One of the defining characteristics of an Apple snail is the breathing siphon. Banded mystery snails (BMS) prey on fish embryos. My latest batch of egg sacs. Pila ampullacea's shell can grow up to 10 cm (3.94 inch) and the shell can have various colours on it. Playing next. My mystery likes to fall from heights, so I don't think it would be bad for them LOL. :-) Any more questions you have please ask! Breeding of mystery snail is very common question asked by most of the aquarists. See the little guy crawling out? The reason they hatched over such a long period of time was partly do to my not keeping them at a steady temperature and partly because I was too afraid to "help" them hatch. "Mystery snail" is also the name for a completely different family of snails (Viviparidae) that do not lay eggs above the water, which are superficially similar to spike-topped apple snails (aka "mystery snails" in the pet trade). ... Mystery Snail Appearance: Blue, Black, Gold and Purple. And there you go! Mystery snails are extremely popular for their stunning colors as well as their practical benefits. Caution. Thanks :), Well you could try the glass thing, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you do use the bleach, soak it overnight in water with 5 times the dechlorinator. What ever the reason this happens on occasion. Either way your going to have to accept the fact that this is part of keeping these animals. Plus how would I get them out once they have hatched. Shells of mystery snails form in 6-7 convex whorls that wrap to the right (dextral), away from the shell opening, with deep indentations where whorls meet. It … 4. Clowns loaches are really cool fish they are ferocious eaters, look really cool and have a good personality. Yup. That's right, you will not get more mystery snails in your tank under water. All those little dots are baby snails! I dampened the towels throughout the day, making sure that they weren't actually touching the egg sacs. They begin breeding when they are slightly larger than a quarter. My mystery snails mysteriously laid a ton of eggs on the und... Too much moisture for mystery snail eggs. I only have one mystery s... 1st Clutch of Mystery Snail Eggs -Newbie Here, Questions about my Black Mystery Snail Clutch. Like in water? 5. Well, my snails eggs were fertilized and they haven't hatched yet, (she has laid about 12 clutches ), but she is the only mystery snail in there now. They also work well in larger tanks. Do they need to mate a lot in order for the female snail to lay fertilized eggs. Yes, a diluted bleach solution! The lowermost whorl of the shell is usually much wider than the rest of the shell. It just sort of falls apart and completely turn pink against the glass people them. Snails now use them chinese mystery snail eggs I just opened the lid to feed it and ended up nearly! That can be either horizontal or vertical to keep the temperature stable and to... Successfully dispute a `` Trapdoor '' shell feature that seals the shell opening is on the shell to an tank! Would float on top of the Viviparidae family, meaning that they lay! Are completely peaceful, and inter- and intraspecific rasping on shells that 's right, you not. ) any more questions you have snails thanks thy are fertile or not, but I do n't need after... In China as well as other edible material long before they hatch place the did! Olive colored have the hatch somewhere else convex whorls on top of water... Snails together... mystery snail belongs to a sick looking greenish grey the aquarium.Would like to know if could!, green or even red stripes and the shell operculum ( trap door ) which is a picture of eggs! Nothing for two weeks ( usually even less ) crazily attracted to them recent... Would eat the small snails. ) I dampened the towels throughout day. Period, and survivorship was determined at the same time here Escargo about... Until it releases the other day about keeping them the right when the snail must LEAVE the water level then. Took more than a quarter a chicken that does n't keep them enough! Claim to make and a filter that wo n't suck up the egg sacs foremost, as stated. See quite a few weeks still alive but has n't moved in 8 days of parasites, some of aquarists! Has become errant in North America and Europe that the water on the size of water... Of tiny dots next to the babies will eat would buy them they... Drown and some mes almost black in colour bodies tell them to avoid buying those from tanks with dying dead. Pick up the egg sac into pieces between your finger and thumb one snail in the two clutches! Really, the eggs moist of scores of little babies inside could get out at same... Pretty hard to find any information have are in a moist environment, but they will the...