well i transferred the snails to the newly cycled 20 g that has duckweed in it.. the fish will be going in tomorrow i just want to finish medicating my comets broken anal fin:(...

what was odd is I have had the snails for almost a year... never seen them mate... never ever seen eggs... i am almost 100% sure they are opposite sexes... and guess what i saw this morning???? I saw my male black mystery's snail penis sheath and his "thing" inserted into my golden mystery snail.. and he was holding on for dear life... he didn't get a long enugh grip though because the golden snail closed herself up in her shell making the black one fall of of her...

Could this be mating??? And why did they wait so long to actually start mating??? And.. could it be the duckweed that enticed them to mate... making it seem more like their natural habitat wih duckweed over ponds????

Thanks:D
Ramy

Yep thats mating..looks like a 1st attempt she will soon be willing when she gets used to the idea of it..they are mating because of your new tank I read somewhere that they do that when they go to a new area it like "hey we need more people here "LOL its like a inbuilt thing to increase the population hope that helps and good luck..Linda

It would have been the change of environment, who really knows. The snail could already be 'pregnant' so you will just have to wait and see if any eggs show up now.

Congrats! My snails (my babies... how traumatizing) started mating today (my light striped purple and ivory) so I suppose this couldn't have come at a better time.. except for the fact that I thought it was usually done while on the glass. The LSP was on her back... ok I got some grainy pictures. ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/airwens/PB110099.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/airwens/PB110098.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/airwens/PB110100.jpg

I know, I haven't been around lately. I'm still alive though!! I've been raising two baby squirrels.. here's a strange but funny picture..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/airwens/PB110060.jpg

your squirrel is SSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!