I own three Black Mystery Snails and always saw my two yellow ones stuck together which I read somewhere meant they were breeding. A couple days ago there were two pink clumps, kind of bumpy texture, on the side of my tank. They are above the waterline however, and I was curious as to what they were and if adding more water was what i should do?? Thanks for any help.
BMS Babies?
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those are egg clusters. they are supposed to be above the water line. you can scrape the clusters off and throw them away, or just let them hatch.
invertabite mating, but yeah those are eggs, feed them to your fish or you can scrape them off or let them hatch
Your Mystery Snails are Pomacea Bridgesii, aka "Brigs" ... a species of Apple Snail. You might want to go to this URL, <www://applesnail.com> to learn more about them. They don't eat live plants, they eat the decaying plant materials, fish food, and algae. They are fascinating to watch. If you let the eggs stay above the water but well humidified, the babies will hatch and move down to the water and begin to eat ... the adult snails carry infusoria in their gut and excrete it with their poop. Infusoria is the perfect food for baby snails, thus the babies will be well-fed. I have watched day-old and older baby Brigs eating the eggs of pond snails (which will eat plants), which helps keep them under control.
I remove Brig clutches after a day or so, when they have hardened, to a hatchery (a piece of damp sponge in a cut down plastic butter tub, floating in a 10 gallon nursery tank), and when the hatchlings begin to move about, I drop them into the Nursery.
Patricia
I remove Brig clutches after a day or so, when they have hardened, to a hatchery (a piece of damp sponge in a cut down plastic butter tub, floating in a 10 gallon nursery tank), and when the hatchlings begin to move about, I drop them into the Nursery.
Patricia