Tonight when I was about to perform a water change I discovered that my gold mystery snail had laid a clutch of eggs in my 10 gallon tank. I've had her since about mid January so I was a bit surprised. But I've also read that they can store sperm so I'm curious if these will hatch or if they're infertile.
I know it can take up to a couple weeks to hatch. What should I look for to tell if they are about to hatch? I do have an empty 5 gallon I may set up for the babies.
They look like a normal cluster but then again even the ones I had that didn't hatch did.
The only way I could tell was when they started to mold or turn black. I actually had better luck with them hatching if I left them and didn't remove them. Once they hatch you can move them if you want to.
I've had them too. I tried to remove the first one but failed - the eggs are too fragile, so I just left them there. Now I have plenty of babies in all four tanks. they are growing fast!
The eggs will change colour from creamy to pinkish, then the tiny babies will appear. As far as I remember it took a couple of weeks. I could be mistaken, though.
I have had tens of babies over some time. I still have them all since I've got 4 tanks. I have distributed them evenly over all my tanks :lol: . Anyway, if they keep having more babies I will have to give them away. I did give away some ten young adults. I hope they are doing fine. I could bring some to our local pet shop, I've talked to them about it. Another option is to start selling them! :lol:
They are lovely creatures and the babies are so cute and tender!
Good luck!
This morning I discovered the first clutch of eggs sitting on the bottom of the tank. They must have gotten knocked down by mama snail accidentally. They were still in a nice tight clump. I scooped them out and put them in a ziploc bag with some damp towels. They are floating in the tank. Are they still ok or did they get ruined from being immersed?
They should be OK. It is strange that they had gotten knocked off, though. They are usually very firmly attached. Some of the eggs will not hatch I think.
I would like to keep them.:lol: but idk if my girlfriend would be too happy with me. we just cleaned out that tank of all the parasite snails we had bc they we taking over the tank they were EVERYWHERE!! then I bought a mystery snail as I have several times b4 but never have been pregnant and VVVVVOOOOOOOOLLLLLLALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!! I HAD A SNAIL CLUCH!! I was so excited!! now I have 2 more clutches!! they sure are busy little snails!! but I may try to sell a few. both parents are gold mystery snails from the pet store so they're not just random snails.:-D
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