Theplatymaster Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 How to you tell the sex of mystery snails to breed them? I just want to get a pair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Here’s the long way. Doubt your LFS will allow you to check like this 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 It's not easy. I've gotten it wrong many times. Most reliable way I've found is to wait until it either mounts another or lays eggs. The real way is rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Mystery snails are able to to change sex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/17/2022 at 7:25 PM, Brandon p said: Mystery snails are able to to change sex Where did you hear this? I’ve done a ton of reading on mystery snails and never seen this mentioned. I think people have difficulty accurately sexing them, but I don’t believe this has been documented. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 The one watching The Life Time or Hallmark channel is the female. So sorry I couldn’t resist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I think at one time many many years ago it was believed that they reproduce asexually. I also believe that has been proven to not be true. I’m trying to find the article. I can’t remember now but I’m pretty sure the article said they are gonochorisic (check my spelling) and you need a male and female. Maybe the king of snails can give us some insight @Cory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 8:04 PM, Fish Folk said: Here’s the long way. Doubt your LFS will allow you to check like this 😬 Those photos look ultra slimy! 😝 Sometimes I can see far into my mystery snail shell when s/he descends from driftwood or plants that s/he has been cleaning. It is so bizarre. I'll have to try to sex the snail next time I see them do that. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 9:30 AM, Brian said: I think at one time many many years ago it was believed that they reproduce asexually. I also believe that has been proven to not be true. I’m trying to find the article. I can’t remember now but I’m pretty sure the article said they are gonochorisic (check my spelling) and you need a male and female. Maybe the king of snails can give us some insight @Cory They thought they were hermaphrodites at one point, too, but now they know there are definitely 2 sexes and that females can store sperm for many months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate22 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I picked up 4 of them and have had non stop eggs. Seems everyday or every other day 1 of them is laying eggs. Out of the 4 we know 2 are female and 1 is male and the other 1 could care less about mating.lol. I think he/she says y'all can reproduce I'm just going to eat n do snail things. Lol. I would say buy a few and see what happens and then take back the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev C Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I have 3 love them, but they mate all the time, I told my Mom they were little frisky devils 😄 I have to pull 1-2 egg clutch ever 1-2 weeks. But I check every day for new eggs because I do not want 100 snails one day. I have one male and two females I have 1 gold and 2 whites and one of the whites is the male only time I know which one is the male when he mates with the gold one. While I have eaten crow and my words "I swore when I started fish keeping I did not want any snails due to over population," but I got into plants and got algae I still do not like the pest snails and still Alum dip my plants But the members here on the forum and my fish guy educate me a little & told me I could control the numbers, so I have nitrite and mystery snails both now they are one of my favorites in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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