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Old 29-09-2003, 04:31 AM
Phyllis and Jim Hurley
 
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Default Zone 5 - Apple snail eggs

The eggs take about a month to hatch. You clip the stem and put it in a jar
with water blow (open top). Better, put them in a 10 gal aquarium with some
fish in it. When the eggs hatch, the babies will move down into the water.
They will eat anything. Fish food does well. At first, they are tiny. A
little food goes a looooong way. Then they start to grow! You may have
several HUNDRED in the egg case. Be careful about spoiled water as they
grow a bit. Next year, you will have a huge number of smails...when these
mate. We have 7-15 egg cases per week once they get going. We toss fifteen
or so into the pond at the start of each season.

Good lick.

Jim

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"Heather" wrote in message
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Looks like my apple snails have mated. I have eggs on an Arrowhead.

Should I bring the Arrow head in for the winter so I get the babies?

If I do what do you feed baby apple snails?

Thanks,
Heather