Cerith Snail eggs?
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Topic: Cerith Snail eggs?
Posted By: airteresa
Subject: Cerith Snail eggs?
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 1:22am
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Not sure if eggs is the right term, but my cerith snails leave trails of hundreds of white egg-like objects on my mag-float which I leave in my tank. If they are eggs, who can tell me the incubation period, what type of environment they need to survive, and other helpful info? I do have a small 5 gallon refugium, I assume I should try to get them into the refugium for starters. ------------- Aaron G. Taylor Richmond, (Cache Valley) Utah You can't swim with the big fish if you spawn like a guppy! |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 10:45am
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Very recent pics and discussion have provided some answers if you search for "Cerith".
There are about 10,000 eggs in a 6" looped string. The number that survive depends on what kind of predators you have. Fish and shrimp eat them off the glass. Coral eat them in their free floating stage. Shrimp, hermits and who knows what else, eat them after they land. I haven't paid much attention, but I believe they hatch in 3-4 days. After they land, they stay in the sand for a long time, but in the absence of predators will come out on the surfaces. They can be seen crawling on the glass. A magnifying glass and jewelers loop can help you see them in the sand and on the glass. ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: airteresa
Date Posted: February 02 2005 at 3:23pm
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Thanks Mark. I searched like you said and found everything I needed. I appreciate your help. Where do I send a check for membership for the remaining year? How much? It looks like if I want these eggs to have a chance I need to put them in my refugium where the only predator is the gravity fed outflow into my tank bearing and a cleaner shrimp with a smile from exoskeleton to exoskeleton And I need to learn to relax and enjoy green tinted aquarium glass for a while after I see the eggs. ------------- Aaron G. Taylor Richmond, (Cache Valley) Utah You can't swim with the big fish if you spawn like a guppy! |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 1:04pm
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I'm not sure that you could scrape them off and put them in the Refugium, but the larvae get there anyway as they float in the water.
See the thread I just did about WMAS Membership. Since you are a past member, renewal is the full $24. For new members it's a bargain at $22 for the entire month of Feb.  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member
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Posted By: pmpt
Date Posted: February 03 2005 at 1:15pm
| So only $22 for a full year membership? But only if I act in the month of Feb., right? Boy what a deal, I should act soon! |