Shoot, if ya lived by me I could give you a whole dang colony of them. I dislike the ramshorns because they lay eggs all over the tank all the dang time. Drives me nuts!
what type of snails?
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Everyone has said how fast 'plant' or 'pond' snails reproduce but since introducing ramshorn they have practically wiped out my pond snails, I no longer have to ration the snails to the puffers. I used a leftover 20g tank and hood combo. No other equipment in the tank (no filter, heater, etc, etc,) although I am thinking about putting a small filter on it. Its been setup like this for over a year. There are 4 different substrates (all leftover from other aquariums). I take plant suprlus out of my 75G and put in there, and guppies. Easy and cheap. I never said it was pretty though.
Dinner is served!
Dinner is served!
And it all started from just 1 snail!!! (they reproduce asexually). It only took about 2 months and I had a huge colony.
Actually they do not reproduce asexually. They are hermaphrodites and have to have a partner to reproduce. Most likely you either had eggs or another snail you didn't see.
I used the wrong term. They have both male and female organs and have been reported to be able to breed with themself. Either that or they can carry fertilized eggs. I am pretty sure it was one of these two options since I dropped the lone snail in myself (no plants, just a snail that came with some plants from another tank).
Yea most everybody gets confused about that term so don't worry. 
Most likely it was carrying fertilized eggs because from what I have researched, only the most primitive organisms can fertilize themselves, and that snails don't fall into that category.
Most likely it was carrying fertilized eggs because from what I have researched, only the most primitive organisms can fertilize themselves, and that snails don't fall into that category.
Soooo.....I will need more than one ramshorn snail to start a colony? Sorry, I guess im missing something....fballguy said:Yea most everybody gets confused about that term so don't worry.
