Snail Eggs

[Sprucegruve]

hey, my albino redshelled mystery snails laid 50 or more eggs above the waterline in my 15 gal

Any suggestions? Do they need to be wet? Should I splash the eggs?or just Leave them alone?

[jvision]

You can just leave them and they may hatch. You can put them in a container and keep them warm and they should hatch. I know a few people around here who've raised apple snails - I've never really had much luck with them, myself.

[BettaFishMommy]

with mystery/apple snails, you just leave the egg clutches alone and in about 2 weeks the babies will break out of the little clusters and fall into the water. if you have any medium size fish you might see them eating the babies, but that's ok! because each egg clutch can potentially yield 200 baby snails.

i raised 7 generations of apple snails and never once bothered to mist clutches, nor move them, or do anything special. i had TONS of apple snails at one point, lol.

on a side note - i don't think there is an 'albino red shelled' mystery snail. could you post a photo of your snail, i may be able to help identify the proper colour name for it. you can also check in at www.applesnail.net for some great information.

[Wingin' It]

My apple snails lay an obscene amount of clutches every week...so I take them, put them in a container and just float them in the tank...when I think they're ready I dip them in the tank and the snails eat their way out and then just dump them in the tank. I have wayyyyy too many atm...now I understand why people chuck them in the garbage.

[hightorque78]

for the best hatch put a air stone under the eggs and that will keep them damp, works pefect

[Sprucegruve]

I'll Post a picture, I do not think I have the right name. It was sold to me as albino snail from aquarium designs unlimited here in Edmonton

[BettaFishMommy]

from my knowledge, the two apple snails that are most commonly available in the aquarium trade that lay eggs above the water line are pomecea diffusa (also referred to as pomecea bridgesii, although incorrectly) and pomecea canaliculata. both look very much alike, but the cana snail will grow larger and is a voracious plant eater, whereas the diffusa does not eat plants and stays smaller. cana's also are commonly brown with faint stripes and diffusa come in a range of colours, including pale cream/ivory with red eyes. another great indicator is the colour of the eggs, cana eggs will be a bright pink or orange, whereas diffusa eggs will be more peachy pale pink when laid.

there are also nerite snails that are part of the apple snail family, but i have never seen an 'albino' one. nerites lay their eggs individually and not in clusters/clutches, underwater.

the photo will be a great help in determining which snail you have.

edit - does your snail look like this, but with a different coloured shell and white body (the soft part)?

Edited April 18, 2011 by BettaFishMommy

[vince0]

from my knowledge, the two apple snails that are most commonly available in the aquarium trade that lay eggs above the water line are pomecea diffusa (also referred to as pomecea bridgesii, although incorrectly) and pomecea canaliculata. both look very much alike, but the cana snail will grow larger and is a voracious plant eater, whereas the diffusa does not eat plants and stays smaller. cana's also are commonly brown with faint stripes and diffusa come in a range of colours, including pale cream/ivory with red eyes. another great indicator is the colour of the eggs, cana eggs will be a bright pink or orange, whereas diffusa eggs will be more peachy pale pink when laid.

there are also nerite snails that are part of the apple snail family, but i have never seen an 'albino' one. nerites lay their eggs individually and not in clusters/clutches, underwater.

the photo will be a great help in determining which snail you have.

edit - does your snail look like this, but with a different coloured shell and white body (the soft part)?

diffusa will eat plants, if they are not provided with a steady leafy diet. I speak of this from personal experience.

[BettaFishMommy]

i never once provided a 'leafy diet' to any of my many diffusa. they never once nibbled my plants. i made them 'snail jello' and they also ate fish food, algae wafers, and shrimp pellets. at one point i had over 30 'shellkids', lol, in my nicely planted 55 gallon.

[Sprucegruve]

Well I just borrowed my friends camera I'll post picture in 1 hour, it looks jus. Like that picture you posted but a it has albino shite skin and a red shell

[Sprucegruve]

heres one of the 2 snails.

[Wingin' It]

Looks like a purple stripped apple snail to me

[BettaFishMommy]

the snail you have there is considered either a 'light striped purple' or a 'striped purple'. because computer monitors vary and may not show the absolute true colour of something, i can't pinpoint the exact purple shade, but it is one of those two. and it is definitely a pomecea diffusa, aka mystery snail.

you'll want to feed a high calcium diet for your snails, to promote healthy shell growth. if you search our forum for 'snail jello' you'll find a place or two where i've explained how to make it.

Edited April 19, 2011 by BettaFishMommy

[Sprucegruve]

Ok I'm looking up snail jello, I have these snails in with shrimp and MTS so I feed algae wafers,hikiari carnivore pellets,zucchini,cucumber,spinach, sometimes small amount of flake food,or sinking cichlid pellets, also green seaweed.

My little 15 gallon tank has a good amount of plants and none have been touched by snails yet.fingers crossed

The shell is really red, but I guess in some spots it looks purple

Also not the best camera and I suck at taking photos.

[BettaFishMommy]

it looks magenta to me, which is 'purple' in the diffusa world, lol.

the shrimp will enjoy the snail jello too, and your mts will be budging in line behind your big snails for it, i can guarantee it!