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	mystery snails for the clowns
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	i have two mystery snails that lay eggs like its going out of style. in the past i have just gotten rid of the eggs. are the baby snails good for the clowns if i let them hatch and moved them into my loach tank
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004	The clown loaches will LOVE the snails Suggestion: leave the snails in their tank a few weeks longer to let them grow a bit, to about 5-10mm, depending on the size of your loaches. They'll appreciate a larger meal and the supply will last longer.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	Oh heck they will go crazy for snails best way to get rid of troublesome ones:%)now if mine would just get a bit piggier an eat them faster go fo it they will love you for it "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	judz One thing for sure Snails & Clown Loaches just dont go together. The loaches will clean them up very quickly and then look for more. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
judz Enthusiast Posts: 256 Kudos: 160 Votes: 5 Registered: 06-Jun-2005	thats good. cause they have eaten prob 200 common snails in a very short time span. i feed them blood worms every couple of days. but for the extra treat i thought well my snails are laying eggs anyways. now how many snails should i get each time it lays eggs cause im not sure if i have a tank to put all the babys in cause well the mystery snail is in my 10 gal which probably couldnt fit a ton of baby snails.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	You will get anywhere from 2 to 200+ baby applesnails depending on how many eggs are laid, how many are fertile, and how good the hatching conditions are. They will hatch about the size of a medium pest snail but grow quickly. I would think they'd be bigger than any pest snail within a few weeks. I used 10g tanks to breed applesnails and they held the babies just fine for the first few weeks until they were big enough to pull off the glass and move to larger tanks.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:07


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