Mystery Snail Eggs! A mystery snail profile. Mystery SNails

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‎ I've got Mystery Snail Eggs. With finding that I thought it was time to do a species profile on mystery snails.
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0:00 - Intro to the video
0:10 - Mystery snail care guide
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[@lizxu322]

I can watch them forever....they are so cute. I keep one in my baby betta tub and I've seen it literally let baby bettas relax on ITS FACE without curling into its shell...they all got their individual personalities. I love them so much

[@Lifewithpets72]

Nice species profile. I think the part you said was their sex organ is actually the lung (breathing tube) when they need more oxygen they stick it high in the air. They usual do this when there is too little oxygen or rotting waste in their environment.Their sex organs are much further into the body and you have to wait for them to move a certain way to be able to see it.

[@AquariumCoop]

That could be, from my research I was able to see it explained both ways.

[@elliecoolgirl1367]

I LOVE YOUUUU 💗

[@kristenprice9405]

Sorry, that is their syphon. Sex organs are on the upper left hand (foot, LOL) side. Females will just have a hole while males organs are usually white.

[@peculiarone339]

Yes, the sex organ is on the other side of the body. ;) That is a breathing Syphon that you pointed out. PS: I love your channel & appreciate all that you share and teach!! ;) From a snail nerd ;) hhaahhaa!!

[@equestforridingsafelydonts2499]

Breathing tube on the left and sex organs on the right side of the body, no?

[@AquariumCoop]

I'd like to correct a mistake in my video of the reproductive organs of the mystery snail. To be honest I have never delved this deeply into the reproductive organs of mystery snails before, and have made an oversight.

[@DarkShadowsReviews]

Aquarium Co-Op from my research I found all snails have no sex, they have both organs

[@tamarasimpson2879]

+Dark Shadows Reviews mystery snails are dimorphic not hermaphroditic

[@DarkShadowsReviews]

Tamara Simpson oh ok, that I didn't know thank you :)

[@tamarasimpson2879]

I didn't either until I wanted to breed them :) I looked them up

[@adamsazaquatics3079]

Aquarium Co-Op lol you want us to buy plants? That link brings us to your plants :)

[@heatherwanderer777]

Don't forget a tight lid is very important because those bugger are escape artists!!! I've found a trail of slime leading down the hallway before! Then the cat got it and dragged it to the litterbox room. I think she thought it was stinky and that's where it belonged. Another key thing to note, if you have an escapee and even if they have been out of the water 24 hours (sometimes longer!) they will retreat inside their shell and look dead. Get a glass of aquarium water, place "dead" snail in there. Leave it alone for 12-24 hours, it should pop back out and start cruising looking for food if its still alive! I actually threw one away, researched it, realized it might still be alive and crawled into the big outside garbage can and retrieved her...put her in QT for awhile but she survived just fine and went on to lay eggs and live a happy snail life! :D

[@roshanfreeacc8886]

Lol

[@DuyDepTraiPhoBaTrieu]

@@roshanfreeacc8886 Mine main one was so big and she got away and I never found her. She gave birth to over 30 babies before she abandoned them tho lol.

[@snoraco]

My aquarium has a hole in the lid with an inch and a half of space without water. My snails seem too happy to leave their aquarium so they only go to the top for air.

[@danielpinto6729]

Random question, but how do you keep your cat to stay away from the aquarium? Thanks in advance

[@thatdarkguy5322]

Mine did that too, But.. I never saw a slime trail.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Good old mystery snails. By far my favorites.

[@0003skye]

That’s not his “ween” that’s their snorkel!

[@markgobuffalo6490]

Agreed! I have 2 Mystery snails, both with snorkels, and egg clutches everywhere. Lol

[@ilovejuliforever]

Yea that was a little misinformation..

[@primesspct2]

That’s what I thought! But being Cory with all his experience I thought I must be wrong! Loo

[@WhiteCottages]

Yea, that's their air hose.

