How big are baby snails?

[bensow]

I just got 2 batches of eggs and I still don't know what species are my snails... Anyway, the eggs are 4mm in width and the length is a tiny bit more... So guys, how big do you think the babies will be? I don't want them escaping from the ventilation hole.

Thanks

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

[Dusk]

Baby snails are about the size of the egg they came out of They grow quite quickly, but if the eggs are about 4mm, the baby snails will start off about that size.

How many eggs are in each batch? It sounds like they could be fulica.

[bensow]

I haven't counted them. I will when I remove the eggs to a proper container... Here are pictures of the 2 batches:



The other batch


Both batches have different eggs colours. One is white and the other is yellow... What does this show?

And what is the best cover for baby snails? Will a cloth do?

Thanks

[Dusk]

The colour doesn't mean much - it can be related to the diet while the eggs were being made, but usually I find that some snails tend to lay yellower eggs and some whiter eggs, so if your clutches are about the same age, I'd say they were laid by two different snails

I'm not sure what you mean by cover - the eggs should be covered with a layer of substrate, coir or moss, and kept in a lidded container if they're outside the main tank. As long as they're damp and covered, they should be fine... and you'll soon have zillions of very tiny snails to care for

[bensow]

Yesterday THREE if my snails dug tunnels where the eggs were laid.... They are spreaded but then I put them back where they belong but most of them are not beside the other eggs.... Some of the eggs are exposed to air for a couple of hours.... Will they be okay? And should the substrate(Im using coconut peat) be packed or let loose for air and water to get in easily? I removed the yellow batch of eggs and seperated them. For easy handling I put the eggs in a plastic bottle cover and buried the cover under about half an inch of peat. Is that ok? How damp should the substrate be too?

The yellow batch has 98eggs, it should be 99 but during counting I accidentally cracked one.... The white ones I estimated they should be around that number too.

This is my first time breeding snails....

[Dusk]

Fulica eggs are very hardy - they can survive almost anything. If the substrate on top is packed down a little, the adults might be less inclined to bulldoze them... or they might not It's all the same to the babies, they'll find their way out through any amount of coir. Aim for damp but not soggy, too.

They're a good species top start with - very nearly bombproof