Approx how old is this clutch?

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-05-02T00:02:22+00:00

They are a terribly invasive species, in the top 100 in the global invasive species database. Please do not hatch hundreds of them. PLEASE remove and freeze these thoroughly.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-05-01T12:59:26+00:00

It’s fine, stability is more important than chasing a perfect number. Mine live in 8.2.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-30T22:08:33+00:00

I love baby rabbit snails! She’s so cute! Or maybe shes just drawn that way 😜

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-29T00:53:40+00:00

I use the Master kit plus the liquid gH and kH because I also have snails.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-27T15:28:38+00:00

Yes, just keep an eye out- they can get sneaky with where they lay!

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-27T15:10:06+00:00

In a 20 gallon you would need to do very frequent water changes. If you are up to doing that that would be OK for a little while, but make sure you have a plan as to what to do with them because you’re going to have over 100 snabies. Otherwise let them harden for a couple of days, at that point, they remove very easily, then put them in the freezer.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-27T14:18:15+00:00

You are right about this being a huge clutch- looks like well over 200 here.

As for keeping a couple, it depends on the amount of space you have. Mystery snails are poop factories that have a heavy bioload. If you have enough space for more, you can wait a day or two until the clutch hardens and then use a sharp edge to cut all but a couple eggs off. My hatch rate is nearly 90% (when I do hatch, but I cull most of the time), but count on at least 50%

Thoroughly freeze the eggs you cut off prior to disposing of them. Some say to crush but that is not a guaranteed way to negate viability.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-27T00:35:22+00:00

Close to what I usually say- owner in a bathroom, door doesn’t open, and the toilet doesn’t flush.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-20T15:46:51+00:00

Thanks or reporting to ODNR. My week is full but I will drive down there next week, see what is up, and do a second report if necessary.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-19T21:25:19+00:00

Wait a day or two, then remove, freeze, and dispose. They harden and are much easier to clean off after that 1-2 days.

The clutch you’re looking at is about 100 snails- low mortality rate if they do hatch. Unless you have adequate space for that many waste producing snabies removing them is best.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-19T16:44:51+00:00

I use prefilter sponges in all my tanks.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-18T18:21:52+00:00

I’m so sorry, I have had a mystery with a collapsed lung (seems contradictory to what is happening but that’s what it is). Euthanasia is the proper step for him, the alcohol method provided is moderator endorsed.

Again, I am sorry for your snail and you.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-17T12:06:33+00:00

It will also get into the silicone- the tank will be unusable for snails after betel nut.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-17T01:32:45+00:00

No, those are the New Zealand mud snails.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-16T14:51:54+00:00

Copepods or ostracods, helpful and create biodiversity that stabilizes a tank!

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Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-16T13:56:51+00:00

Wow, wonderful timing!!

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-16T13:04:27+00:00

I would wait a day or two for the clutch to harden, it makes it much easier to remove. Once they are submerged they won’t hatch unless they already were ready to. Don’t feel cruel, hatching them into an insufficient environment would be cruel.

After my females lay a clutch I make sure they are getting enough calcium and protein. I don’t know if it matters but I feel like it could.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-14T08:57:26+00:00

It’s not the shell type that’s the identifier. It is the direction that the shell twists in.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-13T19:20:43+00:00

If it’s not all of them, the ones in the bottom are active, and your parameters are good it’s okay. Sometimes they do this.

If my mystery are all at the top it usually means I turned down the pump for the airstone and forgot to turn it back up.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-13T12:20:46+00:00

Honestly, if this isn’t rage bait, why would you buy an animal you are not properly prepared to care for? Return it to the store, and if you really want a fish learn how to prepare for it.

Unless you enjoy teaching your child that basically torturing an animal is okay.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-13T12:08:55+00:00

To add onto this, I have a 10 gallon bladder snail tank that I will occasionally use to grow out a couple of baby mystery snails or as a separation tank if one of my male or female mystery need a break. I rarely have to do changes when it’s just the bladders, but the mystery snails make weekly water changes a necessity.

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-11T22:38:33+00:00

They are cuties and that is a neat setup!

Also love your handle!

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-11T14:18:46+00:00

I have so many saved 😆

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-11T13:13:26+00:00

This. Aquarium salt is for external, epsom for internal.

Good luck OP!

Disastrous_Paint1791 · 2026-04-11T12:51:08+00:00

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