Ramshorn snails

[LTL]

Originally Posted by fireopal

was told that they breed really fast..
but how fast is fast?

heard from bro Jerra, he started with 10 snails and in 3 months, covered his 1.5ft tank and still breeding...

... and from the rate they lay eggs in my floating tank, tink could be even faster...

and their growth rate is amazing... the more u feed, the faster they grow...the babies i got few days back already double in size liao... ... and more egg blobs can be seen le...

how long for the eggs to hatched ar?

wow..
that's very prolific...
hope to get some results soon..
i cant even see all the snails in the tank..
dunno still alive or not..

Originally Posted by Freshman

Hi,
are u referring to columbian ramshorn?

[pic source: aquariumfish.net]

Hello friend,

Yes those are the ones.

Each pattern is different.(the hardest for me was to get very solid and straight lines developing on the shell)

[Freshman]

Originally Posted by aqua doctor

Each pattern is different.(the hardest for me was to get very solid and straight lines developing on the shell)

Oic.. my fav snail.. possible to send a few to Singapore? hehe
haven't seen these in any LFS here..

btw, do they need a pair to breed?

Originally Posted by fireopal

wow..
that's very prolific...
hope to get some results soon..
i cant even see all the snails in the tank..
dunno still alive or not..

yeah i started with 10... and after only 2-3mth i got more den a thousand babies in my 1.5ft breeding tank already.

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by jerra85

yeah i started with 10... and after only 2-3mth i got more den a thousand babies in my 1.5ft breeding tank already.

More than a thousand babies????!!!!!!!

I'm going to throw afew ramshorns into the pot along my corridor....if still cant breed, I think i jump off from my corridor liao.

Originally Posted by Occellatus

More than a thousand babies????!!!!!!!

I'm going to throw afew ramshorns into the pot along my corridor....if still cant breed, I think i jump off from my corridor liao.

be sure to maintain the water quality..
if acidic water..
might corrode the shells away

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by fireopal

be sure to maintain the water quality..
if acidic water..
might corrode the shells away

Dun think water quality can be maintained since its only a pot. Maybe weekly change some of the water using my other tank's water ba...but will throw in CCs to up the pH.

ya..
i talking about pH of the water..

would be adding a little shells and coral chips within my filter to buffer the water too..

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by fireopal

ya..
i talking about pH of the water..

would be adding a little shells and coral chips within my filter to buffer the water too..

what shells u adding bro? Sea shells? Oyster shells or hum kuk?