Good news better than bad!!!

rosita · 03-16-2008, 02:32 PM

Well, I guess this is yet another "my snails laid eggs" thread, but I'm grasping for anything positive at this point. I"ve had two mystery snails about two months, one "black" one yellow, all over each other all the time!!!! Lunkhead me just noticed these clutches--one's even been broken down (probably eaten), and one I couldn't photo. One's on the underside of the glass lid. Will wonders never cease?

Three on one end:

Under the lid?????? LOL

khombre · 03-16-2008, 06:24 PM

Good luck on those clutches

There's something about snail egges that make me feel funny and make me wanna cringe lol....

BTW.. What do you plan doing with them if things materialize?

rosita · 03-17-2008, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by khombre

Good luck on those clutches

There's something about snail egges that make me feel funny and make me wanna cringe lol....

BTW.. What do you plan doing with them if things materialize?

I know what you mean--they look alien somehow. *Shiver* If I have quantities, I'll disperse them by means of pay shipping only to my AB friends. I do hope some hatch out and survive . . .

Got enough MTS and ramshorns!!!!!

Trixie · 03-17-2008, 04:12 PM

Yeah - that last picture sort of looks like "The Alien Brain That Terrorized New York" or something.

rosita · 03-17-2008, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Trixie

Yeah - that last picture sort of looks like "The Alien Brain That Terrorized New York" or something.

Susan, that's exactly it!!!!! Brrrrrr

OrionGirl · 03-17-2008, 05:07 PM

That's how they are always laid in my tank. The broken down one is probably just hatched--there is a lot of 'shell' left after they hatch. The babies sort of drop into the water.

Trixie · 03-17-2008, 07:14 PM

VERY cool. I hope mine lay eggs soon, too. Although they better drop into the water under cover of darkness - the tetras are always hungry.

rosita · 03-25-2008, 06:17 AM

Well, she's become adventurous and laid a clutch on the upper outside part of the HOB!!!!!!!!!! Not sure what to do with these to ensure possible survival---these snails are definitely into spring fever!!!!!!

mvigor · 03-25-2008, 11:17 AM

A technique I've often heard on another web site:

Wet a paper towel in aquarium water. Wring it out until you can't get any more water out. Remove the eggs from the HOB and wrap them in a dry paper towel, then wrap that in the wet one. Put this in a sealed ziplock snack baggie and float it in the tank. Open the baggie every day or two to refresh the air, make sure the outer towel is still moist, make sure the inner towel isn't sticking too badly, and eventually to see the baby snails that have hatched.

DaisyTattoo · 03-25-2008, 12:05 PM

I too have an egg clutch...must be the season. Unfortunately...I think they are canas. But, its ok....bc I have TONS of loaches

03-16-2008, 02:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
rosita Happy trails. .. to you Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cape Fear River Basin Posts: 2,045	Good news better than bad!!! Well, I guess this is yet another "my snails laid eggs" thread, but I'm grasping for anything positive at this point. I"ve had two mystery snails about two months, one "black" one yellow, all over each other all the time!!!! Lunkhead me just noticed these clutches--one's even been broken down (probably eaten), and one I couldn't photo. One's on the underside of the glass lid. Will wonders never cease? Three on one end: Under the lid?????? LOL __________________ Mares eat oats and goats eat oats . . . . and little lambs eat ivy . . . .

03-16-2008, 06:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
khombre ??!!! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 226	Good luck on those clutches There's something about snail egges that make me feel funny and make me wanna cringe lol.... BTW.. What do you plan doing with them if things materialize? __________________ The early worm gets eaten by the early bird

03-17-2008, 04:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trixie Meow. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,360	Yeah - that last picture sort of looks like "The Alien Brain That Terrorized New York" or something. __________________

03-17-2008, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,683	That's how they are always laid in my tank. The broken down one is probably just hatched--there is a lot of 'shell' left after they hatch. The babies sort of drop into the water. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

03-17-2008, 07:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
Trixie Meow. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,360	VERY cool. I hope mine lay eggs soon, too. Although they better drop into the water under cover of darkness - the tetras are always hungry. __________________

03-25-2008, 06:17 AM	#8 (permalink)
rosita Happy trails. .. to you Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cape Fear River Basin Posts: 2,045	Aaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!! Well, she's become adventurous and laid a clutch on the upper outside part of the HOB!!!!!!!!!! Not sure what to do with these to ensure possible survival---these snails are definitely into spring fever!!!!!! __________________ Mares eat oats and goats eat oats . . . . and little lambs eat ivy . . . .

03-25-2008, 11:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
mvigor Water keeper Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 452	A technique I've often heard on another web site: Wet a paper towel in aquarium water. Wring it out until you can't get any more water out. Remove the eggs from the HOB and wrap them in a dry paper towel, then wrap that in the wet one. Put this in a sealed ziplock snack baggie and float it in the tank. Open the baggie every day or two to refresh the air, make sure the outer towel is still moist, make sure the inner towel isn't sticking too badly, and eventually to see the baby snails that have hatched. __________________ ~=~MY AQUARIUMS~=~ \| Christian Sermon Audio Archive \| Genealogy

03-25-2008, 12:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
DaisyTattoo It's a girl Join Date: May 2006 Location: Peoria, Illinois Posts: 3,025	I too have an egg clutch...must be the season. Unfortunately...I think they are canas. But, its ok....bc I have TONS of loaches __________________ It's not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.

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