saki114
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Post by saki114 on Dec 22, 2011 1:47:47 GMT
 A few days ago, I was checking my eight helix aspersas, and I was going to replace the food, lifted the food bowl and found about 10-15 eggs under it! I need to be prepared, so here's a few questions I hope can be answered: 1)Do I have to have the eggs with the parents(I heard something that said that the parent comes back to check on its eggs and sometimes moisturized it, but I don't know if it's true becaue from a different source the parents sometimes eat them)? 2) Are these "test" eggs, because I did some research and found out that H. aspersa lays an average of 85 eggs and as I mentioned, I discovered about 10-15 eggs. 3) Can I have some tips on keeping the eggs safe (such as what temperature, moisture, humidity, ect.)? 4) When are the eggs going to hatch if I keep them properly? Please help...
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Dec 22, 2011 5:24:09 GMT
To the best of my knowledge, aspersas are not known to eat their eggs, so I would not be concerned about that. I have always left the eggs alone in the tank and didn't do anything special for them. My aspersas never laid huge clutches.
Yours could be test eggs. If they aren't, they could hatch in 2 to 4 weeks.
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Post by axoloa on Dec 22, 2011 5:33:19 GMT
Iv never heard of Aspersa comming back to check up on eggs before. Could be wrong of course, but that sounds pretty strange to me ;D Id have to agree with all coyote has said. If they are infact fertile, then expect a second batch real soon (as im sure you know both parents lay eggs). You may find that both parents choose to share the nest, but usualy they will each make their own, so keep checking  Id try to keep from disturbing the eggs for now and then when they hatch, this would be a good time to scoop up the nest and move them into a new enclosure if this was your intension. Good luck ;D |
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Dec 22, 2011 5:45:31 GMT
Sometimes people move the adult snails into a new tank and leave the babies in the original tank because they find it more of a hassle to deal with lots of tiny hatchlings.
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Post by axoloa on Dec 22, 2011 6:04:28 GMT
Ahh yes, I do this with many of my snails to ;D In my Aspersa enclosure though I have 25 Adults, so the babys would be lost in an enclosure so large I usualy tend to move Aspersa hatchlings as soon as they start to hatch. They wont leave their nest usualy for at least 4 days and once they start to hatch you know that you dont have to worry about damaging the embrios in the eggs ;D So you get the best of both worlds.. babies are moved without damaging them and without worrying about finding them from all parts of the enclosure ;D |
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saki114
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Post by saki114 on Dec 22, 2011 17:31:04 GMT
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Post by axoloa on Dec 22, 2011 18:37:14 GMT
Thanks. Also, how much space will I need for my eggs if they hatch? I was thiking about a 3 liter container that I found, and I was wondering if that was okay.  a 3 liter container is more than enough for hatchlings, especialy in the small number your curently incubating. Infact you may even find that their a little lost in a container that size. I always go for something much smaller with hatchlings like a 300g (around 0.3 liter) soft cheese tub. These often have a clear lid and are almost air tight so their perfect and imposible for the snails to escape from. I have used these for batches of around 60-70 hatchlings beffore and they were just fine. 2 things you need to take into consideration with hatchlings are: 1) Its wise not to over do the size of the enclosure because you want them to be kept as close to their food scource as posible. 2) although Helix Aspersa are not the fastest growing species but they still do need space to grow and if they dont have space for growth then their growth will slow down allot. For adults 5-6 liter per snail is probabaly the ideal snail/space ratio to work with. just imagining that you do have a definite 15 eggs and they all hatch, if it was me working with a 3 liter tub, I would probabaly transfer them into it at around 8 weeks of age and then leave them their untill their around 1cm shell lengh Im sure they will be fine in it from birth, but I personaly would keep them in a smaller tub for at least 2 month. Im sure theirs lots of other opinions on this forum that may be able to help you to, so keep an open mind for any new replies you may get |
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saki114
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Post by saki114 on Dec 23, 2011 17:40:50 GMT
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Post by axoloa on Dec 23, 2011 20:40:14 GMT
that sounds fine The babies dont need to be treated any different than the adults realy. The adults are obviously happy in the enclosure their in to lay eggs their, so idealy you should aim to get the babys enclosure with the same substrait type and food scource. congratulations by the way and good luck  |
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A few days ago, I was checking my eight helix aspersas, and I was going to replace the food, lifted the food bowl and found about 10-15 eggs under it! I need to be prepared, so here's a few questions I hope can be answered:
Id try to keep from disturbing the eggs for now and then when they hatch, this would be a good time to scoop up the nest and move them into a new enclosure if this was your intension. Good luck ;D
