Cerith snail eggs!!

bencozzy

New member
well i have found two egg cases so far was wondering about some info. on them breeding?

gestation periods? and developement of young?(direct or planktonic)

thanks
ben
 
There are some species of cerith which have been successful at breeding in aquaria without help or specialized systems. For the most part the common ceriths ( whatever that means ) larvae have an extended planktonic stage and may also require settling cues which makes them difficult to breed in a standard home aquarium.
 
hmmm.

oh well worth a try, atleast i have my strombus maculatus and collonista snails.

if it helps any they are cerith snails from phishy business, he has a good pic of some of them on his site.

oh and as a note i found 2 more a egg strands. i think the thing that triggered the spawn was that i raised my nitrates.
 
Last Thursday my ceriths laid eggs too. Just yesterday I saw 2 tiny white shelled snails hanging off one of my adult ceriths. I assume they are the babies.....
Congratulations
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9642841#post9642841 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cplklegg
Last Thursday my ceriths laid eggs too. Just yesterday I saw 2 tiny white shelled snails hanging off one of my adult ceriths. I assume they are the babies.....
Congratulations

How long have you had the ceriths? Have they laid eggs before?

Its gonna take longer than a week for the eggs to hatch and become baby snails, more like 1-2 months. Hopefully the little snails you are seeing on your ceriths arent parasitic pyramid snails.
 
I hope those aren't pyramid snails!!! They were just visible, white and circular--not cylindrical like the ceriths. I've had my cerithsfor just under a month and it was their first eggs. I have a 6 line in quarantine now so in another month or so-- I hope any pyramids don't wreck too much havoc before then.
 
Back
Top