Th4nhPh0ng

I just wonder had anyone had success breeding sulawesi snails before?

southerndesert

I can't remember which forum it was, but yes there have been a couple folks that have had them breed in captivity.

Bill

KnaveTO

There was a report of a successful breeding on www.shrimpnow.com

chucknorris

Mine have breed in captivity in my tank. They are born from an "egg sac".




You can actually see the baby snail inside

jazzlvr123

interesting is it one snail per egg sack?

chucknorris

I am thinking it is at least 3

Th4nhPh0ng

wow thats really cool....thats a pretty good size sac too

AEWHistory

I know I'm resurrecting an older thread, but I'm interested to know if anyone has gotten much/any further along with this?

niko

From my experience about 30 of these snails produce about 5 babies a month. I mean they are not very prolific snails.

But what is more interesting, I found it by accident, is that these snails love the smell of blood. They get very active when bloodworms are dropped in the tank. They also love to eat dead fish.

My point is - the way we feed the Tylomelanias probably affects their breedind. I didn't realize they loved meat before so I always fed them flake food and algae wafers. I never saw them getting as excited as when bloodworms or dead fish where present.

--Nikolay

ombcat

My tiger, crystal reds, cherry all love meaty foods.
wilma