Reply With QuoteEh its been known for a while that its possible to breed in home aquaria. How long ago was this thread you read that says its not possible?
Came across reading in this forum that it's not possible for assassin snails to breed in a home aquarium.
I was surpised that my assassin snails managed to do that.
How many can you spot in this photo?
My fish list:
BEC, L14, L27c goldline, L27d goldline thunder, L27 xingu platinum, L47, L90a, L160, L190, L200A, L239, L255, L330, L418,
Steatocranus casuarius, Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma, Hyphessobrycon sp. White Fin, Puntius denisonii, Hyphessobrycon columbianus, Hemigrammus rythrozonus,
Satanoperca Daemon, Geophagus sp. ‘tapajós red head’, Geophagus steindachneri
Eh its been known for a while that its possible to breed in home aquaria. How long ago was this thread you read that says its not possible?
Oh really? My bad. I only came across the posting that someone said cannot and after that did not chance upon such topic again. And that was last year, but that posting might have been many years ago.
Anyway they are nice surpises to me
My fish list:
BEC, L14, L27c goldline, L27d goldline thunder, L27 xingu platinum, L47, L90a, L160, L190, L200A, L239, L255, L330, L418,
Steatocranus casuarius, Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma, Hyphessobrycon sp. White Fin, Puntius denisonii, Hyphessobrycon columbianus, Hemigrammus rythrozonus,
Satanoperca Daemon, Geophagus sp. ‘tapajós red head’, Geophagus steindachneri
Given good water parameters, as long as the fauna finds it ideal, breeding miracles begin.
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Anyway congratulations on the spawn! I can't keep them cause I like my tylos, which they seem to prefer over ramshorn
Mine breed in the past also while in a 2 feet tank filled with ramhorns & pouch snails.
They were happily breeding during that time.
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Assassins will breed in fresh water, although I suspect that they need a diet of fresh meat. It's nerite snails that cannot breed in home aquaria.
The majority of the egg cases deposited by Assassins sometimes do not hatch successfully. My Assassins laid the cases all over the place, especially under driftwood, but since the pH of the tank was closer to 5.8, none hatched, or so it seems because I never found any juveniles running about. I think they need water around pH 7 or higher to successfully hatch. In any event, the adults died out soon after their favorite prey snails, in my case, ramshorns, were exterminated by them.
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You need both a male and female assassin snails to breed.
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Checked the pH, its 6.6.
Getting male and female assassin snails should be mere luck unless buying alot .
My fish list:
BEC, L14, L27c goldline, L27d goldline thunder, L27 xingu platinum, L47, L90a, L160, L190, L200A, L239, L255, L330, L418,
Steatocranus casuarius, Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma, Hyphessobrycon sp. White Fin, Puntius denisonii, Hyphessobrycon columbianus, Hemigrammus rythrozonus,
Satanoperca Daemon, Geophagus sp. ‘tapajós red head’, Geophagus steindachneri
i had assassin snails in my shrimp tank at ph 6 and i managed to see a few babies. 2 to be exact..
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