We got two mystery snails about 6 weeks ago and a few weeks ago noticed them mating. Just last week, we noticed our first egg clutch. We’re new aquarists so didn’t feel equipped to try to care for snail babies, so we removed and disposed of that egg clutch. A few days later, we found another egg clutch. When I went to remove it, I found a third hidden clutch that looked like a few snails had already hatched!! I removed and disposed of what was left of that clutch. That was yesterday, today I found 5 of the teeniest baby snails crawling around the aquarium.
While I did NOT want to try to hatch and care for a whole clutch of eggs, now that I see these fives little babies, I’m curious if there’s any chance they might survive just roaming around the aquarium? (I made a couple attempts to scoop them into a DIY breeder box, but they are just so small I haven’t figured out a safe way to scoop them up). We have a 20 gallon tank and right now we don’t have any other fish or anything in the tank-just mom, dad, and five baby snails.
I’m prepared for them all to die, but thought it was worth asking you all what you would do in my shoes. Appreciate any advice y’all have!
