Are Nerite Snails Asexual?

[Castellop123]

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[cheesy feet]

They must be the rate they multiply.

 

[Karl1987]

I always though that Nerite snails couldnt breed in an aquairum due to a very complex breeding cycle.

 

[mlawson]

Yes, I think they are.

They must be the rate they multiply.

I've heard that they are almost impossible to breed.

 

[14gtr14]

depends what nerites you get. There are different types of true brackish, true freshwater and, i think, land nerites. not sure about asexual etc though.

 

[Liam]

It only takes one to lay those hard to remove eggs if thats what you were wondering about.

 

[Castellop123]

Cheers... again

 

[The-Wolf]

no they are not asexual
Unlike many snails that spawn by releasing gametes into the water, Nerites reproduce by having sex! The male has a penis and the female has an organ to store sperm. The eggs are laid in small white capsules
taken from
http/www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2003/invert.htm

 

[Castellop123]

Cheers...

 

[mlawson]

no they are not asexual
Unlike many snails that spawn by releasing gametes into the water, Nerites reproduce by having sex! The male has a penis and the female has an organ to store sperm. The eggs are laid in small white capsules

So I don't have to worry!

Cheers...

Why, don't you want hundreds of snails in your tank?!

 

[Castellop123]

 

[Liam]

I had only one and I have lots of eggs on the bogwood. It started laying a month after I got it and seemed to lay eggs every day for a month until I returned it to the lfs.

 

[~T~]

I had only one and I have lots of eggs on the bogwood. It started laying a month after I got it and seemed to lay eggs every day for a month until I returned it to the lfs.

Would have already been pregnant.

My missus has 2, ones a bumblebee and the other I just got her its a tiger.Neither have laid any eggs, the bumblees been in her tank almost a year.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

no they are not asexual
Unlike many snails that spawn by releasing gametes into the water, Nerites reproduce by having sex! The male has a penis and the female has an organ to store sperm. The eggs are laid in small white capsules
taken from
http/www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2003/invert.htm

hahah, you said the p word

 

[The-Wolf]

grow up.
I used the medical term for the organ in question