Snail deposited eggs last night....

[CivicChick]

I bought a ramshorn snail on Wednesday to put in my tank for my dwarf puffers. This morning when I went in to feed them, I noticed a cluster of eggs on the one of the plants. I want to try to get some snails out of them, if possible, so I have a couple questions.

1. The fish don't seem to be bothering them yet , but maybe they just haven't noticed. Do you guys think I should leave the eggs in there, or take them out?

2. If I take them out, how do I go about doing that without disturbing them? They're on a fake plant, unfortunately, so I can't really just cut off the leaf.

3. Does anyone know how long it will take for them to mature?

Thanks for the help.

 

[ElPasoSiren]

I don't know that much about ramshorn snails,but you can find out how to take care of the clutch (snail eggs) by going to www.applesnail.net and read the posts in the discussion section of the website (it's in the reproduction/mating discussion) .There are a lot of posts in there telling people how to take care of them and everything else you want to know.
Good Luck!

 

[dethjam316]

generally ramshorn and pond snail eggs won't be eaten by most fish and will hatch without interference a week or two. my apple snail laid a huge clutch of pink eggs a week ago, i'm getting excited myself!

 

[Leopardess]

I'd just leave them where they are. Snails are QUITE prolific Pretty soon, you'll be saying "oh no, why do I have so many snails?!"

If anything happens to those eggs, there will be plenty more to follow!

 

[dethjam316]

snails are people, too.

 

[Leopardess]

Getting off topic...


Or is it that people are snails?

 

[CivicChick]

Originally posted by Leopardess
If anything happens to those eggs, there will be plenty more to follow!

Are snails in the category of animals that can reproduce with only themselves (like worms)? I only have one because he was $3.09 & I'm cheap , but that would be neat if it would continually lay me some eggs!

 

[bortsamson]

my snails reproduced, and their babies reproduced, and so did THEIR babies, and so on and so on
anyways, long story short, I got me a Loach, snail problem evaporated in about 2 days, lol

 

[dethjam316]

Originally posted by CivicChick


Are snails in the category of animals that can reproduce with only themselves (like worms)? I only have one because he was $3.09 & I'm cheap , but that would be neat if it would continually lay me some eggs!

some do, some don't. it depends on the species. some are hermaphroditic, but need another snail present to lay fertile eggs. consult applesnail.net as advised earlier. they'll tell you more than you want to know.

 

[CivicChick]

I guess I'm confused.....are ramshorn snails a species of the apple snails??