Re: Apple snail eggs

by **flip** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:26 am

sounds good! you will have to get a pic or two for me when they hatch!! i have another clutch thet is about to hatch any day now!! it is nice and mouldy colored Very Happy

by **kizno1** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:38 pm

Will do. How long do have most of yours taken to hatch?

by **flip** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:49 pm

mine have taken about 2 weeks to hatch, but i incubate them. the warmer the eggs the faster they hatch. they can take up to 4 weeks at the most, if it has been that long break open an egg and see if it is still goo, if it is then the clutch is a dud. but if you have a male in with the female and this isnt her first clutch then they will be fertilized. too much moisture they can drown and they cant get too dry either or they will die in the egg too.

by **kizno1** on Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:16 pm

Thanks. Well this is the 3rd lot of eggs so hopefullly there fertile.

by **flip** on Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:01 am

welcome! im sure they will be, if you have more questions just ask!

by **kizno1** on Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:02 pm

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

by **flip** on Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:42 pm

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

by **kizno1** on Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:30 pm

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

by **flip** on Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:00 pm

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** on Tue Jul 06, 2010 9:13 pm

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** on Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:25 pm

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** on Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:49 pm

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

by **flip** on Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:24 pm

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

by **kizno1** on Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:28 pm

They are nice. The snails are every where Shocked

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

by **flip** on Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:11 pm

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** on Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:14 pm

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** on Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:46 am

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** on Sat Jul 10, 2010 4:56 pm

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** on Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:09 pm

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** on Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:27 pm

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!!