Breeding Golden Apple Snails?
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The clutch will be dried up pretty much. I crumble it in the tank, just in case there is a straggler snail baby in it.
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What exactly are we talking about? The brigs or canas? GAS refers to canas. Canas will need at least 5g per each snail. They're not difficult to breed. Slightly overfeed, change water with slightly warmer temperature and then leave a few inches room above water line. You can try protein based foods to encourage them to breed.
If you cannot handle all the eggs, chop the clutch into your desired number that you can raise enough number of baby snails as your space permits.
If you cannot handle all the eggs, chop the clutch into your desired number that you can raise enough number of baby snails as your space permits.
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finkids make me happy :-)
i would still cover the intake of your filter with something, like a sponge or fine netting, so that the babies don't go into the filter, possibly clogging the impeller and causing problems with the filter. it is not the output flow of the filter i'm talking about here, but the possibility of snails going into the filter via the intake tube. i ran an aquaclear 20 on my first 10 gallon snail tank and ended up with lots of babies in the filter because i didn't cover the intake tube.
i would give the babies a little while between hatching and giving them to your friend, to give them a little bit of time to grow and develop. moving them right after hatching would cause a lot of casualties, IMO. give them a week or two, perhaps.
even though you are not keeping any of the babies, it is still a good idea to get a bigger tank for the adult snails and the betta. 5 gallons is not big enough for that bioload.
the 'embryo thingy' or what i call the husk, can be removed and thrown away after the babies hatch out. you may want to freeze it first to make sure any straggling babies do not hatch out in the garbage. i don't crumble mine in the tank or anything, since there are enough snail babies to worry about and making sure i get the last few stragglers is not a concern for me.
i would give the babies a little while between hatching and giving them to your friend, to give them a little bit of time to grow and develop. moving them right after hatching would cause a lot of casualties, IMO. give them a week or two, perhaps.
even though you are not keeping any of the babies, it is still a good idea to get a bigger tank for the adult snails and the betta. 5 gallons is not big enough for that bioload.
the 'embryo thingy' or what i call the husk, can be removed and thrown away after the babies hatch out. you may want to freeze it first to make sure any straggling babies do not hatch out in the garbage. i don't crumble mine in the tank or anything, since there are enough snail babies to worry about and making sure i get the last few stragglers is not a concern for me.
okay so what im understand is just bassicly lower the water how much from the top?? and feed them daily (once) and thats it and if they get dry just spray em with tank water one mist of spray (im the one taken the snails/ fish store to! lol)
for ur 10 id lower it about 3 inches..and you NEED a cover! idk about daily just more than usual...
what did u mean by "(im the one taken the snails/ fish store to! lol"?