[@rileys.6845]

I bought 2 random mystery snails from the store... One happened to be a male and one was a female. I've got tons of babies and I love watching them grow

[@kaiwainscott8379]

Snails are a sexual, they're neither Male or female they reproduce by themselves

[@tarletonvisagie1923]

Surely make a KZbin video of them

[@matthewmacdonald7957]

@@kaiwainscott8379 these types of snail do have a sex and do breed together although they can breed asexually as well

[@muhammedaltamimi7919]

I get eggs but they did not hatch .. i made wet box and the temp. 26 c .. can you tell me whats wrong? . Thanks for your help

[@angelicabergman8701]

As soon as your blog came out on Mystery Snails a few weeks ago, I went and bought a light blue one from your store. He is my favorite thing right now! So fast we nicknamed him "Turbo". Such a great addition to my tank! Thanks for the video. Learn something new every time I watch!

[@AquariumCoop]

+Angelica Bergman Enjoy :)

[@klmaracle3062]

OK Mystery/Apple snails - SO CUTE :) Keep your tanks well covered - they love to explore, we find ours wandering outside the tanks, just plop them back in they are insanely hardy. With a starting population of 4 we have produced hundreds in 1.5 years. White, gold, blue, purple, red striped, they are lovely. A terrific food for these guys is turtle pellets - full of minerals they need for shell growth/maintenance. The floating pellets are also hilarious - the snails will chase them around, engulf them and then sink to the bottom to nibble the pellets ^_^

[@Chemeleon15]

if you find it outside the tank, it's a female looking for a place to lay eggs. she just went too far, couldn't find the water line and fell.

[@rockittylima2384]

how old are they before they breed? I've got 9

[@laurahamm4744]

I love my mystery snail, they have so much character for such a small creature.

[@ZomBeeNature]

I have baby Mystery Snails. You have to feed the parents a lot to get them to lay eggs. Then the eggs take a while to hatch, and might dry out before they hatch and die. It's not easy, but it is possible if you pamper them.

[@Chaoitcme]

I bought 5 Mystery Snails a couple of months ago and have them in a 33 gallon tank. They are breeding like crazy now. I have hundreds of baby mystery snails in my tank now.

[@nicolebrodock9249]

Chaoitcme awww I would love thatttt!

[@robertmanning6202]

Mine had babies. There are a lot of them crawling around. I thought it was a fungus or something wrong. Look closely and you can see them slowly moving. Thanks for the wisdom. Now I know what to do

[@michaelhoffman1576]

I've got some mystery snail eggs waiting to hatch too! Looking forward to seeing your updates.

[@SteenfottAquatics]

Picked up some good info to help out with my snails, good update 👍👍

[@AquariumCoop]

You getting tons of clutches yet?

[@robhicksaquariums8332]

thanks Cory i just learn more about snails than i ever even thought there was to learn about them i hope to see more vids about other kinds if snails

[@DannysAquariums]

I love snails! Thumbs up Cory!

[@fatman7100]

Thanks Cory! Also I'm too fascinated with mystery snails and breeding. Second or third week of trying to breed the mystery snails. Vital Information.

[@luiscavazos-fl4wr]

I love this video very informative. I like the way everything was explained and I learned something new. Thank you so much.

[@danwilcox4183]

Excellent information for those interested in snails. Thank you!

[@island_Dave_KeyWest]

I ordered 4 mystery snails to have as part of my clean up crew in my aquarium. Hadn’t really thought about breeding them at all. Today I did a partial water change and was surprised to see two clutches of eggs on the lid of the aquarium. I had to do some digging to figure out what they actually were. They must have laid them within the last 10 days, they weren’t there for the last partial water change. I’ve left them alone and will wait to see what happens. But, if nature takes its course, successfully, what in the world am I gonna do with ALL THOSE SNAILS?!?! lol

[@rwilliams2290]

OMG I HAVE A MASS LIKE THAT ON THE LID OF MY AQUARIUM

[@adrienjohnson407]

Update? Lol

[@rwilliams2290]

@@adrienjohnson407 100+ babies

[@mak8422]

@@rwilliams2290 wow!!! Congrats!!

