Are these snail eggs?

[Pandie]

I just bought a couple banana plants and they have little eggs on them that I can't identify. They're in quarantine until whatever it is hatches, but I'm just kinda curious as to what the eggs are. They're really small and white, no gel sac, they're single and not laid in bunches. Some are more round shaped and others are more oblong or egg shaped, but they're like half an egg stuck to the plant (maybe they're limpets?). There are also white outlines where these egg things used to be. Are these snail eggs, or limpets or what?

 

[Dangerdoll]

they don't look like snail eggs to me

 

[sora1600]

Nerite eggs?

 

[Pandie]

I was thinking nerite too, but I've never had nerites so I really don't know anything besides what I've seen online. A lot of the pics of nerite eggs look more oblong, though. Plus there weren't any nerites in the tank these plant came from, just bladder snails and the like.

 

[Jody]

I going to say nerite eggs , they look just like mine

They can last for very long time i have to use a razor blade to remove mine from the glass

I well post pic of mine see what you think

 

[Jody]

one more pic to look at

 

[Pandie]

Okay, these are probably nerites then. I saw a bunch of pics online with very elongated eggs so I wasn't sure, but those look exactly like my mystery eggs. I scraped the eggs off one of the plants and put in in my tank. If they are snails and I missed an egg I'm pretty neutral about them being there as long as they aren't going to have 100 babies every week (and I've read in a few places that nerites aren't super easy to breed, or at least they aren't prolific breeders...any thoughts?). I'm keeping the other plant in a separate tank with all the eggs intact just in case they do hatch.

 

[sora1600]

Okay, these are probably nerites then. I saw a bunch of pics online with very elongated eggs so I wasn't sure, but those look exactly like my mystery eggs. I scraped the eggs off one of the plants and put in in my tank. If they are snails and I missed an egg I'm pretty neutral about them being there as long as they aren't going to have 100 babies every week (and I've read in a few places that nerites aren't super easy to breed, or at least they aren't prolific breeders...any thoughts?). I'm keeping the other plant in a separate tank with all the eggs intact just in case they do hatch.

Nerite eggs won't hatch in freshwater. I believe it has to be brackish water.

 

[BettaFishMommy]

yep, nerite eggs require brackish water to hatch, so don't worry about a snail explosion.

 

[newtchaplin]

Okay, these are probably nerites then. I saw a bunch of pics online with very elongated eggs so I wasn't sure, but those look exactly like my mystery eggs. I scraped the eggs off one of the plants and put in in my tank. If they are snails and I missed an egg I'm pretty neutral about them being there as long as they aren't going to have 100 babies every week (and I've read in a few places that nerites aren't super easy to breed, or at least they aren't prolific breeders...any thoughts?). I'm keeping the other plant in a separate tank with all the eggs intact just in case they do hatch.

Mystery snails lay their eggs out of water, so it's not them. It is impossible for them to be nerites because you need brackish water for the eggs to mature, you have freshwater then count them out. It looks like Limpet eggs, very tiny ringed to half moon shape with space in centre of cluster. Keep us posted on what they might be.