Post by mariearound on Feb 20, 2017 16:17:35 GMT
I have been waiting a long time for my aspersa to lay eggs and he finally has! I watched him get puffier, slower and dig plenty of trial holes before actually laying a nice clutch.
drive.google.com/file/d/0B_yA5ejzVtpMLTdvOXF2aFQ5aWc/view?usp=drivesdk
I managed to scoot one egg closer to the glass so I could monitor it:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B_yA5ejzVtpMLTdvOXF2aFQ5aWc/view?usp=drivesdk
I have done this with almost every egg clutch I have had and have them and never experienced adverse affects.
This is my first time ever eith aspersa eggs though! If anyone has any special tips, I would totally appreciate them.
I imagine it will be very similar to other snails. 🐌
I plan to leave the eggs in tank (as always).
My great fear is that that the eggs will not be fertile? They look healthy but I have kept my only aspersa, Jimmy, alone for more than a year so I know it is likely only his DNA? I have read that sometimes these eggs are not fertile.
My other fear is that I know I have a wild centipede-tyoe creature in my tank, somehow he got in by surviving in dirt cooking at 400 degrees in the oven. It is red with mamy legs but relatively small, a common garden type. I am worried it will bother the eggs. I don't know any way to remove it without messing up the whole tank though, which functions very naturally and has live plants, ect.
Anyway, I will post more pictures of egg development and post-egg-laying health here (I think that is allowed).
drive.google.com/file/d/0B_yA5ejzVtpMLTdvOXF2aFQ5aWc/view?usp=drivesdk
I managed to scoot one egg closer to the glass so I could monitor it:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B_yA5ejzVtpMLTdvOXF2aFQ5aWc/view?usp=drivesdk
I have done this with almost every egg clutch I have had and have them and never experienced adverse affects.
This is my first time ever eith aspersa eggs though! If anyone has any special tips, I would totally appreciate them.
I imagine it will be very similar to other snails. 🐌
I plan to leave the eggs in tank (as always).
My great fear is that that the eggs will not be fertile? They look healthy but I have kept my only aspersa, Jimmy, alone for more than a year so I know it is likely only his DNA? I have read that sometimes these eggs are not fertile.
My other fear is that I know I have a wild centipede-tyoe creature in my tank, somehow he got in by surviving in dirt cooking at 400 degrees in the oven. It is red with mamy legs but relatively small, a common garden type. I am worried it will bother the eggs. I don't know any way to remove it without messing up the whole tank though, which functions very naturally and has live plants, ect.
Anyway, I will post more pictures of egg development and post-egg-laying health here (I think that is allowed).