[@bjjbrawler1]

We have an Inca snail/ apple snail/ mystery snail.... and has shocked us in it's aggresive growth. I keep it in a fluval 6 gal tank with two khuli loaches.. and that snail is HUGE. Thank you for the help and insight with these critters..

[@Lucia-sy7le]

Samantha, my YelowInca snail, is HUGE. I got her New Years Eve. I was told she was ok with a Betta but I caught him biting one of her tentacles. They are in separate quarters now. She is not as active as she used to be. Petco did not tell me she needs calcium when I got her. They are very stingy with information.

[@nevernakednailsnailart2955]

I love your channel .. I have 5 Mystery snails .. they came as babies and this morning I found my first clutch if eggs .. unfortunately the tank is not sealed tight enough for humility to keep the sack soft .. so I'm going to try hatching them outside the take .. wish me luck.. I'm super excited to see what colors I get .. I think the mom is a purple one !!

[@MegaMindyLou]

Yup, Cory, gotta correct that - that’s their air tube. Reproduction is on the other side. Get in touch with a snail person, would make a great podcast.

[@ActuallyAFungus]

I love apple snails. they're so pretty and fun to watch. Keep in mind, they aren't big algae eaters and will most likely go after the plants rather than an algae bed if they don't have enough food.

[@LonghornInOmaha]

Perfect timing. We're getting ready to set up a 20 gallon long to start a breeding colony of mystery snails.

[@OneWomansTreasure123]

oh my gosh! I love these. I have been wanting a couple of blue ones and purple for my tank. I haven't been able to find them at all. tat us a super cute pink ramshorn in there too.

[@AquariumCoop]

Working on raising up tons of babies now :)

[@southwestsuperfancy1347]

Just found my first egg cluster, thanks for the tips!

[@tayh3645]

Weird, I've never heard of a snail species that isn't monoecious or parthenogenetic.....guess there's always something new to learn :p

[@lovefisted]

I have about 12 of these in my aquarium and also nerites, love snails!

[@AquariumCoop]

Fun for sure.

[@Jason-vy6fl]

cory , you should do an update on the awesome mystery snails that you have. Im barely getting started with trying to breed mine .

[@mikeysgurl2005]

Great vid man. I love me some mystery snails 🐌 😁

[@Lumpydog]

I stumbled back onto this video two days ago. It made me wonder if I was feeding my mystery snails enough. So I put a bunch of sinking pellets in the aquarium. Today I woke up to a mystery snail egg mass on the back glass on my guppy bachelor tank. Thanks again Cory, more mouths to feed. I should just buy another tank. :-)

[@AquariumCoop]

+Lumpydog nice!

[@jenniferdutton5387]

Lumpydog do you feed the Hikari crab cuisine? I feed mine vegetable sinking pellets. Just trying to figure out what to feed them I am worried about the crab cuisine because it has copper sulfate.

[@robertl6440]

Hi again We appreciate the time you take to make your videos, I find them informative and interesting. it really helps us out. My 20 gal. tank is doing well but I have a very slight black algae and and small green spot algae on my moneywort but very subtle. my cleaning crew keeps it that way. dont need to reply to this as you have alot going on and it was to say thank you!

[@AquariumCoop]

+Robert L thanks for watching :)

[@user-kb5ox4zl1f]

I just had a female mystery snail lay a clutch of eggs the other night and thanks for This video as it helps me learn about them! I only have one mystery snail Royal and got lucky with her

[@Automedon2]

mine only move around after the light goes out in the aquarium. When it's light they go to sleep under plants or rocks

[@jordanek.1978]

Thank you! I got one of the yellow varieties of mystery snails for my preschool students, they named him meatball! He always has his reproductive limb out, they called it his spaghetti noodle, so we named him meatball

[@mongomeat]

That is his breathing tube to breathe air (yes they breathe air) and every mystery snail has it. Their real reproductive organ is behind there neck on the left side.

