My blue mystery snail laid eggs this morning!

[Becca3711]

One of my female blue mystery snails laid her first cluster of eggs this morning! Im so excited! They are turing darker pink by the hour. I will post pics in a few minutes!

 

[Becca3711]

Here's a couple of pics. Ill post more every couple of days to show changes!

 

[hitman12131976]

Ewwww. How interesting, they're above the water line.

 

[Que]

Why is your water so low?

Q

 

[Reefkid 07]

Kinda disgusting.lol

 

[J double R]

AWESOME! keep us posted.

Why is your water so low?

Q

the water is low probably to facilitate the snail's egg-laying, since mystery snails require an above-water area to lay their eggs or else the eggs will 'drown'.

 

[klfvilla]

Oh thats so neat! What will you do if you end up with lots of babies?

 

[soobie]

Oh, that's great! Soon you'll have some real itty bitty baby mysteries, instead of the poseur pond snails!

 

[Becca3711]

Yep, Im going to sell them when they get to be about marble sized!

 

[Becca3711]

AWESOME! keep us posted.




the water is low probably to facilitate the snail's egg-laying, since mystery snails require an above-water area to lay their eggs or else the eggs will 'drown'.

Yep, you've got it. The lowering of the water level encourages the snails to lay the eggs, like mine did, on the side of the tank instead of under the lights where the eggs will eventually dry up from being burned.