Miniscule Babies

[Gill]

I have 3 clutches of Apple Snail Eggs and 2 Have hatched today.
Parents are a Yellow and a Pink Striped

Loads of Tiny See thru babies moving around in the endler tank.

They are so cute

 

[severum boy]

Well done buddy! Apple snail babies are really really cute!
Any chance of some photos?

 

[Gill]

Well done buddy! Apple snail babies are really really cute!
Any chance of some photos?

i'll take some in the morrow'

 

[kamber]

Can't wait to see them. How do you sex the apple snails btw? I have 5 not sure what ratio i've got tho.

 

[Gill]

Can't wait to see them. How do you sex the apple snails btw? I have 5 not sure what ratio i've got tho.

have no idea how you sex them. I started of with 20 and now i have 7 left. so atleast i know i have a pair in with the endlers.

 

[severum boy]

Can't wait to see them. How do you sex the apple snails btw? I have 5 not sure what ratio i've got tho.

have no idea how you sex them. I started of with 20 and now i have 7 left. so atleast i know i have a pair in with the endlers.

Have a look Here, although its talking about Canas apple snails, the method is the same. Just make sure that your snails are large enough. A ratio is not too important with them, but for the sake of variety 2 males and 3 females is ok, but its not really something to worry about unles i is vitally important to breed them.
Come on Gill get thoes photos!

 

[Gill]

Some Pix. They have Laid another big batch this morning Behind the tank . So i had to move the tank and scrape them off the back, only think i smooshed around 10 eggs.

I have fed them all Spirulina this morning and sat and watched them zooming around the tank. Some already have dark shells while most have clear shells.

I now know that the Yellow is the male and the Pink Stripe is the female, as she laid eggs last night outside the tank.

 

[Gill]

Found him/her in there as well. Greater Ramshorn snail. Spooted some red rams aswell

 

[severum boy]

Found him/her in there as well. Greater Ramshorn snail.

Did you mean for it to be there?
Damn bendy glass, cant see the babies properly. They can be quite fragile at this stage, so dont handle them, and make sure you sink extra flake food in the tank for them.

 

[Gill]

Found him/her in there as well. Greater Ramshorn snail.

Did you mean for it to be there?
Damn bendy glass, cant see the babies properly. They can be quite fragile at this stage, so dont handle them, and make sure you sink extra flake food in the tank for them.

oh yeah meant that to be a new thread, comps been messing up this morning.

I'll take some better pix tonight - thanks for the tip on extra food.

 

[severum boy]

oh yeah meant that to be a new thread, comps been messing up this morning.

I'll take some better pix tonight - thanks for the tip on extra food.

Sorry, i ment the ramshorn!

 

[Gill]

yeah thats what i meant the ramshorn should have been a new thread.


The 2nd Batch Hatched earlier and go some pix. I scraped them off the glass and lowered them into the water and they all started climbing out and falling to the bottom of the tank. then they started to zoom around.

3rd batch has been placed in a dish and mum has finally woken up and is moving around again. took a big long deep breath of air.

 

[severum boy]

Sorry, my bad.
Thats a lot of babies, any idea on roughly how many? It looks like you got a good yield from the batch.

 

[tropicman]

Brilliant pics Gill

 

[Gill]

Sorry, my bad.
Thats a lot of babies, any idea on roughly how many? It looks like you got a good yield from the batch.

Probably around 100 from this batch. i did have another batch, but it was in such an awkward place that the fish ate them as they entered the water in the 90G

I wish these were from the purple/Blue/Ivory Snails but maybe next time.

Brilliant pics Gill

Thanks