[@preciousstace]

One thing these snails love to eat is duckweed. We had a lot of duckweed that was impossible to control. We got some mystery snails and now we have no duckweed thanks to these snails!

[@greetjenijdam]

Beautiful eggs.

[@muttlyone2964]

Cory is going to be feeding Murphy some Mystery snails. Can't wait to hear the crunch.

[@AquariumCoop]

Shh, no one was supposed to figure that out :P

[@ronrampfel8226]

If that’s an apple snail like we have in Florida they get Huge and lay bright pink eggs.

[@jospargo8417]

Awesome. Ours have been breeding. We need to give them more calcium for sure!

[@josemontalvo4532]

Hey Cory, Enjoyed this tutorial on Mystery Snails. Can you add crushed Egg Shells into the aquarium for the Mystery Snails, and/ or small pieces of Egg Shells to help the Snails? Thanks!

[@johnalbernaz8960]

Great video cory

[@taymus13]

I just got 3 nerite snails and one mystery 2 weeks ago. I came home to 8 baby mystery snails today! never even saw the egg cluster. Honestly surprised there wasn't more. I was starting to consider getting another to try and breed anyway, but seems nature says that wont be necessary lol. from what I can tell I have not found any evidence of escape artists yet, so I guess the water is good enough for them for now. So yeah, sexing my snail just got SUPER easy.

[@hubaghubag]

great info very cool

[@soberserpentsable]

I love snails!!! ❤💛💚💜💙🐌

[@armouredcat2369]

i bought 1 mystery snail from walmart and 2 weeks later i had like 30 baby snails

[@ajoyrod]

They can start mating at 4 months old. At which point the female can choose when she actually fertilizes the eggs & lays them up to 6 months later. If you only got 30 baby snails, I'd say you're lucky. I got mine at petsmart & 4 months later she layed 4 clutches of eggs. One clutch hatched out 150 snails. 4 months later, she layed 2 more clutches which hatched out another 100 snails from 1 clutch. I no longer let them hatch since I can't find anyone to buy them or just take them at this point due to covid-19. I'm getting them their own 20 gallon or bigger tank. My mamma snail is now almost 2 yrs old & between her & some of her young, I find eggs in my tanks at least every 2 weeks.

[@nickg1916]

Great info 👍

[@tugaybayram5392]

Hi , Which precautions should I take when I am adding new apple snail to my aquarium ? I do not want the new apple snail bring ilness to my aquarium .Any advise ? Thank you .

[@raheam22]

I have a tank with only mystery snails. They breed like crazy but I'm leaving the eggs in since there are no fish in the tank. The question I have is if some of the egg clusters fall in the water can I leave it there? I know that the eggs will drown but can it be used as a source of calcium for the others to feed on?

[@OrisueCrew]

Those egg sacks look nasty. Cory, I am addicted to your videos haha.

[@kyleb4294]

Okay I have a question. I had a small, female mystery snail in my tank. It used to be in my other 29 gallon with other snails, yet when I moved it i saw "eggs" that were on the glass and gravel, they stopped popping up until I added another snail, which I think is male, and now their back. Im pretty sure its not a parasite but I just want to make sure what they are, hope someone helps, thanls

[@samstrainstation2220]

these are my favorite snails

[@trickstars393]

Thanks for the tips! At this moment my mystery snail is lying eggs and I didn’t know exactly what to do.

[@jayscore7182]

I have a 6 gal betta biotopescape with 1 giant male mystery snail. I found a tiny little snail must've snuck in on some plants but idk what type it is yet. It's like a grain of sand right now

[@hsklaven]

How often do u feed baby snails? Thank u for showing the package to feed the baby snails. I have to buy one.

[@KEOKOsensei]

Thank you for posting this! I got my first Mystery snail and I was told I didn't need to buy any food for him/her.

