Snails

[Phantom_Tetra]

I bought a Apple Snail about 1.5 months ago and then I found a baby and then I found out that apple Snail are like us they need to two tangle. But then a few days ago I found 2 more babies and then I called my LFS and they said that they probably hitched a ride on one of my plants. But I haven't bought a plants in 3+ Months and I haven't seen these snails in 3+ months!!

Has anyone had this same scene?

 

[trouthead]

Female apple snails can store sperm for months, so it is possible that she was impregnated before you got her.

Other species of snails are readily introduced by plants, I haven't added any new plants for months but still find baby snails everytime I clean the filter.

So I would not rule out either possibility.

I have another batch of plants to add, this time I have treated them with potassium permanganate and will quarantine them for 2 weeks before adding to the tank.

 

[utman66]

It was probably already pregnant when you bought it. My dad use to have an apple snail and i really want one, but now it's illegal to have them here. That really sux. Maybe we can try to figure out a way to smuggle your baby snails to Texas.haha.
but if you get rid of all of the babies you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[twoluvcats]

My dad use to have an apple snail and i really want one, but now it's illegal to have them here.

Are you sure about that!?!...one of the better apple snail breeders I know of is out of Texas....is it a Houston thing?

 

[twoluvcats]

ok...i stand corrected, I googled this and YEP some species of Apple Snails are illegal in CA, TX, FL, HI and NC. In Texas they only specifically mention Pomacea canaliculata as being illegal. So you should still be able to get Pomacea bridgesii within your state.