Breeding Snails?

Question

I am considering getting a ramshorn snail for a five gallon or ten gallon already established tank. I am wanting to know if it is easy to breed these snails and if they are asexual. I was wondering if the newborns would be eaten by either bettas or guppy fry(I don't keep betta and guppy fry together!). Also if there is any other info on breeding, then that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....Gup.

If you know of any asexual snails, please tell me.

Answer 1

You will have to do absolutely NOTHING to encourage breeding besides add water... They are hermaphroditic (NOT asexual), so you still need two snails, but they will change their sex according to what is necessary to reproduce... Start out with at least two snails, and you will be trying to kill them soon enough... They do make a great cleanup crew for fry tanks, though... Bettas are quite curious, and may pick at the larger snails from time to time, but they won't do much harm... Good luck!

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EDIT: Malaysian Trumpet Snails are asexual. The females, if there are no males present, can produce up to 70 exactly replicated clones of herself... They can VERY quickly overwhelm a tank, but they spend most of the daylight hours in the substrate, coming out to scavenge in low light or darkness... They are GREAT for sand bottom tanks because they do a very good job of aerating the substrate, preventing too much anaerobic buildup.

Answer 2

There really is no such thing as an "asexual" snail. In some species are individuals are either male or female, and in others they're hermaphrodites (are male and female at the same time). Small ramshorn species are hermaphrodites, but the larger Colombian ramshorn have separate males and females.

Fry probably won't bother the baby snails, but the baby snails will clean the uneaten food out of the fry tanks. Adult bettas may also eat the baby snails. If you really get overpopulated and want a fish to eat them, set up a 5-10 gallon tank with a dwarf puffer. Otherwise, you can do a lot to control their numbers through tank cleaning and water changes, and not overfeeding the fish (snails need food too!).

Unlike smaller ramshorn species, Colombians will also eat live plants, so know what you're getting.

If you want snails that WON'T reproduce in the tank, get nerite snails - they can live in freshwater, but need saltwater to reproduce. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1076 Just make sure the snails you get are the ones meant for freshwater aquaria: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/fwbrnerites.htm

Answer 3

Put a few in the tank and they will breed like crazy. No guppies and bettas will not eat the snail babies. Snails breed with no help and in any tank condition.

Answer 4

i breed snails for my loaches any snails may be solid even regardless of the undeniable fact that it relies upon on your puffer and what he prefers you snails would be effective which incorporate your guppies and could breed effortlessly i come across ramshorns are solid as they're elementary for the fish to get right of entry to and whilst the eggs hatch there could be hundreds of them additionally very inexpensive to obtain yet another that's solid is Malaysian trumpet snails those are stay bearers very very comparable to guppies they too breed effortlessly and are truthfully incredibly solid for aquarium substrate yet those could be greater sturdy for you puffer to get right into a they have a trapdoor on their shell even regardless of the undeniable fact that once preparation i'm advantageous the puffer might have a approach of cracking them open

Answer 5

Breeding and Growing Snails



The report also includes information on growing and breeding snails on a commercial level, ... largest snails from the previous breeding

Answer 6

i dont think they are asexual.... but if they do breed and lay eggs they lay them on the glass.. in little eggs sac things... and the fish might eat them.