[@oneplusoneequalsfishaquati9406]

I like how the snails fall like it doesn't phase them 🐌

[@AwesomenessJourney]

One plus one equals fish Aquatics I had a snail that would regularly climb to the top of the tank, then jump off and float around a bit as the current from the filter moved him around. Then he would sink down and carry on looking around.

[@ramming_robbo5396]

hey corey how are the turtle eggs?

[@MarksShrimpTanks]

I was wondering this myself .

[@dgantz12]

I would like to add that they breath air. I've had them get themselves wedge in between a filter intake or a fixed sponge filter and drown.

[@brian7203]

Thanks for sharing...

[@jordanbott1368]

I'm having a hard time getting mine to breed, water parameters are good, I have 8 that are quarter sized or so. It seems like they aren't really eating but their shells seem healthy. Any suggestions?

[@suz8823]

When i saw the snail eggs in my tank i didn't know what they were after the hatch do i remove the empty sack?

[@NOOTSMAZDAS]

I bought a group of 3 and they laid their first clutch

[@jaredchastain606]

I believe do to the choices of the mystery or apple snails choice in habitats in nature there ph tolerance varies widely im glad people still like these guys banned in az hardly see them ever anymore unfortunately love the content keep it up man

[@jonnys.3529]

My mystery snails have green agile or moss growing on their shells. If it is ok and not going to affect the snails health I'm ok with it but if the green stuff on the shells are bad for the snails what should I do?

[@axolotlys1061]

Omg tysm I always saw egg looking things inside my snail and today it had egg looking things I didn’t think that’s what they were but I watched ur video and it is my snail after months of owning has died it was huge but I only had 1 snail in it for like a couple weeks or so and it was a different type snail so I don’t think they breed idk how my snail got eggs

[@janetdoll1983]

Do they only lay eggs above the water line? What about ivory snails? Thanks your video is great!

[@geneclab2905]

There's starting to be tiny baby snails in my tank but idk where the eggs are I can't find them and my tanks a 20 liter too

[@WifeOfTheBeast]

I purchased Mystery Snails and ramshorn snails laid eggs on their shells. So now I have unintended ramshorn snails in my tank 😂😅

[@robertohernandez8728]

Wow wow. My clutch is 3 times the size of that, by looking at the eggs amount. Either my are 1/3 the size or ots 3 times the amount. And there's 4 in my tank. What should I do with so many?

[@lauried.2708]

I have some black pellet particles accumulating right under the filter water exit. Do you know what their poop looks like? I have 3 frogs, 6 Kuhli loaches, 2 mystery snails, one big shrimp that stays right below the filter water exit, and 3 Cory cats. thx

[@jazminbretado6724]

Mine breed but wont lay eggs. I had to take out the heater because its hot now. But i really want them to lay eggs. And with out the heater theres no moisture. Some one told me that they like to lay there eggs in moist places. Its been a year since i bought them. Only once they layed eggs in the the winter but the eggs weren't fertile.

[@n8tyler]

I love mystery snails but I want to dose my aquarium with 3% H202 for a algae problem...How long before I can put my mystery snails back in the tank, after dosing with H2O2 and a 50% water change?

[@Bloodhoundfostermom]

Is there rapashy for snails?...I just bought some blues...they are really cool.....

[@janinedreyfus6879]

I have two snails in quarantine. How often should I feed them. I have algae wafers . Should I leave the wafers in there? After a while it stinks up the water. Any tips would be great . Thank you

[@happythecat2008]

Nice!

[@teahp7167]

I have mystery snails. What are the sizes on them because I have a huge one and a small one.

[@cathyrobidoux9140]

Do you have an update on your colony growth?

[@baddaboo1]

I’ve had several clutches of eggs. Idk what to do with the eggs. I’ve seen different view points but not sure which one to follow?

