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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 8:15 PM
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Well it must have been the luck of reviving the thread! Now, no I did not get the eggs to hatch, but I did find another baby on the wall. The front side of it, or the mouth and head I should say, look exactly like photo #2, if you start from the photos of jouviniles. This photo:  is a definite snail by my looking, and I presume is a fry of these snails. Any confirmation Umm_Fish or Matt?
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:24 PM
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Well, it's possible. But it just doesn't look like a cerith to me. The problem--at least with mine--is that the juveniles are incredibly small. I've seen them (using an old mesoscope) but I've never had the camera around at the time. Actually, I totally forgot that I have, in fact, gotten pictures of them. They are on my image server that's been acting up on me. I'll turn it on and try to grab them.   If the computer dies on me again, I'll try to figure something else out.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:51 PM
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Dang it. The image server is acting up again. If it goes offline again, I apologize.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:58 PM
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No problem! So are those just like fresh out of hatching? Or are they a few weeks or days old? (If you remember)
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 6:55 PM
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Honestly, I do not know. They've been alive long enough to have several whorls, though. Notice how quickly they elongate.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 6:59 PM
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I see the whirls that you are talking about, but if these babies are not ceriths, there could only be one other species in which it MIGHT be, give me a sec to find the species
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:08 PM
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Ok well actually, I have no idea what the species is, any help Andy? Here is a few pic of the shell:  
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:15 PM
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Wow. That's cool looking! I have no clue what it is, though.
That would be my bet for the baby. Congratulations! See how the baby's shell is already starting to look like it's getting that fluting to it?
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:19 PM
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Yes, now that I have noticed that, they do look INCREDIBLY similar...
So what i have decided to do is take three spawns of eggs, put them into a waterbottle full of tank water, and let them sit in there until they hatch, if they do. I will also be taking it up to michigan *I'm driving to the conference* and see if they hatch while I'm on the car ride (I leave tommorow.) IF they do, I will have my macro lens on me to snag a photo of the freshly born babies.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:30 PM
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Andy, could this be some species of Nerite Snail??
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:42 PM
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Ok so after some more digging around, I believe I have a VERY possible suspect, Nerita tessellata
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:14 PM
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Looks pretty similar to me. Those are really pretty snails. You should work up a report on those.
If that is a juvenile of the nerite, it looks to me like it should be just about to where the really large flutes start on the adult photo. That'll be cool. It should really start putting on some size soon.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:35 PM
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I started a journal, and I'll put in some more more details as to size and such when I can get my hands on another juvenile.
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:17 AM
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Nerita tesselata !!!!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Saturday, July 13, 2013 8:50 AM
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Ok so my four egg nests that I took to Michigan with me. A few days ago I noticed a mass of "things" in the water colum that were not there before. I'm pretty sure that they are not Nauplii of a copepod, and I also do not believe that they are Cerith fry since they are pelagic. I believe that this is fry of tessalata. When I get back home I will take a microscope shot of these guy to know for sure, but that will not be for a few days since I forgot to take the microscope with me 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Saturday, July 13, 2013 11:47 AM
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Good. I'm looking forward to it. Snail larvae are very distinctive so you will know immediately. You say that they are pelagic. It would be good to know how long their pelagic stage lasts.
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Thursday, August 29, 2013 8:57 AM
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Well, finally have a proven Cerith spawn, an evidence for a hath report!! Walked downstairs and my guys spawned again! Here's a photo from midspawn: 
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:29 AM
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Nice!
--Andy, the bucket man. "Not to know the mandolin is to argue oneself unknown...." --Clara Lanza, 1886
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:35 AM
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Thanks Andy! Round 107 lol, kidding aside this time, I will be raising them in a slightly bigger water bottle, a sparkling water one, and I will be putting in both Isocrysis and Tetraselmis in it. Hopefully they make it!
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Re: Breeding Journal, Species: Cerithium litteratum
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 1:04 PM
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Well, I lost all my ceriths due to copper I think, and still am, so this may be a long project. On the plus side, I went to a local store on Saturday, their ceriths had spawned on the wall! I'm fairly certain that something wrong with my report, the string that these guys had laid look COMPLETLY different than my spawn image, I'll post up a picture when I can. They still have not hatched yet, but they should in the next few days. I have isochrysis and a "new algae" or something that I am going to try... It remains un-identified until we can manage to identify it.
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