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Post by pheonixx on Feb 7, 2005 17:12:52 GMT
I just thought I would post some pics to help you to find out if you have a lady or a man snail. These pictures can also be found on applesnail.net..Linda Female Brig   Notice the lack of the sheath Male Brig  I hope this helps you to decide on the sex of your snail and I hope your little ones co-operate as well as these snails have. |
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Post by Emmachan on Feb 7, 2005 18:06:11 GMT
how big do ur snails need to be before u sex them? mine are only little.. the large ones are about 2 - 3 cm the small ones about 1cm . how do they respond to being taken from the tank and.. if u consider breeding snails how big a tank do u need? also... if u would like a few babies but not hundreds can u select a few eggs/
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Post by Darren Willis on Feb 7, 2005 18:31:59 GMT
Hi Emma
I'd say about an inch but the bigger the snail the easier it is.
The snails get used to being handled after a few times , some times you can even feed them by hand which is nice .... most of ours seem to enjoy being handled and having their shells stroked ... LOL ... of course there are some that will not come out when being handled but thats life I guess hehe.
Well breeding is a mamoth task , specially if you hatch whole clutches. We have a 12 gallon hatchery , a 10 gallon intermediate tank and a 22 gallon teenage tank and then we have a 30 gallon pet/breeder tank. Soon we will be ditching the 12 gallon and the 10 gallon and replacing them with a 30 gallon intermediate tank and a 15 gallon hatchery tank .... we've pretty much run out of room then. Of course you can hatch only part clutches , when you remove the clutch from the tank then just cut off the amount you want to mature and hatch ... usually a 3rd of a clutch would hatch say 20 babies which is managable in a 10 gallon but they'd need more room as they grow , although we have had clutches hatch around 200 babies so a 3rd of that clutch would have been 60+ babies .... thats when you start getting problems if you are not well prepared.
Hope that has helped Emma
Laters
Darren
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Feb 11, 2005 13:00:42 GMT
We live and learn, i always thought these were unsexable, thank you.
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Post by pheonixx on Feb 12, 2005 18:35:04 GMT
I know what you mean Dave everytime we go to the LFS the guy always says"there asexual are'nt they snails"..LOL and we always say "Hmm nope there is a definate male and female" then he just says OHHhhh everytime LOL he just isnt getting it..now you know Dave you will notice different behavior of the sexes too..you can always tell the girlies they come up out of the water up the tank sides scouting where to lay eggs..I have never seen a male above the water line..Linda
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Feb 12, 2005 23:54:45 GMT
I didn't know that about the climbing out either, thats 2 things i've learn't from you Linda - thanks  |
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Post by pheonixx on Feb 13, 2005 9:46:22 GMT
LOl no problem Dave I am by far a expert just spend a long time looking at them and reading about them and asking loads of questions..bit sad realy..the peeps at work either roll their eyes  at me if they get me going on the snails or some are interested..I am taking redundancy in June so its a challenge and hopefully I will have a new set of work mates to but they will never  ..just love snails I guess ..he he..Linda |
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Post by lotsofsnails on Jul 29, 2005 13:34:37 GMT
i tried to sex mine but when i took them out the water they just hid back in their shells really fast. i did what applesnail.net said to 'hold them upside down and blow fresh air over them' but nothing happened. i really wanna find out so i can give them names
kind regards
mike
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Post by SnailTrail on Jul 29, 2005 15:58:38 GMT
Hi Mike, I just sexed one the other week.....after holding him for a minute or 2 he slowly came out....  ...then wriggled a lot...  ......  ...eventually he gave up wriggling but I still hadn't been able to tell.  It took another attempt to discover he's male. Janet |
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Post by lotsofsnails on Jul 29, 2005 19:52:54 GMT
wow thats a nice apple snail what colour form is that one?
once i saw that mine had this little tube-thing coming out under the aperture...is that the penis? it wasnt the siphon cus thats on the other side
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Post by SnailTrail on Jul 31, 2005 18:24:57 GMT
Cheers...he's a dark striped purple snail.
I sometimes see my adults waving their "parts" about if they are on one of the females but this little fella hasn't had a go yet.....he's making me think I made a mistake and he's actually female lol.
Janet
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Post by lotsofsnails on Aug 1, 2005 19:37:56 GMT
i think i managed to sex them. one had a bump on the mantle and one didnt ;D im no expert but i think thats what i saw. i called the boy Immanuel and the girl Sydney. aww i love my apple snails theyre so cute ;D
kind regards
mike
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Post by SnailTrail on Aug 2, 2005 12:18:16 GMT
Cute names Janet |
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Post by iluvmipets on Apr 8, 2006 1:12:18 GMT
Awesome. I'm gonna try to find out if Tostetos is a boy or girl. Thanks!
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Post by thedragonlord on Jun 22, 2006 16:43:35 GMT
have the pics been removed?
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at me if they get me going on the snails or some are interested..I am taking redundancy in June so its a challenge and hopefully I will have a new set of work mates to 
..just love snails I guess ..he he..Linda
