Kriber Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 Howdy all, bought some ramshorn snails yesterday and was wondering what their eggs look like as this morning I noticed 8 and 14 little clear circles within a larger oval shape about the size of a little finger nail. Also would apple snails prey on small eggs and possibly even fry as I was thinking of putting them in my breeding tank as I heard their faeces are a good source of infusoria. Cheers, Kriber over and out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 27, 2003 Report Share Posted January 27, 2003 About the apple snails - from what I've read they will prey on eggs, but once the eggs have hatched they'll be OK. However I had apple snails in a breeding tank of pygmy corys and still got fry - so they can't have eaten (all of) the eggs. They are a good clean up crew in fry tanks (uneaten food the odd dead fry) and do encourgage infusoria. You still need to do water changes, though probably not as frequently as a tank without any clean up crew (with uneaten food having to be removed by water changes). You need to balance the number of snails with the size of the tank, as you don't want them to out compete the fry for food (does depend on what species of fish you're raising). I'd also be inclined to a number of smaller apple snails rather than a single large one - just for the reason that if the snail dies and goes unnoticed for a while you less likely to have problems with a small amount of rotting snail than a snail the size of a plum rotting away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Kriber said... > ... was wondering what their eggs look like as this morning > I noticed 8 and 14 little clear circles within a larger oval shape > about the size of a little finger nail. Yep, that sounds like them. Ramshorn snails can be rather prolific but are (relatively) easy to control digitally (ie, with your fingers ) I found that apple snails kept the population of ramshorn snails down by eating their eggs. Because apple snails lay their eggs out of the water and have a long incubation time they're pretty easy to control too. I now use ramshorn snails in all my killifish tanks and get enough eggs and fry to keep me amused. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriber Posted January 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Thanks for the info, a double moderator response! Cheers guys. And if the ramshorns get to prolific I could always pay way to much (approx. $22) for a snail trap, but I think ajbroom's digital method sounds good enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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