This is a message that I wrote to Tom in answer to his question.

Robert & Betty Lipe wrote:

> Tom, I've only had luck hatching tulips, Fasciolaria tulipa in my
> aquarium, but these were eggs that were ready to hatch when I found
> them.  I've had cowries, Cymatium and nassarius lay eggs but they didn't
> hatch.  The only ones that I had luck with was Prunum apicinum, but they
> hatched out crawling and didn't have a swimming veliger stage which will
> be sucked up in filters.  I don't know if cones have a swimming stage or
> not.  I also had a Thais haemastoma lay eggs all over the aquarium but
> none of them hatched.  I had a Cypraea cervus lay eggs on the glass but
> after a few days she ate them.  The tulips that hatched out started
> eating each other from the day that they hatched and finally there were
> only 2 left.  Then there was only 1 and she lived 4 years and laid eggs
> that were not fertile.  That's about it for now.
>
> Bob
>
> Please visit us at our Website: http://www.theshellstore.com
> Or at the shop at 348 Corey Ave
> St. Pete Beach, FL, 33706
> Phone: 727-360-0586
> Fax: 727-360-3668

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Please visit us at our Website: http://www.theshellstore.com
Or at the shop at 348 Corey Ave
St. Pete Beach, FL, 33706
Phone: 727-360-0586
Fax: 727-360-3668