Well, so I siphoned the tank. I have found two baby malaysian trumpets that must be the babies of my adults. How many more am I supposed to expect? Do they have more than two babies each time?
2007-09-29 03:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by abnm 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
I don't want to get rid of them. That wasn't my question...
2007-09-29 04:21:06 · update #1
An infinite number. Malaysians are hermaphrodites, so each snail is both male and female (only one required for young). They're also livebearers. And they can can quite a few babies, although I've never counted how many at a time.
I have these in a catfish tank, and I've put a few into each of my other tanks - they stay small are are great at cleaning and aerating in the gravel, especially in planted tanks where you may not want to clean too close to plant roots (they won't eat the plants either). They do tend to multiply quickly, but you can sort of keep their numbers under control by cleaning as much of the debris as you can from the gravel. They also don't reproduce well if the temperature is 70o or lower.
2007-09-29 04:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You will get THOUSANDS more babies! Snails are ALWAYS mating with themselves, so expect TONS of babies! Good luck keeping your tank under control now!
2007-09-29 11:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
hundreds. i started with one and now i have around 400
2007-09-30 00:09:25 · answer #3 · answered by george 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They breed fast so your going to have two more and twomore and twomore etc. They also die fast.
2007-09-29 11:41:55 · answer #4 · answered by Lipizzaner Girl 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think yes,you expect i think 2 of them more,and 2 next time,and next time..... ;)
2007-09-29 11:30:46 · answer #5 · answered by Bella 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
get some loaches to get rid of them(clown loaches,yoyo etc.)
sites should help
2007-09-29 11:12:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
mabe two more
2007-09-29 10:50:09 · answer #7 · answered by Jasmine. 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