everyone, make the babies...

So, this morning, I come in, and the first thing I always do is check the tank. (Last three days, it's not been a happy thing, obviously)

I left the variatus I picked up last night at home; probably I'll watch them over the weekend and bring them in on Monday. I like to be here a full week when I add new fish. Anyhow, I come in, and I can see something pink attached above the water in the tank.

Wandering over, I discover, it's a large clutch of eggs. And, not tiny either.

Now, I know for a fact they can't be from the fish - remember, all female one species, all male of the other, and a catfish with no friends (who, by this point in the week, is totally aggitated). 'Sides, last I checked, fish need water.

Now, the other day, I noticed the big snail was wandering above the waterline. Didn't much think on it. And now, there's about two hundred apple snail eggs sitting there, and she's got this new appendage she's waving around (scaring the fishies, i might add).

Tomorrow, I'm going to bring down my two home snails and dump them into the tank with her... if the eggs don't get fertilized, nothing'll happen (er... yeah.. ) John's right... this is the aquarium of love...

false alarm... i just have a horny snail...

so.. now that i am aware of the fact that apple snails a) have both males and females and b) make sweet snaily love i know that the eggs laid (probably) won't hatch

however.. she be in egg laying mode, so now that I know how to tell the girl snails from the boy snails I'm going to have to go and get little missy a companion tonight...