View Full Version : Funny Looking eggs some help please
seeseven
08-21-2003, 9:10 AM
hi guys i just need a little help the other day i bought some new plants for my tank and today i noticed there are these Clear Booger looking things with tiny white dots attached to my plant.....i assume its eggs of some sort ...but the FS were i got the plants from ...the tank was a plants only tank ......i've had alot of different eggs in my tanks from different fish but i have never seen these before ...could some one help me out and tell me what they are ......like i said before ...clear booger with little tiny white dots the whole thing is less than a quarter of an inch....and just clings to the plant the fish in the tank seem to ignore it .... maybe they cant see it ...i dont know someone help me please .....
thanks
dave76
08-21-2003, 9:32 AM
if they are eggs they are probably not the kind of eggs your want. Not knowing what pond snail eggs look like. I would say that if it is big enough to see it would be big enough to remove. I would definatley remove them unless you have some clown loaches in your tank.
breaker_1113
08-21-2003, 2:15 PM
i too have those tiny booger like things. they started happening rite after i got some plants and i believe that they are eggs of some sort of snails. i have no experience with them but yeah i do have snails in my tank now but they dont seem to cause ne problems.
breaker_1113
08-21-2003, 2:17 PM
oops double post sry
dave76
08-21-2003, 2:21 PM
If you have loaches, puffers or other snail eating fish then you will prolly be ok, but the bad part is they will probably eat your plants eventually, and one snail could easily become thousands of snails in no time. I would try to remove them.
seeseven
08-21-2003, 5:57 PM
thats what i thought they could be but i wasn't sure about it ....if it is snails......say a ramhorn or a yellow apple ....they aren't that bad i dont think......i hope ....but wouldn't they get eaten by other fish when they hatch or are they quite big when they hatch.....dont have a clown loach ...only a kooli loach .....bristtle nose cat fish are probably the only guys in my tank that mite have a go at them....should i remove or leave ....i thought snails in your tank was a good thing??????
Geeky1
08-21-2003, 9:41 PM
They're definitely some kind of snail egg. Whatever they are, remove them. In my experience, snails are more of a headache than a help...
sunnygirl
08-21-2003, 10:57 PM
these snails are most likely not a good thing. i very highly doubt they are ramshorns or apple snails. i had the exact same eggs, brought in on a plant. within a month i had literally thousands of these little brown snails in my ten gallon. they stay smaller than a pencil eraser, and lay tons of eggs on just about any surface they can. i even had them in my 25 gal. and they ended up ruining my back filter. they got caught in the magnets and wrecked them. had to replace the filter. i never saw any of my fish eat the babies- dont know why. but i ended up overhauling my ten gallon. i removed all the gravel because the entire surface was covered with tiny crawling snails. you should be able to scrape the mass off with your finger nail- it feels pretty gross, i know. but to be safe, i dipped all of my plants- live and plastic, and decorations in hot, very salty water. any snails that were on it instantly dropped off into the bucket. check the corners of the tank, too, they especially like to lay them there. also check the whole surface of the glass. i just ran my hand along it, you'll feel them.:o
http://www.aaquaria.com/aquasource/snail.shtml
dave76
08-22-2003, 8:44 AM
These are common pond snails as maylaysian trumpet snails are live breeders and apple snails lay thier eggs above water. If you want a snail apple snails are the ones to get since they require normal sexual reproduction and are not asexual or hermaphroditic.
Originally posted by RTR
http://www.aaquaria.com/aquasource/snail.shtml
That was interesting and helpful information, Thanks!
dave76
08-22-2003, 9:01 AM
for more info on apple snails go to
www.applesnail.net
I have two of them on thats foot is about 2.5" long, shes a monster :D
sunnygirl
08-22-2003, 4:55 PM
one of my gold mystery snails, Speedy is huge. his shell is about 2 in accross, but his foot is close to 4 in. long, and about 2 in, wide.