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On 7/1/2021 at 9:42 AM, Guppysnail said:
Awww so cute. Did you find out what the bug was?
Negative, it was on the side of the styrofoam at the time. But I just pulled the styrofoam up to get a photo attempt.
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Thank you Guppysnail. Your information is always helpful. Found the baby on the side of the styrofoam at this time. Couldn’t get a photo. The iPhone camera at maximum zoom is not very clear anyways.
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YIKES!!! How in the world did I get that?? How do I get rid of it?
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Yours definitely looks like a baby snail. Mine looks more like a tiny ant. I think I see some legs in the middle and back area. Perhaps if I get a view from the foot side it will be more visible. But for now they are still on top of the styrofoam.
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Here’s an update. Observed some movement today in the Breeder tank. A tiny spec crawling around on the styrofoam. Also found some others. I can’t verify that this is a baby snail. Will check again later today.
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You are probably right about the shrimp being dead. I have not seen more than three lately. I did have about a dozen baby shrimp about a week ago. I fear those are lost as well.
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I purchased from Amazon. Don’t know what plant these seeds were from. Item description was ground cover plants. These two photos are from the seller’s description. So I assumed it would not grow as tall as mine did.
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Greetings everyone. Hope all is well. I was hoping I could get some advice from the community. I planted my Fluval Flex 9 gallon for my shrimp with a ground cover plant from seeds. The seeds took off really well. I got great coverage in just a few weeks. However the plants have got way out of control. I have aqua scissors I could use but I’m too scared I would injure the shrimp hiding within. Also on that note I have not seen most of the shrimp. I am just assuming they are hiding. Does anyone in this community have any suggestions in getting the plants under control and if it’s normal for shrimp to stay hidden within the tall ground cover. Here are photos from three weeks of growth and current about a month later.
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Some hobbyist are accidentally breeding mystery snails. Me, I’m trying so hard but have yet to have successful new snail babies. Except for the Bladder snails of course. I’m probably going to seem like a broken record but I’m happy to announce I found two new clutches in two different tanks today. Going to leave them be. I still have many clutches in the breeder box unhatched.
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I saw a YouTube video by Flip Aquatics stating that he does not do any water changes in his breeder tank. I am following his lead. I have a 9 gallon Fluval Flex for my neo shrimp. About three weeks ago I noticed the first baby shrimp. To this day I have about a dozen shrimp babies. I do check the water parameters daily. So far the results are favorable and haven’t needed a water change at this time.
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Greetings everyone. Just wanted to update my progress. Although I still have not noticed any Mystery snail hatching I did find another clutch in the Fluval Flex 9 gallon Betta tank.
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On 6/18/2021 at 6:22 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:
Seriously though! I feel bad for my females and wonder since I don't want to breed if I should move my male to another tank.
Oh let them have fun. You can just raise the water level high enough to prevent the females from laying the clutches.
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Here’s when four were going at it. Seems I have a pretty active tank going on.
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Here’s a little snail ménage a Trois action going on.
The two gold mystery snails are male. The little black one in one of the four new mystery snails I recently purchased. Ever since I have been seeing clutches about every three or four weeks.
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Congratulations. I’m still waiting for any of my clutches to hatch. It’s been well over 6 weeks since I noticed the first clutch.
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I have seen those Bladder snail egg clusters in my tanks. They multiply insanely frequent.
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Today I confirmed the mystery gelatinous eggs in the water are fresh Mystery Snail egg clutches that did not stick to the sides above the water line. The clutch that was laid yesterday is now in the water. This is occurring in the 75 gallon main community tank. I also have four Mystery Snails in a nine gallon Betta tank. I have a new clutch on the lid of the tank I found yesterday. I intend to leave it alone.
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I remember when I got my first bladder snail. It must have hitchhiked on a plant I purchased. That was about 6 months ago. They multiplied like crazy. Back then I must have pulled out 20-30 per week. It got a bit easier to remove after I purchased the snail remover from Aquarium Co-Op.
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Well, I think I figured out what these gelatinous eggs are from. As I reported earlier today I noticed another clutch of eggs in the water. I just noticed that there is a new clutch above the water line in the same area. It appears to be a half of a clutch. Therefore, I believe the eggs in the water is the other half from the clutch above the water line.
One photo of clutch above water line. Second photo is of the one that fell in the water.
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I just found another clutch in the Betta tank. I hope this clutch will remain up on the lid. The previous clutches had fallen off and fell into the water.
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Observed yet another clutch of eggs. I’m still uncertain from where they came from. I’m hoping in this community someone has the answer.
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It’s now the next day since I first discovered the gelatinous eggs on the tank floor. Still not 100% verified of what egg layer they are from. Yesterday I regretted not taking any photos before I removed from the water. Well, I found more today. Two patches actually at different areas of the tank. They seem really too big to be Bladder Snail eggs. So I was able to take some pictures this time. This time I am leaving these eggs as they are.
Anyone have any idea where these eggs are possibly from?? Does anyone think that maybe these are mystery snail eggs that didn’t stick to the walls above the water line? Or perhaps a mystery snail just got lazy and released under water… LOL.
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Hello Guppysnail and thank you so very much for your insight and clarification. Great pictures you shared. You have convinced me to allow these bladder snails to remain in my 75 gallon tank providing I don’t get overwhelmed by them. I know they multiply like crazy. As for the gelatinous eggs being from bladder snails, I will monitor the progress within the breeder tank.
Before I read your post, I had just blanched some cucumber slices and placed in each of my tanks. The shrimp especially were on it within seconds.
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Hopefully some experienced snail breeder will chime in and provide some insight.
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Ground cover over grown
in Plants, Algae, and Fertilizers
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The second photo was after three weeks after planting. The first photo was after about seven weeks after planting.
I decided to remove the foreground by pulling the tall plants. It’s been about twelve weeks of growth. It was covering the stem plants. After removing, you can see the stem plants again.