Fin2you Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Ok so b/c my darling bridgesii's are laying clutches it got me thinking why my nerites weren't. Turns out they need brackish water to mate like minimal water current & they're incredibly difficult to breed in captivity. I thought yesterday what the heck a new challenge would be fun. So I took some of hubby's hard earned paycheque & added to my tank count. got a 2gal drum fish bowl, Elite mini filter, a hydrometer, marine salt & used my bettabowl heater (though it's not looking like it will heat this bowl warm enough so today I'm getting a 50watt submersable). anyone had sucess breeding these pretty snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) in my experience the they need very clean soft freshwater to breed........then you take the eggs and put them in a brackish tank to hatch they lay there eggs on everything,(if they lay eggs on driftwood,put the driftwood into the brackish tank) -edit- keep your temp at 77-78 in the freshwater tank,and keep the temp at 79-80 in the brackish hatchout tank -edit again- mine breed all the time.......im just waiting for them to hatch in my brackish tank. hope this help Edited April 28, 2012 by Sprucegruve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 When I did it, they laid their eggs on a small internal filter, I then took that filter and stuck it in my saltwater tank...and after a couple weeks they hatched...but of course they hatched in a 110 gallon sw tank...so they got to roam around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprucegruve Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 really? full salt? thats good to know,if brackish doesent work for me ill up the dose of marine salt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin2you Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 it's good to know it's not impossible! I've had my group in a betta tank for a month with no mating going on, maybe they're still too young. I only have 1 that's over 1". I did my brackish water to 1.010 according to my hydrometer. the below site said between 1.005-1.010. Definately gonna get a more powerful heater as this one only gets to about 25C. http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/snail/nerite.php We will all have to keep in touch! PS SpruceGrove it's BooBoo (purple with the broken shell) & Pablo the girl Fin took a nip out of the antenna & I immediately put in the quarentine who's mystery egg clutches I'm waiting for them to hatch out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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