Baby snails

[ky]

How many of you get frequent reinforcements of baby snails. Every now and again, I have 10-20 little clear eggs on my glass. Within a few weeks they disappear and within a week or so I have 30-40 new baby snails in my tank. This happens 2-3 times a year in each tank. I usually let them grow to about the size of a small grape and sell them to my lfs.

 

[beth]

Yes, we just gave birth to a hatchery of conchs at our house Mom conch set a hatchery up on the front glass of my aquarium. She was very diligent about keeping close to the little hatcheries too. About 4 wks later [over the weekend] the babies dug a single hole thru their bubble like encasing where the eggs are kept and out they all came! Be careful how you clean your glass. Something that looks like a grain of sand or a water smudge could actually be one of these babies!

 

[volitan]

Yah, happens to me too. When the lights go out, they come from every rock, crack, and crevice. Theres gotta be thousands of them! The good thing is, I almost never have to clean my glass anymore!

 

[keitho]

yeah...i just saw the first one in my tank a few weeks ago! it's really hard to tell when they're that little, but i think it's an astrea snail. i guess only time will tell