Anyone know what kind of snail this is?

[Magnus_Bane]

They don't "breed" they are hermaphrodites. Meaning you only need 1 to make more. Alot of people select the color morphs out of a population and try to sell them at increased pricing for a "special ramshorn". I've been raising them for about 2 years for food for my schoutdeni puffer. I pulled a red a blue and one that had zebra type stripes. The red throws reds, the blue is a mixture of blue and regular color the zebra stripe is a mixed bag. Not sure how the color morphing works with a species that's technically cloning itself......1 gene pool.

Your partially right. They can clone themselves to help preserve the specie, but they will breed with others of their same specie, thus how you get color morphs. Btw hermaphrodites just have both sets of breeding organs but still need a partner to breed with, the term you were thinking of was asexual. If something is asexual it can reproduce regardless of having a breeding partner or not. Allot of snails actually tend to be semi-asexual meaning that they will clone themselves if there is no partner to breed with but if there is they will choose to breed with a partner to help diversify the Gene pool. Also just because something clones itself doesn't mean that mutations won't appear even if the original has no outward mutation to speak of.

 

[twentyleagues]

Your partially right. They can clone themselves to help preserve the specie, but they will breed with others of their same specie, thus how you get color morphs. Btw hermaphrodites just have both sets of breeding organs but still need a partner to breed with, the term you were thinking of was asexual. If something is asexual it can reproduce regardless of having a breeding partner or not. Allot of snails actually tend to be semi-asexual meaning that they will clone themselves if there is no partner to breed with but if there is they will choose to breed with a partner to help diversify the Gene pool. Also just because something clones itself doesn't mean that mutations won't appear even if the original has no outward mutation to speak of.

I guess that's true. I know the reds I have will multiply all by themselves for sure. I didn't try the rest as people seemed really interested in them and the blues. Also my puffer really likes the reds best, but pond snails are favorite. I think they are easier to eat, maybe shell is thinner?

 

[Magnus_Bane]

I guess that's true. I know the reds I have will multiply all by themselves for sure. I didn't try the rest as people seemed really interested in them and the blues. Also my puffer really likes the reds best, but pond snails are favorite. I think they are easier to eat, maybe shell is thinner?

I think it's do to the internal design on the shell that makes em easier to break. And it makes sense that he likes red colors, allot of fish like targeting anything red for some reason, not sure quite why tho.