Setting up a snail breeding tank.

[Phoenix91]

My 5 gallon is set up and is cycling. Today i finally received the plants i ordered to set up a biotope and i noticed i have some tiny hitchhiking snails. This is good news! i want to catch them if i can and set up a snail breeding tank so i have fun things for my dp to hunt when i finally get it. So i have a 2-3 gallon sterilite box (with lid) that i plan to use, what would i need to do to make it nice and comfy for the snails to make them want to breed? i also noticed one of the plant stems has what looks like snail eggs on it, i'm going to pop them in the new breeding tank too.

[J-P]

All you really need is food. There are a few things to get them to breed more quickly and make tank easier to maintain, but you could start here:

library/feeding/basic-snail-breeding/

[Phoenix91]

Thanks, i set it up a few days ago. I'm leaving out a filter for now and just doing water changes when i do my other tanks. I seem to be doing something the snails like, i started with maybe 2 reasonably sized ones and now have a bunch of little ones

I do have a question about how large they should get, i think i have pond snails but i could be wrong. Also, when i eventually get my dp how big should the snails be when i feed them to it?

[J-P]

as a rule of thumb the snail should be the size of a puffers eye. Larger snails should be crushed.

[Phoenix91]

Thanks, looks like i'll be crushing a few snails. By the time i get my dp i'll have a lot of big snails.

[FrogSplash]

I snagged about 30-40 + ramshorn snails from a local petsmart, and they are in my main tank. the water is at around 80, and i just make sure to drop in a lot of extra food. I noticed earlier today that i have at least 20-30 little egg sack/gel things. its really easy and you should have a huge colony in no time