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    Has anyone ever had these type of snails reproduce in their tank? I think they are baby margaritas and then other people say they aren't. Apparently this snail has both sexes. I have had this tank for over a year, and this adult margarita has been the only margarita in my 24 gallon since starting this tank. I haven't added anything to the 24g since I october of last year. I just started noticing these baby snails a couple of months ago. I hope they do well and end up being adults some day. I also have baby ceriths all over my tanks. I'm sure thats not shocking to some people since these snails are know to be really good at reproducing in captivity.
    This is what the adult looked like before her/his shell got covered in coraline.

    with coraline

    One of the babies..its so small It took a while to get these pictures. It is about the size of the tip of a pen.


    There are several of these crawling on my glass
    cool huh?

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    I have some babies that looked like that but they resemble my mexican turbos now that they are bigger..


    Just a small tank...


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    i dont think they are the same snail. if you lok at the way it spirals and where it comes out of its different. ive got lots of those too, but they stay tiny. i forget what they call them. ive had margarita snails reproduce in my tank and have actually seen 1 baby, but im not sure whatever happened to it. it was starting to get bigger just like a margarita but it may have died?

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    could be collonista snail, sort of looks like a sundial snail but usually people dont ahev the sundials. but you might also have some margaritas. i know when i had two in my biocube one was spawning. the result was just 1 baby snail, and i ended finding it too right now on my back wall with the parent

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    Exactly what you have in the pic I have a ton of those and have for over a year. They dont get bigger.
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    When did you take the first picture?
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    I really don't remember when pictures were taken. I should keep time stamps with my pictures ..oh well..How could these snails not be related to the adult snail? The only thing I have done with this tank is take things out. Last time I added anything to this tank was two crabs that was back in october.The only other snails I have in there is one trochus and five ceriths.

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