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Old 08/28/2006, 04:12 PM
Travis Travis is offline
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I am not expecting any baby snails just because I've never heard of astreas successfully reproducing in captivity, and all my snails are astreas. But I also have not really heard of them mass spawning in captivity like this either, although I'm sure this isn't the first time it has happened. If the fertilized eggs are able to grow into babies in captivity, then there is a decent chance it will happen. Not only because of the sheer amount of sperm and eggs that were released, but I also am keeping the filter socks offline and the skimmer turned off for a few days. This should allow a lot of fertilized eggs to settle out and possibly grow into babies. That is, if they don't go through a larval stage. If there is a larval stage, then I can't expect anything to make it past the skimmer and pumps. We will have to wait and see what happens. I don't expect to find babies but it sure would be cool.
 


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