[@meredith8216]

Not to be rude Corey, but what you are calling their reproductive organ is actually the breathing tube that both males and females have. In order to sex them you must turn them upside down and wait until they try to come out to turn right side up (I used to use an empty egg carton to hold them in upside down as it can take a while for them to do so and will go back in if moved). When they are out of their shell enough you will then see this thick (hard to explain it without showing pictures) membrane that is on one side (males are either lefty or righty). But you can only see it when t hey are partly out of their shell. The tube you are showing is the air tube that they send up above the water line for air, not their reproductive organ. I bred and studied them as I was working with the different purple colors.. Love the video :) On a side note as I've seen people talking about it - Mystery snails are not Apple snails. In the same family that is really large with all different types, but they are not the same snails. Mystery snails are not Apple snails. Mystery snails are legal in the different countries, Apples are not legal in all.

[@AquariumCoop]

I believe you're correct about the breeding tube. I've seen the tube being referred to as an organ etc. I was aware they were breathing air etc.

[@meredith8216]

I didn't want to say anything, but didn't want people to buy them thinking all males and end up with babies lol :)

[@Chemeleon15]

their air siphon is always on their left side and the penis sheath is on the opposite (right) side of the shell

[@burnttoastspacegirlfriend8769]

My snails LOVE Repashy!

[@poemranger]

I told the guy at the aquarium store I didn't want a bunch of snails taking over my tank. And now I have a snail sack in my tank. Im not sure how snails work but what can i do to either remove or relocate the egg sack?

[@deasiashipman2171]

I have a question. I have 3 mystery snails. 2 female and 1male. The male snail has been clinging and trying to mate with the females for days now. I think he was successful once. My female snail keeps going up to the top of the tank, but she can't lay her eggs. My tank is filled to the brim with water. What should I do about it.

[@dreamtoreality9892]

How long after they mate do they lay the eggs ?

[@koalamarsc7452]

My nerite snail Gary almost got out of the water and my fish tank multiple times.Was he or she trying to lay a clutch or something?

[@brentburnett7778]

What happens when you get to many in your aquarium?mystery snails an the dark small nuisance nails that come on live plants.should I just put a school of clown loaches in the tank an they will take care of them?

[@Lucia-sy7le]

My yellow Inca snail has outgrown her shell. She is still partially in it but not very active during the day. What temperature should the water be?

[@ashleycriss1888]

Mine layed eggs on the lid right by the light inside the lid is it safe for the light to be on or will it burn them

[@atomicwinter31]

Hey! Do you know if i can fit a honey gourami into a 20gal long that already has 4 corydora m, 3 more are going to enter soon, 3 mystery snails, and 13 glowlight tetras?

[@nicolebrodock9249]

Atomicwinter 31 I have a honey with a snail and 6 tetras in my 10. Soooo I mean the tank looks kinda full but I guess! Just keep looking at the levels! This is a late response lol

[@sheallanshea6497]

can be possibly that apple snail breed egg without partner?.. if that possible, how to hatches the eggs, and tranport to another tank?.. can be possibly to transport the eggs to another tank?

[@Neobahamuet]

What is sticking out is called a syphen they use it ti breath all mystery snails have it my big blue has laid clutches and has that

[@kennethmccoy3300]

Does anyone know if pond snails and mystery snails can breed with each other?

[@kannadiga3644]

I added apple snail today.. It started digging up in the substrate.. It did that in 3 spots within first 10 minutes.. I moved it back to quarantine tank for now.. . Any reason they do that? How to get it to stop? It id ruining the aquascape by digs and uprooting plants..

[@gailschenk8802]

I just found out that my mystery snails layed eggs 😮, i thought it was hard to breed these

[@VincesArtDesigns]

Okay. Thanks cory

[@kristaallen9451]

how do you change the PH of a fish tank?

[@paddywackyakkaydaddy]

I had one move all the way up on my filter. It laid eggs and then fell. It was behind my aquarium. It was like that when I woke up in the morning. I put it back in the the tank. It started moving in about 2 minutes, It must have fell 3 feet from the filter to the floor.