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    Default Baby Snails

    I found several baby snails on the glass this morning (very tiny - only 1mm or so) and was wondering if any of my snails could reproduce in the aquarium?
    The only ones I see laying eggs are the Cerith snails but I think I read somewhere that Ceriths usually are not able to grow from egg to snail in aquaria.
    I have:
    Cerith (these lay tons of eggs - I think I have 4 or 5 eggs strands on the glass right now)
    Trochus
    Astrea
    Fighting Conchs
    1 Turbo
    Nassarius
    Chestnut Turbos

    Can any of these be tank bred?
    Karin



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    I'm pretty sure these can:

    Astrea
    Turbo
    Nassarius

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    Thanks Rob. Their houses look like tiny Trochus houses so the closest will be Astrea. I am hopeing a few make it to big snail size. Homeraised snails would be nice
    Karin



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    i have a few snails that live in the sandbed, with trunks that stick out of the sand... whatever those are called, i have a lot of baby snails that look like those. with real glossy little shells. also others, but those are the coolest looking.

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    I have hundreds of them now.
    At night when the tank lights are off I can see the white dots covering the rocks. It's amazing. I can't wait to see what type of snails they turn out to be.
    Hopefully I'll have enough people wanting tank bred clean up crews. There's no way I could sustain all of these snails once they grow bigger!

    I am pretty sure they're the Banded Trochus. I can already see the bands on some of the babies.
    Last edited by Europhyllia; Tue, 24th Nov 2009 at 07:20 AM.
    Karin



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