Snail breeding?

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so I’m not well versed nerite snails breeding behaviours.

I have a goldfish tank that has one singular nerite snail, this snail has been housed with other nerites (6+ months ago).

Recently I dosed the tank with salt and today found a second snail in the tank.

I am wondering if a nerite snail can hold sperm like a guppy? If so could my second snail be a nerite that hatched from dosing the tank with salt? My tank is covered in nerite snail eggs...I know they can’t hatch without salt and I know the female neeeds a male...thoughts?
 
I always thought snails were hermaphrodites. (Google that word if you don't know what it means)
 
nerite snails are good, unlike pond snails and all that. don't worry if they breed.
they're hermaphrodites, basically both male and female, so you can put any two and they'll breed. I heard somewhere (numerous times) that snails can reproduce successfully even without a mate... not sure if it's true but that's just what I know...
also with nerites the babies need to be reared in full saltwater.
they can live in all types of water, breed in brackish, and grow up in saltwater.
 
Hybridfish7 said:
nerite snails are good, unlike pond snails and all that. don't worry if they breed.
they're hermaphrodites, basically both male and female, so you can put any two and they'll breed. I heard somewhere (numerous times) that snails can reproduce successfully even without a mate... not sure if it's true but that's just what I know...
also with nerites the babies need to be reared in full saltwater.
they can live in all types of water, breed in brackish, and grow up in saltwater.
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Oh if they need full salt then my little one is not a nerite, now I’m wondering where he came from...
 
do you have any plants in there? he could be a hitchhiker.
 
Thyroyalgeek said:
I always thought snails were hermaphrodites. (Google that word if you don't know what it means)
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Hybridfish7 said:
nerite snails are good, unlike pond snails and all that. don't worry if they breed.
they're hermaphrodites, basically both male and female, so you can put any two and they'll breed. I heard somewhere (numerous times) that snails can reproduce successfully even without a mate... not sure if it's true but that's just what I know...
also with nerites the babies need to be reared in full saltwater.
they can live in all types of water, breed in brackish, and grow up in saltwater.
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Babyblue said:
Yea I honk most are but some need a male and female, or so I though.
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Just to clarify, hermaphroditic does not equal self-fertilizing. Some snails are both, but they are not synonymous. There's also different types of hermaphroditism (sequential & simultaneous). The nonself- fertilizing snails need another snail to breed with in order to reproduce.

When it comes to the most common aquarium snails:
Physidae (bladder/pond snails) - Hermaphroditic and self-fertilizing
Planorbidae (ram's horn) - Hermaphroditic but need an another snail to mate
Bellamya chinensis (trapdoor) - gonochoristic
Ampullaridae (Applesnail & giant ram's horn) - gonochoristic
Tylomelania sp. (rabbitsnail)- gonochoristic
Clea helena (assasin)- gonochoristic
Melanoides tuberculata (Malaysian Trumpet)- gonochoristic, but females are also parthenogenic
Neritina (nerites)- gonochoristic (I'm fairly certain... oddly not many papers on this, at least not open access)
 
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