First pictures of baby assasin snail?

[Cameron2585]

Managed to take a bad picture of a baby assassin snail that is only a few days old. I've checked before and I don't think I could find a single picture of a baby assassin snail before.

 

[Littlebudda]

Is that a plant growing in the silicone seal or an illusion?

 

[NeonTetra1]

Is that a plant growing in the silicone seal or an illusion?

It does look like a plant growing in the silicone! The baby is soo cute!

 

[Cameron2585]

It does look like a plant growing in the silicone! The baby is soo cute!

The box you see is an acrylic breeder box not the edges of my tank. I moved a piece of moss into the breeder box and there must have been some assasin snail eggs on it

 

[Littlebudda]

Ok so just a plant caught between the breeder and the glass, that makes me feel better I was thinking the worst case scenario

 

[Cameron2585]

Ok so just a plant caught between the breeder and the glass, that makes me feel better I was thinking the worst case scenario

Just a plant stuck underneath the breeder box but the 2 sides of the box have a small lip at the bottom. Is that something that can happen? Plants growing in the silicone or digging their roots into it?

 

[Littlebudda]

Just a plant stuck underneath the breeder box but the 2 sides of the box have a small lip at the bottom. Is that something that can happen? Plants growing in the silicone or digging their roots into it?

Have occasionally seen it in very old tanks that have been neglected but not often it would be a sign that the silicone is wearing out but in a new tank it might indicate that the glass wasn’t cleaned properly before sealing and the silicone hasn’t stuck this would lead to a major tank failure.

 

[Cameron2585]

Here is a better picture of a tiny assasin snail. It's roughly in the centre of the picture if you're struggling to find it.

 

[Fishfur]

Here is a better picture of a tiny assasin snail. It's roughly in the centre of the picture if you're struggling to find it.
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They’re pretty little snails.

 

[Cameron2585]

They’re pretty little snails.

I've got one that is fully black and another thats about 75% black so I was hoping I might see some black babies but I guess thats not how snail genetics work haha

 

[Fishfur]

I've got one that fully black and another thats about 75% black so I was hoping I might see some black babies but I guess thats not how snail genetics work haha

They’re pretty variable in colour so far as I’ve seen but you’d have to hope you could breed a black or mostly black one to another like itself to find out how much genetics may be involved. Since sexing them is near impossible, that would be tough.

 

[Cameron2585]

They’re pretty variable in colour so far as I’ve seen but you’d have to hope you could breed a black or mostly black one to another like itself to find out how much genetics may be involved. Since sexing them is near impossible, that would be tough.

It would be cool to selectively breed them and work towards an all black strain but I just dont think its possible. Like you said, you can't sex them which makes it hard to pair up the chosen couple. Even if you did have a male and female, they might not breed with each other. And the biggest problem would be time, that tiny snail in the picture i just posted is nearly a month old and it'll take another 7 months to get to adult size I believe

 

[Fishfur]

It would be cool to selectively breed them and work towards an all black strain but I just dont think its possible. Like you said, you can't sex them which makes it hard to pair up the chosen couple. Even if you did have a male and female, they might not breed with each other. And the biggest problem would be time, that tiny snail in the picture i just posted is nearly a month old and it'll take another 7 months to get to adult size I believe

They’re sexually mature at roughly six months of age from hatching. Sexual maturity and mature size rarely happen at the same time and sexual maturity typically happens first.