Anentome Helena (Assassin Snail)

[maxgl68]

Yes! have all snails and snails eggs on tank! hehehe

Ok, Miro!

[Mirobilly]

I think my Helenas prefer the eggs of snails than snails

And so far none of the eggs Helenas

[Fento]

Its frustating, I got the aquarium full of eggs and I haven't see a baby yet

[maxgl68]

I think my Helenas prefer the eggs of snails than snails

And so far none of the eggs Helenas

The Helena snails eat the eggs!
My bath and 'full of eggs plano, but the baby if you eat them just before hatching.

[maxgl68]

Its frustating, I got the aquarium full of eggs and I haven't see a baby yet

The time of hatching depends on temperature!
With an average temperature of 24 degrees sciudono about a month.
When they are born are about one millimeter and are hiding in the bottom where they feed.
When you begin to see they have already 'about two-three months of life.
The Helena grow slowly.

[rod]

I have had them in my tank for a couple of months now. Saw my first baby. I had to get the magnifying glass out to make sure that's what it was. I hope there are more hiding somewhere. Hope you see some soon.

[aqua-fish]

Hello all,

I have been breeding them (better say that I find a lot of a helena) for two years now. I have them with Red cherry and C. Dennerli, so water temperature is 27-28, hard water (gk 8-9) and I add some times small snails as food (tuberculata and physa) also shrimp food that they eat thankfully. I found very important for them a nice sustrate to burry, I use ADA amazonia.

Good luck

[maxgl68]

Hello all,

I have been breeding them (better say that I find a lot of a helena) for two years now. I have them with Red cherry and C. Dennerli, so water temperature is 27-28, hard water (gk 8-9) and I add some times small snails as food (tuberculata and physa) also shrimp food that they eat thankfully. I found very important for them a nice sustrate to burry, I use ADA amazonia.

Good luck

At these temperatures all the time they mate and the eggs hatch in about 25 days. I hate to think how many you have in the tank.
My Helena begin to mate in March and stop in October.

[Chetan]

a couple of months back i had bought 6 of them from the store (which would give good probability of having both sexes). Put em in my rcs tank. temp about 28-29. And now those six have multiplied to over 20. they control the ramshorn and trumpet snail population well. sometimes hunt an odd shrimp. and also eat algae wafers and fish food.

[maxgl68]

a couple of months back i had bought 6 of them from the store (which would give good probability of having both sexes). Put em in my rcs tank. temp about 28-29. And now those six have multiplied to over 20. they control the ramshorn and trumpet snail population well. sometimes hunt an odd shrimp. and also eat algae wafers and fish food.

Hi,
you eat a bit 'of everything. Sometimes even plant food but prefer high protein food. I've got about 300 of all the measures in a tank 160 along with the cherry and the crs and I must say that I never found except shrimp predation dead or not healthy. The healthy shrimp are too fast for them. I do not ever miss the live food (plano red) in large quantities 'and maybe' why not reflected predation.