[D.gilly]

ok well my julis have breed and there are 2 generations of fry i was looking today and could only see 1 fry and the apple snails where in the area where the fry where being kept. I understand the apple snails if they can get at the eggs they will eat them but do they pose a threat to fry ?

 

[mistergreen]

fries can swim away... eggs can't.
that's the difference.

 

[joejoeg]

highly dought it. its a snail ... that has a mouth flat on the glass. how would a fish even get under it ?

 

[toddnbecka]

Juli's are excellent parents, I don't imagine they would allow an apple snail close enough to eat eggs, much less fry. If there's cover, most likely the fry are hiding.

 

[D.gilly]

these are first time parents they havent even tried to push the apple snails around mostly they gaurd the openings from the multies no agression so far and many thought a feat like this would be impossible ! the juli fry are mabey 3-5 mm by 1 mm and i have seen a snail eat a wafer 5-8 mm by 2-4 mm so i just thought it might be possible. Also the snails rarely go on the glass they are more commonly seen runing through the sand.

Also as a bit of an update i counted around 7 fry recently. An apple snail was near them but the parents did nothing.

thanks for the comments.

 

[joejoeg]

algae wafers dont move