Ramshorn snails

[LTL]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

U mean the tub that u passed me bro? Nope...they still BBs.....cant reproduce. But they are sure getting larger by the day.

grow very fast de... pump them abit.... over this weekend, might see eggs liao...

the floating tank swee... post more pics of it leh... got see larger one?

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by LTL

grow very fast de... pump them abit.... over this weekend, might see eggs liao...

the floating tank swee... post more pics of it leh... got see larger one?

The one that i bought is the smallest.....selling for $2.80.

Larger ones yeah......$12...got cover type...but lobangs too big...snails sure crawl out.

[Occellatus]

On my way home, i thought of something. A real simple snail hatchery.

Heres how it goes:

1) Get a 1ft tank

2) Get some 1.5L plastic soft drink bottles and cut their snouts away

3) Fill 1ft tank with water and u may aerate it using small powerhead or simply by using an air pump fixed with air stone or connected to those cheapo bubblers.

4) Use soldering iron and melt small holes around the plastic bottles for water to flow through

5) Drop CCs into bottles and lower into the filled 1fttank

6) Drop snails into the bottles. U may drop one variant of snails into individual bottles.

7) WALA...a snail hatchery! Cheap, maybe FOC....and works!

What do u guys think?

Originally Posted by Occellatus

U mean the tub that u passed me bro? Nope...they still BBs.....cant reproduce. But they are sure getting larger by the day.

What is BBs?? u mean babies?? I think the species i gave u max is 5mm.. cause at that size they are already breeding... Or am i wrong?? Cause they jus keep multiplying before i introduce puffer.. And the biggest i saw was only 5mm~

[Freshman]

Originally Posted by fireopal

u mean all of them are all assexual?
wah!!!
no wonder breed so fast

ramshorn snails are hermaphroditic..

Originally Posted by natsuboku

I think the species i gave u max is 5mm.. cause at that size they are already breeding... Or am i wrong?? Cause they jus keep multiplying before i introduce puffer.. And the biggest i saw was only 5mm~

I also think urs are not ramshorn snail.. cos I also got a few ramshorn look alike in my tank..max size I see is also ard 5mm..white in colour..

[bsplenden]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

On my way home, i thought of something. A real simple snail hatchery.

Heres how it goes:

1) Get a 1ft tank

2) Get some 1.5L plastic soft drink bottles and cut their snouts away

3) Fill 1ft tank with water and u may aerate it using small powerhead or simply by using an air pump fixed with air stone or connected to those cheapo bubblers.

4) Use soldering iron and melt small holes around the plastic bottles for water to flow through

5) Drop CCs into bottles and lower into the filled 1fttank

6) Drop snails into the bottles. U may drop one variant of snails into individual bottles.

7) WALA...a snail hatchery! Cheap, maybe FOC....and works!

What do u guys think?

i think it might work. you go try. if it works, i buy from you. give you all my stock also. i lazy to breed.

Originally Posted by bsplenden

i think it might work. you go try. if it works, i buy from you. give you all my stock also. i lazy to breed.

it will be like hatching brine shrimp eggs liao..

[LTL]

Originally Posted by Occellatus

The one that i bought is the smallest.....selling for $2.80.

Larger ones yeah......$12...got cover type...but lobangs too big...snails sure crawl out.

oh... so is really the $2.80 ones... mine got from yogaman at $2 bucks also... was retailing for $2.80 also... ages back liao...

the $12 bucks ones are the 1ft size ones?

tinking of getting 2 large ones for the dispensables, like Apples and Crays... both placed in my ramshorn tanks...

[LTL]

Originally Posted by bsplenden

i think it might work. you go try. if it works, i buy from you. give you all my stock also. i lazy to breed.

same thought here...

sounds good... but unsightly... and volume abit too small for a sustainable population.... good for temp. housing thou..

... tinking prefer the conventional floating tanks ... nicer and spacious... but ex...

[Occellatus]

Originally Posted by natsuboku

What is BBs?? u mean babies?? I think the species i gave u max is 5mm.. cause at that size they are already breeding... Or am i wrong?? Cause they jus keep multiplying before i introduce puffer.. And the biggest i saw was only 5mm~

yeah....BB = Babies

urs look very much like ramshorns bro....their shells are circular ones just like any other ramshorns...but of course, its just from the looks of it. I still darn new to snails.

I cant see any eggs in the tub yet.