Trapdoor snail babies!

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Trapdoor snail babies!

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So I was feeding a Japanese Trapdoor Snail to Ramses yesterday, and as he was brutally tearing it apart, I saw a sack with what looked like baby snails. I netted the partially demolished adult snail and removed the sack. They are livebearers and I was able to squeeze about 10 pea size or smaller snails from the sac. I put them in my breeder tank, all in the same corner. I didn't expect any of them to survive, especially after they just sat where I left them for a good 6 hours, but lo and behold, I woke up this morning and all of them but one was on the glass! I just wanted to share my success story as a snail midwife lol.
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awesome glad they lived
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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cool!! any pics?
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Sure, their slow moving enough. I'll take some tomorrow, although they basically look like pond snails right now. I don't have any pictures of the sac.
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...

Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
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