View Full Version : ID this stuff!!! PLEASE!
gustavo85
05-13-2009, 10:04 PM
So these eggs are all over my tank...I have Nerite snails and I'm leaning towards them on this one because these eggs are on leaves, rocks, driftwood, glass, literally everything people. Now how do I get rid of this because they are tough to get off...
looney417
05-13-2009, 10:07 PM
yea, those are totally nerite snails, tehy're eating and thriving! maybe let them finish off all the algae you got :)
Lupin
05-13-2009, 10:08 PM
Nerite snail eggs. Leave them. I gave up removing mine since I could not. Maybe rub on steel brush? Try soft toothbrush if you haven't yet. Good luck.lol
Sounguru
05-13-2009, 10:09 PM
Getting them off is like trying to take a Coors beer away from a redneck ain't gonna happen.
They will go away on their own after a month or so once they hatch.
gustavo85
05-13-2009, 10:30 PM
Nerite snail eggs. Leave them. I gave up removing mine since I could not. Maybe rub on steel brush? Try soft toothbrush if you haven't yet. Good luck.lol
Oh man! Great! Thanks guys.
gustavo85
05-13-2009, 10:32 PM
Getting them off is like trying to take a Coors beer away from a redneck ain't gonna happen.
They will go away on their own after a month or so once they hatch.
They will hatch? I thought you needed some special water parameters?
Lupin
05-13-2009, 10:34 PM
They will hatch? I thought you needed some special water parameters?
Varying salinity levels. What species are yours? Only the Theodoxus fluviatilis and Neritina reclivata have been recorded to hatch so far.
Hebily
05-13-2009, 10:37 PM
Getting them off is like trying to take a Coors beer away from a redneck ain't gonna happen.
Now, that depends on what you are offering said redneck in exchange. :silly:
gustavo85
05-13-2009, 10:49 PM
Varying salinity levels. What species are yours? Only the Theodoxus fluviatilis and Neritina reclivata have been recorded to hatch so far.
They were sold to me as Olive Nerites.
Yadokari
05-14-2009, 1:33 AM
I notice that they lay eggs a lot more when there's a food source present. Food source, mainly being GSA or Brown spot. When I rid my tank of it or when my snails eat it all up and my tank stops producing it, the eggs stop too. Which is a big plus, because nerite snail eggs are annoying. It's like a trade off between algae and snail eggs that never produces more snails. They just kinda linger there till it eventually falls off, which takes a loooong time.
Sounguru
05-14-2009, 2:25 AM
Now, that depends on what you are offering said redneck in exchange. :silly:
Your right I forgot about the Chevy on blocks.
gustavo85
05-14-2009, 10:33 AM
Thanks guys...not sure if it is a good tradeoff now!
Sounguru
05-14-2009, 11:32 AM
Don't sweat it I have them all over my tanks. For the fact that they attack alage like nobodies business I can put up with the white dots.
jackiomy
05-14-2009, 11:42 AM
:thm: I totally agree. And they look kinda cool. I have noticed my ghost shrimp picking at them too.
bettabrat
05-14-2009, 11:57 AM
Getting them off is like trying to take a Coors beer away from a redneck ain't gonna happen.
:rofl: