Snail Egg Clutches?

[dizzied]

Just been wondering after seeing all these auctions for snail egg cluthes, do snail eggs go into diapause?

 

[wodesorel]

Nope. In 7 to 21 days after the eggs are laid they'll hatch. They need to be kept moist and warm, but not wet or sitting in water. And most apple snails species - like brigs and canas - will have close to a 100% hatch rate, and one little clutch less than an inch long and wide will produce about 200+ babies. The first one my brig laid, that I sold and mailed out, hatched with over 315. The babies will stay in the gravel of the tank and will eat like pigs and just keep growing.

And if you're in the USA, you need permits now to ship aquatic snails of any species exept spixis - which can really put a cramp in things if you're trying to breed.

 

[dizzied]

Guess that's the strange part. I always see the same auctions for the egg clutches going back up every week on Ebay/Aquabid. It's like whoever's selling it gets a new clutch every week.

 

[fishyfeet]

I used to be a mod on applesnail.net and believe me in the states people have tanks and tanks full of nothing but snails, di

 

[wodesorel]

Female snails do lay weekly. My blue gives me a clutch every Thursday afternoon, and the wild used to give me one every Sunday morning at about 4 am.

Seriously. Like clockwork.

But yeah, fishyfeet is right, the people who sell clutches like that have tons of snails and get mulitple clutches daily. I had made the mistake of mixing a male into the tank, and I just couldn't bring myself to crush the eggs, so I sold them for postage. Other people do it for some extra cash, and I can't blame them seeing as how much snails eat!

 

[sammy86]

i have so many clutches on my hood, and 1 in a jar, i cant kill them - its a nightmare! amarous snails = annoyance xD