Assasin Snails

[snakequeen]

Hi all
Was just wondering how much assasin snails are worth?
Thanks
Eve

 

[Truck]

how big are they

 

[snakequeen]

not tiny babies
about half inch

 

[Truck]

50 pence

 

[Nick16]

yeah about 50p-£1 depending on the size. how are the baby livebearers snakequeen?

 

[snakequeen]

They are fine Nick
Happily swimming round in my fry tank
My boys cant wait for them to get a bit bigger so they can go into their tanks

 

[Nick16]

thats excellent. glad they like them, i hope they have coloured up well.

 

[Kizz]

Sorry to hijack lol but are you plannin on sellin any ?

I was lookin at these on ebay last night and they were wantign £15 bucks for the 4 not including postage ! Is it true that they dont bread like normal snails 1 egg or so every month ? don't want to get over run with snails but the assasins were nice snails

 

[Truck]

they take forever to breed very slo breeders

 

[Amerce]

Shop price in Manchester area (if u can find them) is about £3.50.

 

[snakequeen]

Yer i was loking for prices to possibly sell some.
but depends on what im offered as to wether i will part with them really

 

[Nick16]

can they breed i you just get one?? does anyone know? if not i will have one!!! either by post or (if) you next come round snakequeen. hope you are well.

 

[Dazzlearoobob]

I've heard that assasins will not breed in an aquarium setting.And if they do it's kind of a miracle.

 

[Wills]

sorry to hijack but just wondering how messy are they? just seen a few snails in my 10g thats cycling and its got no fish in atm and nothing in my stock eats snails so was wondering if this could be an option?

 

[saltynay]

Assassins aren't very messy, how long have you been cycling the tank?

I've heard that assasins will not breed in an aquarium setting.And if they do it's kind of a miracle.

No they do breed in aquariums but they are Gonochorists so you need a male and a female and very slow breeders. They only lay eggs on stiff stemmed plants or occasionally bog wood and only 1 egg every 2-3 weeks. The babies onc hatched dig into the substrate and rarely be seen until they emerge after 6+ months.