New Mystery snail nest and snail mating ?

[CassieLEO]

So, I have about 5 mystery snails in my tank. Ive never purposely put snails in my tank, but I think they are just adoreable!! So now I have this new nest in the back of my tank!! In the picture it looks like it is in the water, but it is actually about 2 incches above the water.

Now, are these two snails mating? Can the two different colors breed together?

I keep cuttlefish bones in there for the snails, and My LFS will be happy to take the babies so im letting them hatch!
Thanks!!! -Cassie

 

[petluvr]

Yes two colors can mate, they are the same species just different color variations, congrats.

 

[CassieLEO]

Thank you!!! Im very excited! I am kinda grossed out by how gross the nest looks though. So is the pair in the bottom mating??

 

[petluvr]

It looks that way, yes.

 

[BettaFishMommy]

yep, they are definitely doing the mystery snail 'love wrestle', lol.

you might want to consider making some snail jello to feed to them, in addition to having cuttle bone in the tank. their shells look like they could use a little more calcium. check out the stickied thread here in the inverts section on invert food for a super easy snail jello recipe.

it'll be interesting to see what colours the babies turn out! when i was breeding briggs (mystery/apple snails), i had ivory, jade, blue, and golden adults and never knew what was going to come out of a clutch, lol.

 

[CassieLEO]

Ill definately make some of that for them!! Ive only had them for about 3 weeks, and their shells looked yuckie like that, thats why im trying to help them with the calcium. Thanks for pointing me in that direction!!!!