How do I breed Heliox Snails

[snailkid]

Hello,

I have 5 helix snails in a 45 cms long plastic tank. Ive had them for a bout 2 weeks, and I was wondering how do I breed them?

By the way im new here ;D

Snail Kid

[malti]

Welcome Snailkid

well they will breed when they feel comfy enough. I think you mean Helix Aspersa Snails?

like these



well can you tell us more about your setup? what substrate do u have? what temperature do you keep it, and what do you feed them?

[coyote]

Once they are old enough to reproduce and when the tank conditions are optimal for them, they will begin breeding.

[snailkid]

Hello,

The substrate is 4 inches of eco earth, They have a plastic pot with a bit of eco earth in the plastic pot. They have a fake plants in there, Also a small piece of cork bark and i feed them on romaine lettuce, tomatoe, banana and cuttlefish.

Thanks,

SK

[malti]

SK, I think you're doing a good job just have some patience.

feel free to ask any more questions

[coyote]

Almost all snails love cucumber. Try offering them some!

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My snail is obsessedwith cucumber! and cuttle she wont let me pick her up or she wont move until; she has eaten all the cucumber!

[Robert Nordsieck]

Hi @ll,

by the way, that picture of Helix aspersa (actually it is Cornu aspersum...) is quite nice, you can (I think) even see a love dart right of the lower snail's foot.

I have got a picture of a Cornu aspersum, which got even hit by two of those... One, I think, is of a Cepaea nemoralis...


Picture: Robert Nordsieck

Kind regards
Robert

[coyote]

Interesting that the aspersum has a nemoralis love dart.

I have seen O. lacteas courting aspersas in my tank. I also witnessed a lactea and a T. pisana in the act of mating. (No eggs resulted, though.) I have not seen any love darts in my own snails, however.

I have always wondered about the likelihood of closely-related species cross-breeding. The fact that these snails seem to be willing and able to interact with each other romantically makes me think it might be possible. Although, in the wild where these species occur together, no known hybrid offspring have been observed, to my knowledge. So perhaps it is not so possible after all.