Snail eggs? Parasite?

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Recently on the glass of my aquarium I spotted what looks to be a transparent cluster of eggs. I created a picture of it below. In my tank I have some live plants, 3 Khuli Loaches, and snails (not sure what type, they have transparent shells with a brown / gold honeycomb pattern). I keep the water temp at 77 F. As far as water parameters, I don't have a test kit yet.

Anyone have any ideas? I searched the site and internet but could not find an answer.

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I can tell you it isnt kuhlii eggs, they are very hard to breed in the home aquarium, but their eggs are green.

I dont nkow what snail eggs look like though
 
Snail eggs. Pretty common. The kuhli loaches may take care of them for you--some eat snails, some don't. One important thing to keep in mind--snails reproduction is directly tied to the amount of available food. Snails can get out of control if the tank isn't cleaned often enough, especially planted tanks, where dying foliage gives them a huge food source.

And, kuhli loaches will breed in an aquarium. I have a huge colony--started with 4 fish. I've never seen the eggs, just the new, tiny fish. Honestly, I'd really like to figure out a way to make them stop--I don't have room for any more of the buggers.
 
You can remove the snail eggs if you want to make sure they won't hatch, just use something like a credit card to scrape them off the glass and then discard them. Sometimes the fish eat them, but if they don't I'd remove them unless you're okay with baby snails in the tank.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I think I'll leave them in the tank for now so I can watch them develop (I know I'll pay for this later. hehe).
 
For common pond snails, the sac is clear, with a small brown/black dot in the center of each egg. Apple snail sacs, above the water line, are usually a creamy white.
 
My eggs are well below the water line but with a white egg and clear sac. I wonder what type of snail I have.
 
My Gold Apple Snail's were hot pink when he/she had a egg laying spree over a period of 2 months. I had at least 7 different batches of eggs above the water level when he was going thru that phase. He hasn't done it since he moved from a 38 to a 75. Yet :)

Here's a good apple site. May help lead you to other snail sites if this isn't the guy you have living with you!

http://www.applesnail.net/content/care.php

fish on!
J
 
My pond snails have a clear sac and white eggs, the Ramshorns have a clear sac, but it is usually flatter, and more uniform in design. the ramshorn eggs are usually a bronze color, and the sac takes on an amber hue as the eggs develope (can anyone tell I spend way too much time watching my snails)
dave
 
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