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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Gold Mystery Snail question...
I bought a gold mystery snail from Wal-Mart (sorry) and i was just wondering...are they homaphroditic  ? |
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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Mystery Snails.....
I bought a gold mystery snail and was wanting to know if they are really homaphrodites or not.....
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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yes, they are.
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Newbie
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So i can end up with little baby snails in my aquarium?
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August 4th, 2008
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Moderator
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I don't believe so.
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August 4th, 2008
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The guy at petsmart told me they weren't, but I didn't know if I should believe him.  |
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August 4th, 2008
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Just did some research, and they are not hermaphroditic. This seems to be an oddity among snails.
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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This is why I chose the mystery snails.....I didn't want an over population of the little suckers....I love my little gold guys....
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Its really easy to control the population of mystery snails... when you see an egg clutch on the top of your tank, just remove it. If you have a female one I believe she will lay clutches whether they are fertilized or not, and always remember they do store sperm and can lay fertilized eggs for months.
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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this is how it works, if you have two or more snails in the tank, chances are they will breed. The (fe)male lays the eggs above the water surface and looks like a clump of bubbles. A couple weeks later, they hatch. However, they must be kept moist through this time, otherwise, they will dry up and not be able to hatch. Should they hatch, you could take a slice of zuchinni (rinse, peel, and weigh down with a pebble) and drop it in at night. the next day, you should find many baby snails among the zuchinni. I simply added mine to my compost bin (at least, that was what most people reccomended) if others have ideas, I'm sure they'd be happy to suggest
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Mystery, or Apple snails are not hermaphrodites, so yes you need a male and a female to get babies!  |
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August 4th, 2008
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Moderator
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Okay, there's going to be a bit of confusion in this thread, because I had to merge two identical threads that were producing very different answers, which would likely have been confusing for the originator. Therefore, posts are not necessarily responding to the immediately prior post, as vBulletin merges threads in chronological order.
I also need to go back and say: I don't know if they're hermaphroditic, however, they are incapable of breeding asexually (two different things: hermaphrodites simply can act as either the male or female partner. They are not necessarily capable of breeding on their own, though some can. Mystery snails are not.)
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August 4th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I thought mystery snails were one... grrr, stupid books
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August 4th, 2008
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Moderator
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AH! Sorry, TFA, I should say one thing: What pet stores normally call mystery snails cannot reproduce asexually. These are the snails with the different colors.
However, there's another snail that goes by the name mystery snail that, in the aquarist hobby, is more frequently called a Chinese trapdoor snail or a Japanese trapdoor snail, that definitely is capable of reproducing asexually. These snails are an olive-and-brown striped color, and are really neat. They give live birth (I think all asexual snails may do so), rather than laying eggs.
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August 4th, 2008
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August 4th, 2008
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Moderator
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Here ya go Lots of good info and will answer your questions click on species
http://www.applesnail.net/
carol |
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