snail laid eggs...

EB847 · 05/03/2006, 12:25 PM

what are the chances they will become baby snails?

Kaiser Tang · 05/03/2006, 12:36 PM

Good! I have several baby snails in my tank. Give it a little while and you'll start to see these little snails all over your tank. It won't be a snail explosion, but you should see several in time.

Reeling Reefer · 05/03/2006, 12:36 PM

probably zero, my snails have laid eggs about 5 times now with no survivors, they are always eaten in a couple days.Sorry to be negative ,but just giving my 2 cents.

Sk8r · 05/03/2006, 03:24 PM

Depends on what kind of fish you have. Mine won't eat snail eggs. Takes about 2 weeks for a hatch. They'll be very tiny, and will want a little nearby algae early on.

blue20051 · 05/03/2006, 04:46 PM

what kind of snails are they?

EB847 · 05/03/2006, 04:53 PM

a cerith was next to them when i first saw them. cant be sure though...

kyleka. · 05/03/2006, 05:15 PM

Never had that happen before.

aubee91 · 05/03/2006, 06:00 PM

My cerith snails have laid eggs all over the tank about four or five times over the last few months. In fact they laid another small batch last night. I haven't seen any baby snails yet, but I'm hoping. And at the very least the eggs should provide some additional food for the fishies.

Reeses · 05/03/2006, 06:23 PM

My store bought snails all lay eggs, but the only ones that actually seem to reproduce successfully in my tank are the little hitchhiker nerites. They are nocturnal, so sometimes after a population explosion I'll notice that there are tons of them everywhere about an hour or so after the lights are turned off.

Reeses · 05/03/2006, 08:08 PM

Sorry, to late to edit what I said ^. I meant Collonista snails, not nerites.

Sk8r · 05/03/2006, 08:40 PM

Mine turned out to be little strombus grazers, relative of the conches, about a third of an inch long when grown.

05/03/2006, 12:25 PM	#1
EB847 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 146	snail laid eggs... what are the chances they will become baby snails?

05/03/2006, 12:36 PM	#2
Kaiser Tang Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,314	Good! I have several baby snails in my tank. Give it a little while and you'll start to see these little snails all over your tank. It won't be a snail explosion, but you should see several in time. __________________ "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: Marineland 150 XH Reef w/ 55 AGA Sump, Oceans Motions Super Squirt, Ecotech Marine Vortech, Current Prime 1/3 hp Chiller, 200 lbs. LR, 175 lbs. LS, 800 watts PFO MH and 440 watts IceCap VHO. Softies, LPS, and Clams!

05/03/2006, 03:24 PM	#4
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Depends on what kind of fish you have. Mine won't eat snail eggs. Takes about 2 weeks for a hatch. They'll be very tiny, and will want a little nearby algae early on. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

05/03/2006, 06:00 PM	#8
aubee91 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 211	My cerith snails have laid eggs all over the tank about four or five times over the last few months. In fact they laid another small batch last night. I haven't seen any baby snails yet, but I'm hoping. And at the very least the eggs should provide some additional food for the fishies. __________________ Brad There are two kinds of fool. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, "This is new, and therefore better." --John Brunner There is no 'e' in hobbyist. :) Current Tank Info: 210 AGA w/57 gallon (nominal) sump/refugium

05/03/2006, 06:23 PM	#9
Reeses Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 606	My store bought snails all lay eggs, but the only ones that actually seem to reproduce successfully in my tank are the little hitchhiker nerites. They are nocturnal, so sometimes after a population explosion I'll notice that there are tons of them everywhere about an hour or so after the lights are turned off. __________________ There are two systems at work in every tank. There's the system you created and the system IT created. Current Tank Info: Just left :0(

05/03/2006, 12:36 PM	#3
Reeling Reefer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 445	probably zero, my snails have laid eggs about 5 times now with no survivors, they are always eaten in a couple days.Sorry to be negative ,but just giving my 2 cents.

05/03/2006, 04:46 PM	#5
blue20051 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: usa Posts: 200	what kind of snails are they?

05/03/2006, 04:53 PM	#6
EB847 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 146	a cerith was next to them when i first saw them. cant be sure though...

05/03/2006, 05:15 PM	#7
kyleka. Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 51	Never had that happen before.

05/03/2006, 08:08 PM	#10
Reeses Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 606	Sorry, to late to edit what I said ^. I meant Collonista snails, not nerites. __________________ There are two systems at work in every tank. There's the system you created and the system IT created. Current Tank Info: Just left :0(

05/03/2006, 08:40 PM	#11
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Mine turned out to be little strombus grazers, relative of the conches, about a third of an inch long when grown. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.