This Is The Coolest Thing That Has Happened Since I Started Fishkeepin

[stanleo]

So I noticed today that I have two more berried females and they were next to the glass so I wanted to get a shot of them. That was supposed to be the focus of this pic but LOOK WHAT I FOUND! Total accident but there are 2 baby assassin snails in the pic! And now that I am looking there are two more in the tank! How cool is that, 4 babies?!?! I only started with 3 in the tank and it has only been running for 3 months!
 


OMG I just found a 5th one!!! I am way to excited about this!
WOW there are 7 total!!! 7 babies!!!

 

[DrRob]

Congrats, a very saleable item them assassins. Not worth a vast amount but fairly reliable sellers.

 

[stanleo]

Thanks! Will the adults eat the babies?

 

[DrRob]

Quite frankly I have no idea. Not that I'm aware of but assassin snails melt in my soft water tanks and don't seem to like living in my tap water tanks so I have no experience of breeding them.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Rob- throw some crushed coral into the tank and they would do better.
 
Baby assassins hide in the substrate until big enough when they emerge. I bet you have a lot more. I have never seen them cannibalize their young. That alone does't mean they don't. Somebody else weigh in please on that.

 

[stanleo]

Got some more shots of these little guys. My husband thinks I am weird for being this excited about snails but I wasn't even trying to breed them and didn't think it was possible in this kind of substrate!

 

[DreamertK]

Good luck with your entry into the contest! I would wonder though if people were thinking you were entering the shrimp? In visual arts, generally the object that takes up the most space has the most presidency.

 

[laurac94]

I bought 4 assassins about 4 months ago, I easily have 25+ now ;-) I've removed all of them from one tank so their food can breed, I then put the food snails into the assassins tank to keep them fed ;-) they do fine in my soft water tanks;-)

Pets at home sell them for 2 for £9, but you will probably get no more than £1 each when they grow bigger ;-)

I don't think they cannibalize, I left aroind 15 of different sizes with no food snails for a few days while they bred and I think they are all there ;-)

Good luck anyway

 

[stanleo]

Good luck with your entry into the contest! I would wonder though if people were thinking you were entering the shrimp? In visual arts, generally the object that takes up the most space has the most presidency.

I wondered that too. Its a good pic regardless so I don't care which one they vote for! LOL Of course I doubt that I would beat a yellow tang!
 

I bought 4 assassins about 4 months ago, I easily have 25+ now ;-) I've removed all of them from one tank so their food can breed, I then put the food snails into the assassins tank to keep them fed ;-) they do fine in my soft water tanks;-)

Pets at home sell them for 2 for £9, but you will probably get no more than £1 each when they grow bigger ;-)

I don't think they cannibalize, I left aroind 15 of different sizes with no food snails for a few days while they bred and I think they are all there ;-)

Good luck anyway

That's really cool! I can't wait till they get bigger. I figured I couldn't get much for them though it would be awesome if someone gave me euro for one! Not planning on selling them as I didn't even know I was going to have them. I think the coolest thing is I didn't know they were there until I looked at that first pic on the computer.

 

[Ny82]

Aww congrats and welcome to the baby boom! You start with a few and next thing you know they are everywhere! Good luck with them!

 

[DreamertK]

 

Good luck with your entry into the contest! I would wonder though if people were thinking you were entering the shrimp? In visual arts, generally the object that takes up the most space has the most presidency.

I wondered that too. Its a good pic regardless so I don't care which one they vote for! LOL Of course I doubt that I would beat a yellow tang!

You dont know that yet. I didn't think I was going to make it with my competition.

 

[tmoney7]

Are those RCS and do you know how many you have?

 

[stanleo]

Are those RCS and do you know how many you have?

Yes they are RCS and I am up to 50+ with 4 more batches on the way!

 

[tmoney7]

Nice! i have some right now as well and i am waiting for the females to bury.

 

[bigcheed]

I have four assasins in my tank.had them for 5 months and they lay eggs everywhere. but they never hatch. ive never had any babys at all.