Apple Snail Breeding

[tom_os]

i want to breed some apple snails as i have a spare 15l tank. will this be big enough. i was planning on letting the snails lay the eggs in the tank they are in at the moment then move the eggs into the 15l tank and raise them up a bit then just give them away pretty much to whoever wants them?

does this sound ok?

 

[andy0902]

i want to breed some apple snails as i have a spare 15l tank. will this be big enough. i was planning on letting the snails lay the eggs in the tank they are in at the moment then move the eggs into the 15l tank and raise them up a bit then just give them away pretty much to whoever wants them?

does this sound ok?

I have 25 apple snails in my tropical tank.

Make sure you have a tight lid because they often crawl out of the water on to dry land to lay there eggs.

you only need one snail to lay its eggs and you will have an abundance of snails.

I started off with just two, and i got roughly 50 snails from one batch of eggs.

I dont know what i will do with all the snails when my current lot start breeding

Andy

 

[tom_os]

any way of telling the sex? i have 6 but i dont know of what sex

 

[andy0902]

any way of telling the sex? i have 6 but i dont know of what sex

you can actually see the penis....

check it out on this website [URL="http/www.applesnail.net/"]http/www.applesnail.net/[/URL] click on anatomy down the left hand side

I'd put a few fish in your tank aswell, something hardy like plattys which will create more waste for your snails to feed on.

Also, do you not think snails are abit boring, i only have they as part of the clean up crew in my tropical tank?

Andy