would 1 snail reproduce

[Tednol]

got 2 tanks. one tank has got snails in it and i want to keep 1. but more seem to coming up.
if i put 1 big snail (5mm, big compared to the rest) will it reproduce in the other tank with no snails in it??

 

[davidramsay88]

no it cant reproduce if there is only 1, clean it thourghly first

 

[Phantom Thief]

Snails can reproduce by themselves, or at least the common ones can. And what did you mean by cleaning it?

P.T.

 

[Tednol]

no it cant reproduce if there is only 1, clean it thourghly first

are you sure? ive just been told that they can.
how can i clean such a small thing?

 

[Tednol]

i'm just confused of what to do now/

 

[davidramsay88]

no i gave false information, i wasnt thinking.
definately go with phantom fishes info. its correct.
sorry

 

[jimmihendrix]

Yea phantom is right. snails will spread like wild fire in good conditions. Had snails once and never again, alot of people can probaly relate.

 

[Phantom Thief]

But they can be removed easily by putting a slice of cucumber, turning off the light, wait a while, and then chucking all the snails on the cucumber out the window. But if you have sand, malaysian trumpet snails will really help out.

P.T.

 

[Tropjunky]

i think snails are "asexual" that means that can reproduce by them selves so u might wanna b4 carefull if u have snails and if u got live plants get rid of them.

 

[blakwidoe]

Snails are asexual and can reproduce by themselves

 

[endparenthesis]

Ramshorn snails aren't asexual. You could use one of them. However if it's been around other snails already you could get one that just hasn't layed its eggs yet.

 

[lucky62]

I can only comment on malayian trumpet snails , one snail can reproduce by itself , and so on , and so on ..........................

 

[Shizat]

They arent asexual they are hermaphrodites and have both female and male sex organs so yes they can reproduce with only 1.

 

[shrks1fan]

OK, the 2 types of snails I know about are Ramshorns which CAN reproduce by themselves...and Apple/Mystery Snails which can NOT reproduce by themselves (must have 2).

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[endparenthesis]

Ramshorn is a type of apple snail.

Here's what Drs. Foster & Smith say about ramshorns (and other apple snails):

Members of the Ampullariidae family are hermaphroditic. However, these snails will develop a dominant sex. The sex of a snail can be determined if they are the same age, have been kept in the same environment, and are fed the same foods in which case females will be larger than males.

And here's what biologist Jurgen Ziesmann says about hermaphroditic self-fertilization:

Self-fertilization very rarely occurs in animals; the norm is that even hermaphrodite animals cross-fertilize each other, with the parents functioning as male and female simultaneously, or as one or the other sex at different stages in their development. In most cases the spermatozoa and ova mature at different times (successive hermaphroditism), or the male and female external organs are located so that self-fertilization is impossible. Among the invertebrates, sponges, coelenterates, some mollusks, and earthworms are regularly hermaphroditic.

*shrug* I have a ramshorn that I put by itself in a tank, and it laid some eggs early on (was probably already producing them before I moved it), but hasn't again since.