Crazyfishlady Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 A friend of mine hooked me up with my first purple mystery snails. One is HUGE, one tiny so I can watch it grow (even though she said the big one is not yet full grown). So, I wake up this morning and do my normal tank checks... umm... I find some gross, alien pod on side of my dream blue tank. Seriously looks like something from a b-rated space horror movie. Now, this is the tank I just went through the 'uh oh, those aren't really tigers' so... I don't know if panic or frustrated won out. BUT - thanks to this forum, rather than run screaming around the apartment... I grabbed my camera, snapped a pic and sent it off. Turns out - I'm about to have a LOT of mystery snail babies. lol The alien pod (Seriously gross looking IMO) The mamma (Who I've named Jupiter Girl) aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Lol...wait until that pod turns white and crusty and starts to ooze before hatching. I grossed out too when I had the first batch of eggs but once the eggs hatched, the snails were adorable. Watch out in open top tanks...tons of baby snails crawled out of mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Lol...wait until that pod turns white and crusty and starts to ooze before hatching. I grossed out too when I had the first batch of eggs but once the eggs hatched, the snails were adorable. Watch out in open top tanks...tons of baby snails crawled out of mine Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Ewww that is gross! lol Does it harm the water? I have a lid but it's not 100% flat in the back. I was told I could scrap it and toss it if I don't want babies (mom must have come in pregnant) but... I just can't bring myself to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 You could even just drop it in the water if you don't want them, or freeze them. Those are mystery snail eggs, and you will finds hundreds in just one pod. As they grow they will actually eat heads of lettuce withing a couple days, so make sure you want to deal with the amount of poopage and mess. Some selective breeders will crush culls or feed off the babies to crays or fish. I used to breed them. I found them very hard to ship though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hmmm I might have to get up the nerve. I just wanted the one, beautiful, graceful and fun to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zodiac Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 at least you know it's a female. you know,the snail stores the sperm (up to 3 months?) and can produce more clutches. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I hope to go back and do some mystery snail breeding again at some point, but man was it a lot of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiko Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 I have 2 mystery snails one black and one white I love that my shrimp take rides on my snails ALL the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyfishlady Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 at least you know it's a female. you know,the snail stores the sperm (up to 3 months?) and can produce more clutches. wow - that's....impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 You can break off a 1/3rd of it to hatch so you don't get too many snails. You can either freeze the other 2/3rd of the egg pod or give it to another hobbyist to hatch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Crazyfishlady 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 ^-^ At least she is happy and healthy. I have read quite the horror story of one person who was overwhelmed attempting to feed, raise, and give away all of the offspring, so definitely don't let them all hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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