Breeding Assassin snails

[MrGrayMySkipper]

on a 1-10 bases how hard is it to breed them 1 being really easy and ten being the hardest

 

[feiyang]

I heard before that they breed, but survival rate is low. You won't get a boom of them from generations.

 

[Flaringshutter]

Nope - I would put them at a 1 or 2, super easy. Once they settled in they produced babies regularly as long as I kept feeding them once a week or so. I ended up with over 40 snails in a 5 gallon tank, from just a few adults. I just dropped in 10 or so MTS every week after water changes.
In the 20 gallon I had them in before that, they absolutely decimated the pond snails I bought them to take care of, so I introduced MTS so they would keep breeding. They laid clutches regularly and the babies were everywhere. Very easy to breed.

 

[zzyzx85]

Yup. 1 or 2. Maybe a bit too easy for some of us. Must be something in the CA water.

 

[DarrylR]

I agree with 1-2, by the time they hit maturity I am seeing eggs everywhere, but only seen one baby sin snail. I have a lot of subwrrassertang so hoping they only hiding :S.

 

[blueovalgal]

Do they lay their eggs in and among the gravel? Are they easy to spot? I have two that seem to "hang out" all the time together... thanks.

 

[DarrylR]

They are easy to spot, and they do lay eggs on gravel and stones, plants etc. I saw a line of sin eggs on the gravel, next few days I saw them on the bottom of the substrate the MTS must have stirred up the gravel so much. But trying to save the eggs, only made more eggs dropped so unsure how to fix that but add more big stones for them to lay their eggs.

 

[Lupin]

LOL! I told you the eggs are like hard ravioli, Darryl. I don't bother saving them. The eggs just seem to hatch without any issues whether they lie on the sand bed or not.

 

[Sounguru]

1 or 2 if you are not trying for a high survival rate ... 4 or 5 if you are because of the time and constant attention as to what is going on in the tank to assure high survival ratios. The biggest problem is not breeding them it is that they are slow growers and for every one egg you see I promise you there are 3 you don't see. Also the # of small feeder snails required to get a high survival rate is where most people fail.

 

[calivivarium1]

definitely a 1 for my first breeding trio. Two of my adults died, but I now have 7-12 juvies/adults from the first trio, plus the original adult but no eggs as of yet.