how to bread ramshorns

[blackghostknife]

how do you breed ramshorn snails?

[hadla]

library/feeding/basic-snail-breeding/

i just have some with pond snails in the 2.5 gallon my betta was in with an airstone running to keep the water cooler than 84 degrees

[Lil' Swimz$]

Dip them in egg, and roll in bread crumbs. Then bake.

[LilGreenPuffer]

Lil, hahahahahaha!!!

I just put them in a tank with food and let them do their thing!

[hadla]

Dip them in egg, and roll in bread crumbs. Then bake.

eeeeew

[xrayjeeper83]

Lil, thanks for the LOL


To breed them I just toss a bunch in a tank with some food and let nature do the rest

[CyberBob]

Don't overfeed to encourage breeding. I made that mistake.
HUGE population increase within a week. But, the water got nasty fast.
Rams are prolly one of the easiest to breed. Start with about 20 or so and in a month you should have a few hundred. The biggest problem I have had in the beginning is the PH. If the Ph drops too low, their shells will start disolving. I use cushed coral and baking soda to keep the PH at about 8.0
I've noticed that when it goes below 6.8, they all start dieing off.
I would recommend keeping the snails in a tank by themselves also.
They are a huge bioload. I had no idea how huge until it was out of control.
Because of this, fish will likely get sick if kept with them.
I have successfully kept ghost shrimp and a clown pleco in my snail tank, but I had to greatly increase the filtration to get the water under control. Now I do 80% WC weekly and I am using a penguin 200 on a 10g hehe. But, the water is crystal clear finally. Hope I didn't ramble too much, just tryin to answer the questions I learned the hard way

On a side note ... It might be coincidental, but I have found that when I feed them some zuchini they seem to breed like mad for the next week or so. Just be sure to remove any leftovers or it will quickly cloud the water. I start seeing eggs all over the glass. Usually it's only in the corners, but after a couple days of zuchini, it's all over the place. Just my observation They like yellow squash & cucmber also. It won't sink until you blanch it by the way. If you have a decoration treasure chest with a hole or something like that, you don't have to blanch it, put it in the hole

[Nuclear_Glitter]

My ramshorn don't seem to be doing anything... I have like 40, with like 5 pond and I have no babies, or even eggs. I'm beginning to think the 2 giant danios and 1 minnow are eating the eggs.

[sevenyearnight]

It's definitely better to set up a snail only tank for breeding, apparently the eggs are delicious even when they are not breaded.

[CyberBob]

My ramshorn don't seem to be doing anything... I have like 40, with like 5 pond and I have no babies, or even eggs. I'm beginning to think the 2 giant danios and 1 minnow are eating the eggs.

the danios would be my suspect
every now & then I'll see eggs in my puffer tank and I get all excited, but a couple hours later the pleco gets em.

[Nuclear_Glitter]

My ramshorn don't seem to be doing anything... I have like 40, with like 5 pond and I have no babies, or even eggs. I'm beginning to think the 2 giant danios and 1 minnow are eating the eggs.

the danios would be my suspect
every now & then I'll see eggs in my puffer tank and I get all excited, but a couple hours later the pleco gets em.

Figured. I plan to move them when I get home.

[J-P]

My ramshorn don't seem to be doing anything... I have like 40, with like 5 pond and I have no babies, or even eggs. I'm beginning to think the 2 giant danios and 1 minnow are eating the eggs.

the danios would be my suspect
every now & then I'll see eggs in my puffer tank and I get all excited, but a couple hours later the pleco gets em.

keep like species in their own tank... you never know, even with snails, what species will eat another species.

[Nuclear_Glitter]

My ramshorn don't seem to be doing anything... I have like 40, with like 5 pond and I have no babies, or even eggs. I'm beginning to think the 2 giant danios and 1 minnow are eating the eggs.

the danios would be my suspect
every now & then I'll see eggs in my puffer tank and I get all excited, but a couple hours later the pleco gets em.

keep like species in their own tank... you never know, even with snails, what species will eat another species.

Normally, I do. The danios and minnow were thrown on me because someone got too attached and didn't want their turtle to eat them.

[eieio]

the title of this topic cracks me up every time i read it
yum, breaded ramshorns - sounds like a Monty Python skit

[Nuclear_Glitter]

the title of this topic cracks me up every time i read it
yum, breaded ramshorns - sounds like a Monty Python skit

Lol you're so right