Sombat Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 Here’s when four were going at it. Seems I have a pretty active tank going on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) Oh it doesn't prevent them, they just go to the glass lid -my water level is always high enough I don't see the water line behind the rim. I"m not terribly worried about ME having to remove sacks, more concerned that they might be shortening their lifespan by so much activity and they're getting no offspring out of it. Edited June 19, 2021 by xXInkedPhoenixX Typos are lame 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 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. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Good luck! Keep us posted! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 On 6/30/2021 at 4:19 PM, Sombat said: 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. Congratulations that sure looks like one. I’ll check my snail tub and see if I can’t get you a picture for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Here you go i dont have any that tiny or with dark bodies right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 So..old eyes..I can’t completely make out your picture. I am not saying it is but if it looks like this it could be why you never see babies as these are dragonfly larvae and eat baby snails as primary diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 YIKES!!! How in the world did I get that?? How do I get rid of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) Like I said I don’t know if it is. You said it had legs and all I can see is the outline...bad eyes. I only know this stuff because I had damselyfly larvae hatch in my shrimp tank. they hover the surface of the water and stab a stem or leaf of a plant and insert the eggs. It takes 2-5 weeks to hatch and they can remain in larvae stage (underwater) for 2 years. Voracious predators primary diet small snails and crustaceans...shrimp etc. a dragonfly lays in clutches so if there is one there is more probably. could have been on a plant, or open window lid hole tall plant laid directly in your tank. i do hope that is not what it is please keep me posted. The bad news anything that will kill them will annihilate Everything else. Netting them out....this is what I know from reading dragonfly info is always in with damselfly info. Edited July 1, 2021 by Guppysnail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/18/2021 at 9:22 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. Just to let you know males outnumbering females can actually mate the female to death or constantly be at her to the point she starves and dies from exhaustion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 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. Observed two Bladder snails hitchhiking on a Blue Mystery this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Awww so cute. Did you find out what the bug was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Unfortunately that does look like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) You could always raise babies in a tub until they are to large to be harmed 78 - 80 degrees unlimited food bare bottom and sponge should only take a month or so. You can even use like a 1 or 2 gallon Rubbermaid. On the upside they will keep your bladder snails in check. Make sure your babies are bigger than the larvae and your bladders. They will feed on bladders first Edited July 1, 2021 by Guppysnail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettatester Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Found my mystery snail, Lucky, laying eggs this morning. This is slightly exciting. I do not have anything set up to rear them, so I am just going to leave them alone and see what happens. This is the first breeding that has taken place in my tank, and I am excited! How long does it usually take for the clutch to hatch? P.S. She got the name lucky because someone had put her and another snail (Houdini) in the assassin snail tank. My husband and I rescued them. Now it looks like they are having their first babies! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarina Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 It doesn't take much to hatch mystery snails. Here's a great instructional article about it 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 8-9 days at 80 degrees if kept humid enough longer at lower temps. Congratulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 Congratulations!!! I am also expecting my first viable snail babies. I have had numerous clutches in breeding tank and also left alone provided they don’t fall into the water. I just found three more clutches today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombat Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 I found two more clutches in the Fluval Flex 9 gallon. And one more clutch in my main 75 gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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