cerith eggs

[parrotchute]

So, my ceriths are breeding, and I just wanted to share something amusing!
I saw one cerith on top of another, and just assumed he was going for a ride, but when I get back from dinner, I saw the bottom snail with a long, thread like mass of eggs from his back and has been trailing them around! The other one laid the eggs on it's back!

Anyone know if cerith eggs ever reach maturity? Not a big fan of them, but, it'd be cool, I suppose.

 

[ndepratt]

sounds like your snails are getting more action than I am.... :frustrat:

 

[Bifferwine]

If you have any fish in your tank, the chances are slim that any of the eggs will hatch and survive. Baby snails (and snail eggs) make a decent snack for pretty much everything else in the tank.

 

[parrotchute]

Yeah Biff, I know the chances are slim--> none. But, I know some snails are prone to having different types of offspring and some tend to be more viable than others.

What about in the sump?

 

[yote]

If theres enough in there for the baby snails to eat,you may have have a few survive.

 

[Teixeira29]

+1 Yote

 

[dustin_P74]

if you take them out of the tank and add them to the sump they well survive if there arent predators

 

[parrotchute]

so, uh...what do baby snails eat? Baby algae?

 

[yote]

Gerber green beans :D

 

[hibye]

ha ha Gerber snail.

Oh my, its a girl!... no wait its a, a boy!........ No its a fat Gerber snail!