nerite snail eggs

[PuppyFluffer]

I have 4 little nerites....such cute little critters!

I also have little white things stuck to the driftwood and some plants in my tank and have searched online for a picture of their eggs. What I have matched what I saw online. They won't mature as they only develop in brackish water as I understand. Should I try to remove them?

[Hurley]

I believe they need brackish/salt water to reproduce do if they are in freshwater then I would remove them because they will go bad and foul up the water. But, you can try leaving them in there for a little while and see if any of your fish eat them.

[msjinkzd]

I leave them and they don't foul up my water at all. If its convenient to me, like when they are laid onthe glass, I scrape them off during regular maintenance.

[krytan]

We've had nerite eggs on our driftwood for months now. I've tried scrubing them off but have now given up trying, the darn thing just won't come off.

[KIM_TMA]

LOL. I myself have just recently run into this also. I bought 4 olives and I knew that they could only reproduce in sw/brackish, well when I seen these little white pin head dots all over the place I FREAKED. Only to realize "no worrys". They are extremely hard to get off of soft stuff, like driftwood and plants, but the glass is easy, do it just like algae.

[PuppyFluffer]

ok, thanks. I knew they couldn't successfully reproduce in FW. I'll just leave them and get them as best as possible when I clean.

[Arakkis]

They'll dissapear after a while. They will stop laying eggs when the algae(food) supply starts to decrease
-Chris