HCA: Hermit Crab Association

so i have four snails in my 10 gallon fish tank and ugh the one has just laid eggs
almost a week ago and i know they hatch in one to two weeks
but i really can’t keep all the eggs but i would HATE to kill them off....
what should i do? is there like a way to give them to someone?

I've had my snails lay eggs a few times, and only once did I actually get baby snails (the rest of the clusters were duds). They were pretty adorable and so tiny! But I didn't get them out of the tank in time and my goldfish ate them. I was so bummed. If you actually get any babies out if them, I would take some! I'd put them in a separate tank this time until they were big enough not to be eaten. I'm down to just 3 nerite snails and a couple of mystery snails and could use a bigger clean up crew. The nerites don't clean up nearly as well as they mysteries do in my tank (I have four big and messy goldfish).

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okay!! i will let you know how it goes!

Awesome thanks!!

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we definitely have some baby mystery snails swimming around the tank!!
AND another cluster has been laid!

Yay! I'm down to 1 mystery snail, so I need some babies lol!

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I know I'm not really involved in the situation and don't really have anything of substance to say but that's so exciting!!I just wanted to say congrats, it sounds adorable!

myllkti wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:43 pm

I know I'm not really involved in the situation and don't really have anything of substance to say but that's so exciting!!I just wanted to say congrats, it sounds adorable!

aha thank you!

if you can, post some pics!

here they are in the breeder box. it’s hard to see because i had to reach around the side to snap a pic. sorry. they are currently eating an algae wafer lol. but they are so small and cute. if you look at the one on the left in the middle you can even see his antennae! they are about as big as a dull pencil tip. a couple did not make it… but i’d say there’s a good amount that did!


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aaaaaaw! They are so cute! Did you have to get that many shells?!

hahah no. snails are born with their shells and they grow with them. so that’s why calcium is very important to them because it keeps their shells healthy and good looking.

Omgosh they are so adorable!!! I love the pic!!

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They are so cute! but how come I always see empty snail shells outside? I thought they needed to find shells like hermit crabs?

If you're finding empty shells, that means the snail inside died and decomposed, or something ate it. I have snails in my fish tank. Sometimes I just see an empty shell and no snail. That means my goldfish made snack of the recently deceased lol.

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