Sulawesi Snails

**wood** · 04-29-2008, 09:20 PM

Here are some photos of a couple of my Sulawesi Snails. They are really beautiful and I love them. They move around and eat algae on the glass.

One thing I noticed is that one of them laid an egg sac or something. I have no clue what this egg sac is and have never seen this before. Maybe babies will pop out of it or something. Who knows. I will definitely keep an eye on it. The shrimps pick at it but quickly move on, so maybe it does not taste good or has a protective coating.

Photos below of the snails and the egg sac

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honor · 04-29-2008, 09:32 PM

haha cool.

mgamer20o0 · 04-29-2008, 09:42 PM

came with the shrimp?

**John7429** · 04-30-2008, 06:26 AM

Wow. Very interesting... especially the eggs!

NICE GOLDS BTW!!!!!!!

ikuzo · 04-30-2008, 08:45 AM

beautiful snails!
the egg is weird though, i haven't seen anything like it before.

**waterfaller1** · 04-30-2008, 11:36 AM

Sweet pics.

**waterfaller1** · 04-30-2008, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wood

One thing I noticed is that one of them laid an egg sac or something. I have no clue what this egg sac is and have never seen this before. The shrimps pick at it but quickly move on, so maybe it does not taste good or has a protective coating.

Maybe it's poop..

ikuzo · 04-30-2008, 02:24 PM

waterfaller1
you ruin the mood of this thread lol

Ulli Bauer · 04-30-2008, 02:48 PM

Hi,

no, this is definitely an egg. Congrats!
A friend of mine, Mura from the German Garnelenforum, also witnessed this in his tank. He made some photos, look here: http://water-box.de/index.php?option...id=35#category

I hope your egg will hatch.

Cheers
Ulli

**waterfaller1** · 04-30-2008, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikuzo

waterfaller1
you ruin the mood of this thread lol

Come on..it made you smile, admit it..

Chucknorris · 04-30-2008, 07:52 PM

Yo peeps!

My sulawesi laid an egg this afternoon and I was fortunate enough to see it happen. The snail burrowed in the gravel a little bit last night and I figured he was either diggin his own grave or taking a nap.

But . . . This afternoon a white "sack/egg" thing appeared. After watching it for a minute I could actually see a small snail gliding around the inside of the egg. Here are the pics take a close look you can see its footprint in the egg. Sorry I don't have a better camera or vid camera.

Enjoy. . .

Now you see him now you dont clearly something is movin around in there!!!

**wood** · 04-30-2008, 08:49 PM

Chuck- AWESOME PHOTOS!!!

that is really cool. I think that is a snail I sent you right? That is so f-in cool that you managed to capture that. I tried looking in the egg I had but I could not see anything. How cool is this egg thing??

It will be very interesting to see how many babies emerge. Maybe just one?

ColeMan · 04-30-2008, 08:51 PM

whoa....that's pretty far out....

fishsandwitch · 04-30-2008, 09:10 PM

Do the shrimps try and eat the eggs?

**Craigthor** · 04-30-2008, 09:43 PM

Sweet snails, how big do they get? MTS sized?

Craig

04-29-2008, 09:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
wood Plantoholics Anonymous (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 886	Sulawesi Snails Here are some photos of a couple of my Sulawesi Snails. They are really beautiful and I love them. They move around and eat algae on the glass. One thing I noticed is that one of them laid an egg sac or something. I have no clue what this egg sac is and have never seen this before. Maybe babies will pop out of it or something. Who knows. I will definitely keep an eye on it. The shrimps pick at it but quickly move on, so maybe it does not taste good or has a protective coating. Photos below of the snails and the egg sac __________________

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John7429 Sergeant (View User Tanks) PTrader: (27) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 503	Wow. Very interesting... especially the eggs! NICE GOLDS BTW!!!!!!! __________________ Sergeant of Marines

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ikuzo Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indonesia Posts: 1,328	beautiful snails! the egg is weird though, i haven't seen anything like it before. __________________ Certainly take the advice of others but always, always be yourself - Eric Cantona My Tanks : 100 40 20 16 10 3 1

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Ulli Bauer Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 65	Hi, no, this is definitely an egg. Congrats! A friend of mine, Mura from the German Garnelenforum, also witnessed this in his tank. He made some photos, look here: http://water-box.de/index.php?option...id=35#category I hope your egg will hatch. Cheers Ulli __________________ A proud member of http://www.crustaforum.com

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Chucknorris Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: wisconsin Posts: 155	Yo peeps! My sulawesi laid an egg this afternoon and I was fortunate enough to see it happen. The snail burrowed in the gravel a little bit last night and I figured he was either diggin his own grave or taking a nap. But . . . This afternoon a white "sack/egg" thing appeared. After watching it for a minute I could actually see a small snail gliding around the inside of the egg. Here are the pics take a close look you can see its footprint in the egg. Sorry I don't have a better camera or vid camera. Enjoy. . . Now you see him now you dont clearly something is movin around in there!!!

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wood Plantoholics Anonymous (View User Tanks) PTrader: (22) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 886	Chuck- AWESOME PHOTOS!!! that is really cool. I think that is a snail I sent you right? That is so f-in cool that you managed to capture that. I tried looking in the egg I had but I could not see anything. How cool is this egg thing?? It will be very interesting to see how many babies emerge. Maybe just one? __________________

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