Re: Apple snail eggs

by **kizno1** Mon 5 Jul 2010 - 18:02

I think there hatching. theres loads of little tiny snail shells inside the clear cases. Looks like there just about to hatch.

by **flip** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 0:42

ooh it sounds like you are getting very close!! has the clutch changed color at all? gotten kinda mouldy looking?

by **kizno1** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 17:30

some of the eggs have gone misty. They have hatched out and are all over the glass.

by **flip** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 22:00

yay!! they are so tiny!! you may not find them again if you have gravel in the tank till they are bigger!! i want to see them!!!

by **kizno1** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 22:13

I use sand. I can barely see them let alone take a pic lol. Theres still a few that havent hatched and dont look like there going to becuase there white so should i drop it in for them to eat like you said? im going to get over run i have loads of snails about 100bn fry and more on the way and my corys have just laid about 100 eggs Shocked

by **flip** Thu 8 Jul 2010 - 18:25

break open the ones that didnt hatch first they need help sometimes, then you can drop in the rest and just suck it out after around 24 hrs if they havent finished it yet, i usually give it a day and a half!! i know what ya mean abot it being hard to get i pic! i got some of mine that i will get up soon for ya!! what color are yours?

by **kizno1** Thu 8 Jul 2010 - 19:49

Ok thanks. There just the yellow ones same as both the parents.

by **flip** Fri 9 Jul 2010 - 22:24

you're welcome!! i love the yellows, i have quite a few of them myself!!

by **kizno1** Fri 9 Jul 2010 - 22:28

They are nice. The snails are every where Shocked

. Have you added anything else to your 50 of 75G tanks yet?

by **flip** Fri 9 Jul 2010 - 23:11

they are all over, just wait till they get a bit bigger!! then they really look like they are taking up a ton of room Very Happy

i havent gotten anything else in them yet, just some platy fry to grow and sell. im going to start adding a few cories though. heres some pics of my baby snails, they range from a week old to just a couple days!!
edit:for size reference, that is a hikari algae wafer they are all on in the pic, one started floating for some reason
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by **kizno1** Fri 9 Jul 2010 - 23:14

How can you just have a 75G sitting there with no cichlids or catfish in affraid

lol. Them bugger snails are only 1 Week old? they grow quick.

by **flip** Sat 10 Jul 2010 - 2:46

i just dont have the funds for stocking the tank right now, we are in a tight spot. it will have cory cats soon as i can though:) i know, its not the same.... yep the bigger ones are a week old in that pic, they do grow pretty quick! there are pink, ivory and a few purples in there right now and that is only the 2gal.

by **kizno1** Sat 10 Jul 2010 - 17:56

Fair enough. Thats mental mine have about doubled in size after a few days. What sort of size do your lfs take them? i need to ask mine.

by **flip** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 19:09

mine take them at roughly the size of a US nickle, or about half theadult size. they have taken a few that were a bit smaller that i had taken in because i wasnt sure if they were big enough. i just told them the first time i brought them in to look them over and if there were any not big enough yet that it was fine and i would take them back till they were bigger and they just took them all!!
they really do grow quick, it takes about 1.5-2 months for mine to get to size as long as they are not over crowded. ive been destroying a lot of clutches and only letting them hatch when im getting close to selling the bigger ones.

by **liz2** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 20:27

on the subject of snails! Giant African Land Snail babies are little devils. One day you have eggs and then they seem to hatch so fast! Next you know there are tiny holes in the lettuce! shriek!!

by **kizno1** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 20:38

flip wrote:mine take them at roughly the size of a US nickle, or about half theadult size. they have taken a few that were a bit smaller that i had taken in because i wasnt sure if they were big enough. i just told them the first time i brought them in to look them over and if there were any not big enough yet that it was fine and i would take them back till they were bigger and they just took them all!!
they really do grow quick, it takes about 1.5-2 months for mine to get to size as long as they are not over crowded. ive been destroying a lot of clutches and only letting them hatch when im getting close to selling the bigger ones.

Thanks shouldnt be to much longer then. They have already grown alot

liz2 wrote:on the subject of snails! Giant African Land Snail babies are little devils. One day you have eggs and then they seem to hatch so fast! Next you know there are tiny holes in the lettuce! shriek!!

Haha i saw some of these in a new lfs yesterday i knew they ot big but there where massive. I also saw some stick insects which im considering they where only 50P each Shocked

by **liz2** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:01

oh stickies are fun. The pre school where I work have them! The babies are so fast, when you clean them out you want 3 pairs of hands! The babies also escape through the tiniest holes! You find them in funny places!

by **kizno1** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:06

Haha i am really tempted. What do you have to feed them? Im thinking of a few of these or a scorpion or tarantula if my mum agrees which i dout because my brothers.

by **liz2** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:12

At pre school they are in a plastic fish tank with a tight lid. Margarine tub in the bottom with water and oasis (that stuff they use to make flower arrangements) and then privet twigs or ivy leaves stuck in for them to eat. I think you have to mist them a bit as well. When the females are ready to lay eggs their front legs go pink! And that is about as far as my knowledge of them goes... computerlaugh

by **kizno1** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:17

haha i might look into them a bit more. 50p each is a great price. Just little anoying that i sold a 5 and 10G not that long ago that would have worked well.

by **liz2** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:20

wilkos do a tank for a fiver that would do..plastic one with fitted lid. Also went in a shop called Home Bargains the other day and they had a circular one with a lid quite big, with a stem, like wine glass shape. You would have a good view with one of them.

by **kizno1** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 21:24

Ill have to have a look around then. If not i might make one I know where i can get some clear acrylic that would work.

by **flip** Mon 12 Jul 2010 - 21:58

i would love to have a GAL, i think they are awesome! too bad they are illegal here Sad

by **kizno1** Mon 19 Jul 2010 - 0:02

Why are they illegal? The snails havent really grown much there only about 5-7mm

by **kizno1** Sun 25 Jul 2010 - 17:58

The female died. I just found her and her trap door had fell of and she was covered in the babies. Theres nothing inside the shell so i reckon they must have eater her aswell sick

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