Did you know that pond snails give live birth? Yup. I woke this morning to 3 pea size baby snails all courtesy of Noémie, The Black Japanese Trapdoor pond snail.
I started out with a few mystery snails but decided against using them in my aquarium because of the potential for overpopulation. The ever so informative pet store person said concerning Apple Snails/Mystery Snails, “With the size of your aquarium you can purchase 10 of these.” WTF? Are you on crack? Thank God I did research before taking her horrible advice. Can you imagine what the tank would look like if I’d added 10 hermaphrodite snails capable of self-fertilization? Oh my goodness! That’s not good! They’d have taken over my tank in a heartbeat.
So far I’ve had no Mystery Snail eggs. I’ve been on the look out for them too. They’re beautiful creatures, they really are, but not ones I wish to deal with in my fish aquarium.
Aquarium specs: 75 gallons, 3 fantail goldfish, one pond snail, plastic plants. I feed them mealworms, chipped night crawlers, krill and bloodworms. I do 40% weekly water change and vacuum the gravel once a week. Three baby snails pond snails have been separated from the fish main tank until they get older.
I’m thinking of having a separate Mystery Snail habitat with no fish of any kind. Does anyone know if a 5 gallon tank is enough space for 2 snails? Will I need to provide them with a filtration system or will weekly water changes be enough? Does anybody know?
Faith – happy pond snail grandmama
Congrats!!!
And a fun fact for your snail post…
http://cargocollective.com/learnsomethingeveryday/412794/May-15