after lights out and sure enough little tiny snails climbing all over the glass. Very cool to see life start fresh in a tank.
Awww.... ^__^
See, everytime I see that my ramshorns have bred, I tend to curse instead of be amazed and happy.
*shrugs* Reproduction... a blessing and a curse...
See, everytime I see that my ramshorns have bred, I tend to curse instead of be amazed and happy.
*shrugs* Reproduction... a blessing and a curse...
My two turbo snails made lil babies in my tank, and both passed away shortly afterwards... is that normal? my red legged hermit has since took one of the shell's and i was wondering if maybe he killed the snail for the shell, and devoloped a taste for snails? or what happened? any clues?
austin if you want easy snails to breed do regular fw snails. i know they wont live in your brackish tank but they breed like mad. i had a few hundred in my 55 gallon. my GSP loved them
i dont keep a brackish tank. i keep mine freshwater. what would you consider a good sized snail for a dwarf puff? oh and what is a GSP