What To Do With Apple Snail Eggs?

[tmh0921]

My single Apple Snail has laid a HUGE clutch of eggs on the inside cover of my 30 g community tank..... Soooo
1. She's alone, I thought apple snails required males to mate. I've had her for months.
2. I can't have hundreds of apple snails in my tank, but have a spare 10g I could raise them in until they are big enough for lfs.
3. Do I remove the eggs to a dry place then move the babies to water once hatched? Never had an apple snail lay eggs before so I have no clue. My mts have live babies, and pest snails hatch in water.

 

[Antony]

My single Apple Snail has laid a HUGE clutch of eggs on the inside cover of my 30 g community tank..... Soooo
1. She's alone, I thought apple snails required males to mate. I've had her for months.
2. I can't have hundreds of apple snails in my tank, but have a spare 10g I could raise them in until they are big enough for lfs.
3. Do I remove the eggs to a dry place then move the babies to water once hatched? Never had an apple snail lay eggs before so I have no clue. My mts have live babies, and pest snails hatch in water.

I always figured all snails were hermaphrodites until i read into these..
.... this is a snippet from the site i was reading into it from

It's no problem to transfer the egg clutch to another location, as long as you are careful not cause too much damage. A damages clutch is more prone to infections and evaporation. The best way to move the eggs is by wetting the clutch, wait a few hours and then carefully move the clutch over the surface until it comes off. Obviously this method is of most successful on glass or other smooth surfaces.
It's important to keep the eggs in a moist, but not wet environment. Never keep these eggs under water (this will drown the embryos)

if you like i can post a link to this site and it should enlighten you alot as it did me on this subject

 

[Antony]

http/www.applesnail.net/content/care.php
think thats the one ..

 

[CrazyCichlaMomma]

you can't transfer them when they hatch, they need to drop into the water when they hatch to begin their life cycle. this is the point at which my cichlids always hung out under the eggs and waited for the snails to drop.

if you get baby snails.. feel free to contact me, i have a tank i can can set aside for snails now, with no big bad cichlids to pick on them.

 

[tmh0921]

I have a 10g that I can put them in to grow out to trade to LFS....but would be willing to give some away to anyone who wants them....

It's interesting....this snail is alone and has laid a clutch of eggs.....In my 75g, I have 3 opal mystery snails who go at it all the time and not a single egg has been laid.....Do they lay eggs if they haven't mated? I've had this one by herself for months

 

[CezzaXV]

I know some livebearing fish can store sperm and have babies months after they've been in contact with a male, but I don't know if the same goes for snails.

 

[Liquid skills]

Snails r hermaphrodites and they r capible of fertilising their own eggs so even if u have one it will turn into loads promised

 

[tmh0921]

I know that's true of most snails but these snails are not from what I've read

 

[CezzaXV]

Snails r hermaphrodites and they r capible of fertilising their own eggs so even if u have one it will turn into loads promised

Not quite. Apple snails are not hermaphrodites.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Apple snails aren't capable of doing this though, are the eggs above the water level or below it, apple snails usually lay their eggs above the water level, so if the are below you might have a pest snail in your tank that you don't know about. Right now this is what I think it is

 

[tmh0921]

They are above water on the inside of the hood, they are definitely apple snail eggs.

 

[tmh0921]

Here's a picture of the eggs....the clutch is as big as my thumb, outside of the water, on the inside of the hood....definately came from the apple snail.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Cool, I never knew that they looked like that

 

[tmh0921]

It's pretty neat, I'll admit I'm rooting for them to hatch. Never had an apple snail lay eggs before.

 

[Fishy friend2]

Yeah, I hope they hatch too, keep us updated on how it goes