Looking for snail info

[Sounguru]

I need to see if I can find the names of these guys from some of my european counter parts....

All pictures are from MIMbon Aquarium page.

http://www.mimbon.de/wp-content/myfotos/crustaceans/snails/image028.jpg

http://www.mimbon.de/wp-content/myfotos/crustaceans/snails/image013.jpg

http://www.mimbon.de/wp-content/myfotos/crustaceans/snails/image038.jpg

http://www.mimbon.de/wp-content/myfotos/crustaceans/snails/image014.jpg

Once I find info I will be looking for a supplier of theses to the US...

[Northernguy]

I don't know thier names ,but they sure look like hand painted shells.

[Sounguru]

They aren't hand painted they are real sanils....

I have found the names for 3 of the 4 so far.

[Northernguy]

Very unique and quite beautiful.Do you plan on breeding any of them

[Northernguy]

Sounguru, Please let me know if you start to breed those.Especially the red ones.

[Sounguru]

Well the first 3 are Nerite snail and as such have not been bredd in aquariums at this point the other factor is I'm not real sure they are pure FW and may even be SW but still loking into it.

[xximanoobxx]

They breed in brackish water

[Sounguru]

They breed in brackish water

It is believed that they do, but very few recorded accounts or verifiable accounts exist. And those are all for the olive Nerite which is a known fully brackish nerite.

What is believed for most Nertites is that the eggs are laid in fresh where they hatch into Larve then are swept down stream into SW where they will drop to the bottom and become real snails. Then they migrate back into fresh water.

No one really seems to know what the true breeding cycle is. Some claim they need limestone or extremely hard water some say pure SW and others claim brackish. What I plan to do is get a few of the easier to find nerites like zebras and see if I can get them to breed if I pull it off then I will go after something like the Candy Nerite (the red one). Almost all Nerite snails are wild collected and I would love to see that stop before it gets too late too get these guys into the trade.

[toddnbecka]

From what I've gathered, the main hangup in breeding nerites in aquariums is feeding the larval stage (aka veligers.) They're tiny little buggers, and no one has figured out how to keep them alive in any numbers. There are (rarely) a few that survive, but 99% of the eggs that do hatch in aquariums don't live long enough to become actual snails.

[Sounguru]

From what I've gathered, the main hangup in breeding nerites in aquariums is feeding the larval stage (aka veligers.) They're tiny little buggers, and no one has figured out how to keep them alive in any numbers. There are (rarely) a few that survive, but 99% of the eggs that do hatch in aquariums don't live long enough to become actual snails.

Found a few hints on how I might get past that I just need to get rolling and see where it leads....