Busy Snails

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cmpenney
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Busy Snails - Sunday, March 20, 2011 11:49 AM
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Lately I've been finding a new cluster of eggs like these in the tank every couple mornings:
 

 
I actually caught one of my large oceanic nassarias snails in the act of laying them the other day. I've left several of them alone so they can hatch but I suspect that they have a long veliger stage as it doesn't seem that I'm getting any babies showing up in the tank. I need to keep an eye out and see if I can get some shots of them being laid. I've also witnessed what appears to be spawning behavior between several of the snails during feeding times.
 
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Re:Busy Snails - Sunday, March 20, 2011 12:00 PM
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Did you count them?
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Re:Busy Snails - Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:08 PM
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dont count unless you count...
 
1.... 2....  3-hundred snail eggs Ha Ha Ha.... 
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Re:Busy Snails - Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:34 PM
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Chad Penney - MBI Council
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Re:Busy Snails - Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:52 PM
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hey now, keep it family friendly...
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