Steve A Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) I received 9 new plants 3 days ago and got them planted. So far I have found 16 hitchhiker from them and I have them hard at work on part of the tank I cant reach, more bang for my buck 🙂 Edited July 24, 2021 by Steve A add pic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Nice! I love hitchhiking snails - super useful wee pals and if they populate too much you can always toss a few assassin snails in to keep the numbers low 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I love my bladder snails. They are the cutest gardeners and housekeepers 🥰 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve A Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 That is a idea but about 2 weeks ago I got 2 Gold Mystery Snails and they seem to have brought 4 babies with them too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:38 PM, Steve A said: That is a idea but about 2 weeks ago I got 2 Gold Mystery Snails and they seem to have brought 4 babies with them too. My understanding is the newly hatched ones will crawl inside the adult shell occasionally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve A Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:40 PM, Guppysnail said: My understanding is the newly hatched ones will crawl inside the adult shell occasionally. Thanks, I did not know that, I have found out that a Mystery Snail can bury itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:47 PM, Steve A said: Thanks, I did not know that, I have found out that a Mystery Snail can bury itself Oh yes first time it happened to me I thought I lost one tore the tank apart looking 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Goatee Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Can snails hitchhike on other snails? The only thing I added to a long established tank was a couple of mystery snails and found a random ramshorn snail in the tank now. I try hard not to cross contaminate my tanks. And the tank with the mysterious ramshorn is always the first tank I work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 9:09 PM, The Goatee said: Can snails hitchhike on other snails? Yes. At hatching mini ramshorns and bladders look like a speck of dust. Not discernible to the naked eye as a snail. They snag in nets on gravel vacs on algae scrubbers. If I’m doing a lot of inside work I have seen a suspicious pinhead dot of water on my hand a time or two that inspecting turned out to be a baby bladder. The small babies also from my understanding do occasionally crawl inside the shells of others. Also bladders are born pregnant lol 🤣If they do not find a mate in roughly 8 weeks they lay a clutch they have fertilized themselves. I can verify I placed one beautiful honey gold bladder in a tank with zero snails straight gravel and fake plants because I wanted my bladders to be her color in that tank. And waited and waited roughly 8 weeks a clutch appeared on the glass. 😁 this is her meet honey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Goatee Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I wish my hitchhiking snails looked that vibrant and interesting. Mine are all just solid brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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