Not a fish but lives in Water

[Figure-8]

Does anyone know what to do to breed snails.

 

[Pointy_kitty]

Does anyone know what to do to breed snails.

what kind of snails?
those little ones that ride in on plants?

#1 bring home plant not knowing that there are hitchhickers on it
#2 place in water
#3 notice small seseame seed sized critter inching along tank wall
#4 wake up the very next morning and scream as 1 million seseame seed sized critters crawling in your tank
#5 cry yourself to sleep at night wondering WHY CAN FISH DIE SO EASY BUT THESE DAMN SNAILS ARE INVINCABLE?
#6 place large explosive divice in tank (after removing all fish)
#7 run like hell

hahahaha sorry, but i don't even want snails in my tanks and i have a trillion!!!!!
all because i didn't check my plants!

 

[MAM]

i think pointy kitty said it all theyre a bit like guppies that way eh?

 

[Figure-8]

Well the reason is to feed to my puffer and clown loach. i put about 20 snails in there with them they where gone in a matter of seconds. Does the water need to be heated or anything?

 

[Pointy_kitty]

Well the reason is to feed to my puffer and clown loach. i put about 20 snails in there with them they where gone in a matter of seconds. Does the water need to be heated or anything?

put them in a jar with food scraps and rotting vegitation like lettuce (fill the jar with water that you siphoned from the bottom of your tank or put a used sponge in the jar (don't do too much, just enough for them to eat, you don't want the water to be too gross) i put snails in my betta bowls and they live fine with no heater or light (they don't multiply as fast though) if you put them directly into the tank your fish will be little piggies and eat them all (providing its their natural diet like puffers or some loaches)

 

[Figure-8]

k thanks

 

[moe_1]

sails are hermaphrodites... why would u want to breed them? ? unless you have fish that have a diet of snails

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Figure-8

It seems to me that snails reproduce in proportion to the food that's available to them.

For years I had a few pond snails in my tanks. From time to time I'd crush one or two for my fish to eat. It wasn't until I started breeding corys that they got out of hand.

The worst problem I had was in a fry tank that had a gravel substrate. (I keep them in bare bottom tanks now.) Since the fry lived right on the bottom, I couldn't vacuum it and excess food accumulated there. All of a sudden, there were snails all over. It was so bad that by the time the fry were large enough to catch and move, I had no choice but to take the tank apart and boil the gravel to get rid of them.

If you can keep them well fed and prevent them from being eaten themselves, I'm sure they'll reproduce for you too.