breeding snails

[wayoot]

I have two snails isolated in a container meant for mating. Theres a crack
at the bottom for the fry to enter into a second chamber. i can see about
five blobs of snail eggs. I'm wondering how long it will take the eggs to
hatch. I dont know what kind of snails they are, ones round and ones cone
shaped <shrug>. What i really need to know is if the baby snails will be
small enough to escape the fry chamber they're in now. i dont want my whole
tank populated with snails.

[Geezer From Freezer]

typically if the snail eggs are below water they will drown!

wayoot wrote:
>
> I have two snails isolated in a container meant for mating. Theres a crack
> at the bottom for the fry to enter into a second chamber. i can see about
> five blobs of snail eggs. I'm wondering how long it will take the eggs to
> hatch. I dont know what kind of snails they are, ones round and ones cone
> shaped <shrug>. What i really need to know is if the baby snails will be
> small enough to escape the fry chamber they're in now. i dont want my whole
> tank populated with snails.

[Victor Martinez]

Geezer From Freezer wrote:
> typically if the snail eggs are below water they will drown!

Not true. Many aquatic snail species lay their eggs under water.

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam here:
Email me here:

[RedForeman ©®]

but most if not all of the mystery/apple snails lay their batches of eggs,
just above the water line...

MTS and pond snails are the only ones I know of that are underwater
layers...

--
RedForeman ©®


"Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
...
> Geezer From Freezer wrote:
> > typically if the snail eggs are below water they will drown!
>
> Not true. Many aquatic snail species lay their eggs under water.
>
> --
> Victor Martinez
> Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
> Send your spam here:
> Email me here:

[Geezer From Freezer]

Victor Martinez wrote:
>
> Geezer From Freezer wrote:
> > typically if the snail eggs are below water they will drown!
>
> Not true. Many aquatic snail species lay their eggs under water.
Not true of all snails no, I assumed he had apple snails!

[Victor Martinez]

RedForeman ©® wrote:
> but most if not all of the mystery/apple snails lay their batches of eggs,
> just above the water line...

Right.

> MTS and pond snails are the only ones I know of that are underwater
> layers...

MTS are livebearers, they don't lay eggs. Ramshorn snails lay their eggs
under water, and so do the 2 unknown species I have in my 20g tank.

--
Victor Martinez
Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
Send your spam here:
Email me here:

[RedForeman ©®]

"Victor Martinez" > wrote in message
...
> RedForeman ©® wrote:
> > but most if not all of the mystery/apple snails lay their batches of
eggs,
> > just above the water line...
>
> Right.
>
> > MTS and pond snails are the only ones I know of that are underwater
> > layers...
>
> MTS are livebearers, they don't lay eggs. Ramshorn snails lay their eggs
> under water, and so do the 2 unknown species I have in my 20g tank.

I learn something new everyday... I knew I"ve never seen their eggs, figured
they were sac layers.. thanks..

> --
> Victor Martinez
> Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM)
> Send your spam here:
> Email me here:

--
RedForeman ©®

[EWsGhost]

I had snails once. I don't know what kind there were but they layed batches
of eggs under water.
I had cichlids in the tank and the snails over ran the tank.
I went through three complete tank changes cleaning every item in the tank
with hot water. Finlally I got rid of the darn snails.
Never again for me.
"wayoot" > wrote in message
news:G6FRb.33306$oj2.24521@edtnps89...
> I have two snails isolated in a container meant for mating. Theres a
crack
> at the bottom for the fry to enter into a second chamber. i can see
about
> five blobs of snail eggs. I'm wondering how long it will take the eggs to
> hatch. I dont know what kind of snails they are, ones round and ones cone
> shaped <shrug>. What i really need to know is if the baby snails will be
> small enough to escape the fry chamber they're in now. i dont want my
whole
> tank populated with snails.
>
>

[Kay]

Geezer From Freezer wrote:

Only if these snails are apple snails. If they are apple snails they
must have access to the surface.

Kay

> typically if the snail eggs are below water they will drown!
>
> wayoot wrote:
>
>>I have two snails isolated in a container meant for mating. Theres a crack
>>at the bottom for the fry to enter into a second chamber. i can see about
>>five blobs of snail eggs. I'm wondering how long it will take the eggs to
>>hatch. I dont know what kind of snails they are, ones round and ones cone
>>shaped <shrug>. What i really need to know is if the baby snails will be
>>small enough to escape the fry chamber they're in now. i dont want my whole
>>tank populated with snails.