Breeding snails

[InfraredDream]

Hello,

I am trying to get a decent colony of snails for a couple of months now. I have ramshorn, pond and malaisian. They breed very slow and I don't get it. I see much more eggs and I see them hatch, but than the babies disappear. Do they grow so slow and I can't see them or something is wrong. I don't think there is a fish that eats them, I only have endlers, cories and tetras there. I used to have shrimps in the same tank and I suspect they might have eaten some, but they are out of that tank for more than a month.
So as I have a spare 2 g and a filter, I decided to start a tank to breed snails. I put some gravel and a couple of plants (I don't have too many extras right now as I recently started a new tank). I will get some organic lettuce on my way home. Anything else I should do to make them breed?
Thanks!

[waterlilly]

Malaysian Trumpet snails breed like crazy - if the water parameters and the food sources are ok. I started out with 4 and within a couple of months there were tons!
They love all the sinking wafers, especially the algae ones.

What kind of substrate do you have? They usually hide during the day and come out in the evening. Let me know if you need MTS! I would love to give you a few to help your population grow!

[katienaha]

make sure theres lots of leftover food that the fish dont get!

[taureandragon76]

I keep my snail breeding tank barebottom. Easier to clean and they lay eggs all over the glass on the bottom, also put a sponge on your intake to try and stop some from getting sucked up.

[InfraredDream]

Thanks for the advice!
The MTS are in a tank with small grain substrate and they hide.
The rest are in a bare bottom one and one with large gravel.
I setup the new tank with gravel but will take it out then. I thought it might be good for snail.
As for leftover food, this is what I suspect, I don't feed that much and the cories are probably eating most of the food. And the shrimps in the other tank. But what happens with babies then? Do they die out of starvation?

[Claudia]

They reproduce mad when u over feed

[InfraredDream]

Yeah, I know, but don't want to do that in the tanks with fish. I was hoping feeding babies 2 times a day will help, but I guess the shrimps eat everything, so snails are starving. That's why I decided to start a snail tank, at least till I get more snails, maybe a month?
Any advice welcomed! Will they eat cucumber? I guess I'll start with algae wafers as I know they'll eat that. And maybe will stop the filter
Oh, do they need heater? Room temperature can be pretty low during the night. Will that bother them? I am not sure I have an extra heater right now.

[user_error]

ahh okay, so overfeed + more water changes = more snails. good stuff, i've been having trouble with getting some of my snails to breed as well

[InfraredDream]

Yeah, I don't want to overfeed my tanks and the snails breed but slow I was hoping to have much more snails by now. And what really bothers me is I see lots of eggs, but rarely see babies. I wonder what happens with them. I think most of the fishes there won't eat them, but who knows. I have 2 pond snails and 1 ramshorn in the breeder tank. I gave them cucumber and algae wafers. Will keep you posted if you want

[jkam]

Just want to make sure, but are you supplementing the tank with calcium? The snails can't build their shell if the calcium is low in the tank. To fix this you can put crushed coral in the tank/filter.

Another thing is to make sure the tank is heated, they'll grow faster the higher the temperature.