I believe I have 3 cerith snails in my saltwater fish tank and I was wondering how long it takes for them to have babies or how long it takes for their eggs to hatch. I just saw a baby snail on the glass of my tank today.|||Native to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico, the Cerith Snail does best in larger, well-established reef systems with deep sand beds. This voracious feeder is most active at night. In fact, breeding pairs of Cerith Snails will lay their eggs on your aquarium glass just after dark in long, stringy curves. However, since these eggs take a while to develop, they are often consumed by other tankmates or removed from the water column by filtration before the eggs have a chance to hatch. The Cerith Snail is extremely difficult to breed in captivity. Not only is determining the sexes difficult, but the water parameters required to do so are unknown.
If you think you have babies try catching them and placing them in a baby net to keep them safe and allow them time to grow. If you don't have fish that currently dig in the sand you might be lucky to just leave the babies alone and allow them to mature naturally w/o your help. Also keep your tank a little warmer but not over 84 degrees. Check out the source and good luck.
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