Mating mystery snails

[TeeJay]

I believe my snails are mating. They have been hooked up for 2 hours now. 😊

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

You are correct. They could stay that way for hours more too. 

[TeeJay]

On 3/13/2022 at 4:12 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

You are correct. They could stay that way for hours more too. 

Well this is exciting.. what nder how long it takes before she will leave an egg sack.

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Could be any time, they can carry the sperm for an incredible length. They lay outside the water. The eggs need humidity but they do not go under water. You may see her on the lid or if you have the water an inch or 2 below the rim there- she'll groom the glass or surface then lay usually large clutches. I've had a few occassions they were very small. 

Female laying on lid:

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View of eggs from outside glass lid: 

Eggs from inside lid: 

As you can see they lay hundreds. So if you plan on letting them hatch be prepared with some sort of large grow out tank AND somewhere to rehome them later (like a LFS IF they will take them). If not, you can remove the sacks. 

Edited March 13, 2022 by xXInkedPhoenixX

[TeeJay]

On 3/13/2022 at 5:18 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

Could be any time, they can carry the sperm for an incredible length. They lay outside the water. The eggs need humidity but they do not go under water. You may see her on the lid or if you have the water an inch or 2 below the rim there- she'll groom the glass or surface then lay usually large clutches. I've had a few occassions they were very small. 

Female laying on lid:

:

View of eggs from outside glass lid: 

Eggs from inside lid: 

As you can see they lay hundreds. So if you plan on letting them hatch be prepared with some sort of large grow out tank AND somewhere to rehome them later (like a LFS IF they will take them). If not, you can remove the sacks. 

Yes I have an extra 10 gal setup. I know it couldn't hold all of them if she lays that much but I would like to keep some. I'll see if my local fish store would take the rest.

[AndreaW]

I noticed my son's snails getting snuggly about 2 weeks ago and she laid a clutch a couple days ago. I've heard they can hang onto them for months or more, until there's a good spot to lay them. I did let my water get lower than I usually do, so I'm sure that's why she laid. I did have to remove it since I'm re-scaping the tank in the next couple days and I'm already at my max on that tank so I can't handle more bio load right now. Down the road my son wants to try and hatch some.