Snail Egg Pic

[ATLANTIS]

I just found this in one of my prop tanks, thought I would share ;)

I have several unidentified snails in the tank, so I have no idea who layed them.

The hash marks on the ruler are millimeters

http://www.atlantisaquatic.com/images/eggs2911.jpg

here is the Link (http://www.atlantisaquatic.com/image4.html) to some of the snail pics.

[Q-ball]

Very cool Brian, thanks for sharing!:smokin:

Q!!!

[discented]

yeah those are pretty neat...q-ball have u been away from reef central for a while?i havent seen u post in a while,..maybe i just wasnt looking...discented

[Q-ball]

[chimp]
Well, I've been around, but busy...so posting a bit less, yeah. School's done for me in September and it can't come soon enough:D But thanks for askin!

Q!!!

[reefmanic]

Brian,

This snail from your site looks like what I have. http://www.atlantisaquatic.com/images/smtinysnail0410.jpg

I've had these for awhile now and they don't seem to get bigger than 1/4"-1/2" and readily reproduce.I've sent some to Dr.Ron and he's Id them as a cerith (sp).These are very cool snails in that they clean everything and everywhere cause they stay small.

I set up another tank with the purpose of breeding these guy's and now have enough that I am willing to trade these for frags if anyone's intrested.

August

[ReefHawk]

Very Cool Brian!!

My turbos reproduce in my tank but I've never seen any eggs. Do turbos lay eggs or are they live bearers?

[Nagel]

Originally posted by reefmanic
Brian,

This snail from your site looks like what I have. http://www.atlantisaquatic.com/images/smtinysnail0410.jpg

I've had these for awhile now and they don't seem to get bigger than 1/4"-1/2" and readily reproduce.I've sent some to Dr.Ron and he's Id them as a cerith (sp).These are very cool snails in that they clean everything and everywhere cause they stay small.


I must agree, they look like ceriths. I have some Cortez Ceriths, and they look very similar. Mine clean everywhere, including the glass just below the sand surface.

And cool pic of the snail eggs! I have just found some in my tank that look very close to the ones that Vilas found in her tank, but my camera can't focus on them :(

[Nathan]

My cerith lay eggs like this. They *rarely* hatch, although I have seen some 2-3mm cerith snails on my glass... don't know if they end up becoming somebody's meal though...

-Nathan

[ATLANTIS]

The cerinths (if that's what they are :) ) reproduce like mad.

I have thousands all over the place.

[ATLANTIS]

Here is a New Snail Egg Pic (http://www.atlantisaquatic.com/images/snaileggs2922.jpg)

It is 266K, so I chose not to post it direct...

You can see the embryos starting to devide

[jcopp]

Originally posted by reefmanic


I set up another tank with the purpose of breeding these guy's and now have enough that I am willing to trade these for frags if anyone's intrested.


August [/B]

Hello,

I am interested as well in setting up a tank for ceriths. Can you give me any advice based on your experience? I am interested in your setup, foods, etc...

I would bve happy to trade some nassarius for some tank raised ceriths! Let me know, I would be interested in 50-100.

Jason

[kmk2307]

I just got a whole mess of those snails from some florida LR. Do you know if they are intertidal? They spend a lot of time near the surface of my tank / out of the water under the lip. Hopefully mine will reproduce as well.

Thanks!